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Michael was senior reporter for GrowthBusiness.co.uk from 2018 to 2019.

Opinion

One year in the job: Can Dara Khosrowshahi save Uber?

Uber's CEO is under pressure to get sales growing and redeem its reputation.

Funding

Fund profile: Damon Bonser, co-founder of British Design Fund

Damon Bonser, co-founder of the British Design Fund, aims to support new product design and manufacturing firms.

News

Who and where are the UK unicorns?

New data shows where the UK unicorns are located and how long it took them to achieve the status.

Opinion

What will the CYBG and Virgin Money tie-up mean for SME lending?

SME lending has fallen 3.7 per cent year on year but will this new deal buck the trend?

Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneur interview: Matt Turner, managing director of Clownfish Events

Matt Turner, MD of events company Clownfish Events on the importance of diversifying your brand to grow sales.

Growth Planning

Fish and chip restaurant plans UK franchise expansion

90 year-old brand is targeting seaside and town and city locations across the UK.

Human Resources

Need to knows: Scaling up your customer service provision

Mandy Holford, director of customer service firm Echo-U, explains how company's can use technology without sacrificing on service.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Why this UK market research firm is heading into Latin America

Two directors from UK market research firm Maru Group explain their acquisition strategy.

Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneur interview: Nakul Sharma CEO of Hostmaker

Nakul Sharma, CEO and founder of Hostmaker on management styles, partnerships and prioritising in a time of growth.

Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneur interview: Simon Bunn and Kris Gumbrell, co-founders of Brewhouse & Kitchen

Co-founders of Brewhouse & Kitchen, Simon Bunn and Kriss Gumbrell have successfully scaled up their craft beer centred pub business over the last five years.

Opinion

Embracing the UK’s accelerator and incubator programmes

Anx Patel, CEO and founder of GoKart on how accelerators and incubators can help businesses scale quickly.

Venture Capital Funding

VCT Interview: Andrew Wolfson, MD of Pembroke VCT

Andrew Wolfson, MD of Pembroke VCT on some of the trusts success stories in the investment space.