News & Market Deals

Series D round worth £10 million for notonthehighstreet.com

Fundraising Deals

Online marketplace notonthehighstreet.com has closed its Series D fundraising round and netted £10 million.

Datahop snapped up by Six Degrees

Mergers & Acquisitions

Six Degrees Group has continued with its busy M&A period by acquiring Datahop, a datacentre interconnection business, GrowthBusiness can exclusively reveal.

ICAP buys PLUS-SX for £1

IPO & City News

Loss-making junior stock exchange PLUS-SX is to be sold to inter-dealer broker ICAP for a nominal sum.

WANdisco looks to AIM for development

IPO & City News

Software business WANdisco intends to join AIM this June in an IPO that will raise £10 million.

Brand new

Business Planning & Expansion A rebrand can be a decision that could make or break a business

If your company image isn’t right, it needs to be addressed before negative perceptions set firm. GrowthBusiness speaks to rebranded businesses about the changes they made.

Evolution time

Business Finance

The minefield between seed capital and a first institutional fundraising can be tricky to negotiate. GrowthBusiness speaks to entrepreneurs who have successfully bridged the equity gap.

Growing a Business

The Euro is at its lowest level against the Pound for three and a half years

Credit crunch 2

Business Finance

Christopher Shaw, CEO of invoice trading firm Platform Black, looks at why Britain's SMEs are at risk from the Eurozone crisis.

Choosing a domain name often involves extensive research

Domain attraction

Web Marketing

GrowthBusiness looks at what to consider when choosing a domain name and how the decision can impact on web searches.

Comment and Analysis

Jon Moulton

Jon Moulton

Uncomfortable truths

There are a few golden rules to consider when rescuing a business.

Hunter Ruthven

The Wonga way

Wonga has become the latest in a long line of small business finance white knights.

Simon Daniel

On the wrong tack

Governments may be too constrained to take truly tough decisions, but business owners have little choice.

Nick Britton

The true meaning of entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurs are often portrayed as adrenaline-addled risk-takers, but is the willingness to take a gamble really their defining trait?

The Entrepreneur

Smart Thinking by Art Markman

Smart Thinking by Art Markman

Stuart Kellock, managing director of Label Apeel, leafs through Art Markman's Smart Thinking to find out whether training the brain and its thought process can have any impact on his business bottom line.

Big screen entertainment

Designed by the Porsche Design Studio and with a screen of 116 square feet, the C SEED 201 could be the perfect accompaniment to a summer of sport.

Listen to your customer

Norman Shaw, founder and managing director of ExactTrak, explains why seeking feedback during product development helped re-direct the company and secure investment.

The China growth story

Brenda Kelly, senior market strategist at CMC Markets, looks at whether the UK can expect a large ripple effect from slowing Chinese GDP growth.

Research

AIM pay resumes upward trend

AIM salaries resumes upward trend

Directors’ salaries on London’s junior market are at all-time highs, but almost half of CEOs did not get a pay rise last year.

2012 Directors' Pay

2012 Director Pay

This research report takes a detailed look at directors' remuneration on AIM.

2011 Institutional Investors

Institutional Investors 2011 report

The value of AIM lies in the hands of institutional investors, but there are few reports that detail who is investing in what.

AIM Guide 2011/2012

2011/12 Aim Guide

The Alternative Investment Market (AIM) remains home to over 1,100 ambitious companies and professional services firms.

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