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Video: UK new energy innovators reflect on award wins
GrowthBusiness talks to companies including Abundance Generation and Ecology Building Society about being recognised at the New Energy & Cleantech Awards 2013.
Photo gallery: New Energy & Cleantech Awards 2013
The London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square was the setting for the sixth New Energy & Cleantech Awards, where the topic on everyone's lips was how the cleantech market was going to evolve.
Video: UK cleantech pioneers talk through award successes
The sixth New Energy and Cleantech Awards saw entrepreneurs, businesses and advisers from across the cleantech market recognise the standout achievements of the past year.
Video: Onefinestay's Greg Marsh on utlising advisers such as Brent Hoberman
Having spent time on the other side of the fence as a venture capitalist, Greg Marsh is giving entrepreneurship a go and has seen his 'unhotel' business Onefinestay grow out of its beginnings in London to operations in New York.
Video: Twilio's Jeff Lawson outlines the new Twilio Fund Europe 2013
Jeff Lawson, CEO and co-founder of cloud communications business Twilio, meets with GrowthBusiness to explain the company's new micro fund for start-ups and why it is targeting Europe this time round.
Video: Shutl CEO Tom Allason on corporate venturing
Having closed its second funding round of the year, Tom Allason explains why the business has taken on a corporate venture backer.
Video: Investor AllStars 2012 winners
GrowthBusiness meets the winners of this year's Investor AllStars and finds out what has led to such a successful year for the victors.
Investor AllStars 2012 - An evening in pictures
GrowthBusiness attends the tenth year of the Investor AllStars awards which saw Investor of the Decade and Entrepreneur of the Year announced.
Video: M&A on AIM 2012
Dov Katz, partner and head of AIM at law firm Howard Kennedy, picks out some of the highlights of this year's M&A on AIM research report.
Video: Alliott Cole of Octopus Investments
Alliott Cole, member of the ventures team at Octopus Investments, sits down with GrowthBusiness to talk about how to cultivate a relationship with a venture capital firm.
Business tips from Ken Olisa
Technology entrepreneur, angel investor and champion of AIM: Ken Olisa opens up to GrowthBusiness about the lessons he has learnt during 30 years of business.
Dries Buytaert: Open source entrepreneur
GrowthBusiness sits down with Drupal founder Dries Buytaert to find out when the platform really started to take off and how the inventor-cum-entrepreneur is planning on monitising Drupal through open source software company Acquia.
Green innovators
The New Energy Awards 2012, hosted by Business XL, recognised the enterprising brains and championing investors in the cleantech area. GrowthBusiness speaks to the winners on camera to find out more.
Courting the banks
Bobby Lane, partner at accountancy firm Shelley Stock Hutter, talks to GrowthBusiness about how best to secure bank finance.
The stars of Tech City - Part 3
In the last of our video diaries looking at the stars of Tech City, GrowthBusiness speaks to Glenn Shoosmith, founder and CEO of BookingBug.
The stars of Tech City - Part 2
In the second of three video diaries looking at the stars of Tech City, GrowthBusiness speaks to Alex Halliday, CEO of SocialGO.
The stars of Tech City - Part 1
In the first of three video diaries looking at the stars of Tech City, GrowthBusiness speaks to Alex Saint, CEO of Secret Escapes.
Armchair Dragons
The directors of Crowdcube give us the lowdown on their start-up crowdfunding business.
Global suppliers
Sheridan Simove, Managing Director of Ideasman.co.uk talks about how to source and import goods globally.
Interview with Nigel Lacy
Nigel Lacy, co-founder of young driver insurance specialist Young Marmalade, explains the concept of the business and its success in being completely web-based.
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