Instant messaging company Nivo secures £2m in funding
Manchester-based instant messaging startup Nivo raises £2 million for expansion and product innovation.
SMEs must learn to shop around for the best broadband deals
More than four-fifths of businesses surveyed reported that broadband deals are fundamental to operations, so it is encouraging that 82 per cent of business owners claim they are well-catered for by the communications market.
Finding the best SaaS provider for your business
For business leaders in need of software investment guidance, webexpenses CEO Adam Reynolds provides some insight on finding the right deal and making sure it produces the benefits it should.
Why private and public acquisitions fall over – and how this can be prevented
With RIT Capital Partners announcing it has walked away from a potential £5bn merger with UK rival Alliance Trust, it now joins a long line of M&A deals before it, both public and private, which have collapsed late in the day.
Deal-driven shoppers moved online and away from the high street at Christmas
We’ve come to that time in the New Year when bosses and investors look back on the data accumulated by shops throughout the Christmas season. Next was the first to release such data and it wasn’t great news – either for the retailer or for other high street stores.
The ten biggest UK venture capital deals in Q3 2015
With the amount of venture capital being injected into growing British firms growing each quarter, here are the ten businesses which have banked the most between the beginning of July and the end of September.
That’s a wrap: Amazon Local to close before Christmas – what happened?
Amazon Local, the Groupon-like division of the online retailer, which works with merchants to sell daily deals to nearby restaurants, spas and so on, is to be closed on 18 December.
Shoppers shun big brands to save the pennies
Canny consumers are being less loyal to big brands as they look around for deals, with unbranded products from retailers such as Aldi and Lidl proving increasingly popular.
Microsoft outdoes Google on acquisition front during first half of 2015
The battle amongst global technology companies to stay ahead of the innovation curve has seen Microsoft up its activity and emerge as the leading technology acquirer during the beginning of the year.
A look at the most active UK equity investors in the seed, venture and growth space during 2014
For businesses considering raising an equity funding round in the near future, Real Business pulls together the investment firms which are most active across the three stages of growth.
Poundland acquisition of 99p Stores shows importance of Competition Markets Authority
Established as a way of determining whether particular mergers and acquisitions might have a detrimental effect on a specific sector, we look at the finer details of the Competition Markets Authority.