Hannah Prevett, Author at Elite Business Magazine

Hannah Prevett

Prevett likes to think she's something of an expert when it comes to small business. Having cut her teeth writing about tech, she latterly moved on to such illustrious titles as Growing Business, Management Today and the Sunday Times to indulge her enthusiasm for entrepreneurship: from P&Ls to private equity and all that's in between, you can't keep this girl away from the heady world of start-ups. Back in the day when she had spare time, she would spend it networking, horse riding, drafting and re-drafting ideas for novels, and playing auntie to her niece and three god-children. Those were the days...

Funding Circle is chasing the American dream

Hannah Prevett

Jun 1 '15

In 2010, three university friends started Funding Circle to provide an alternative to bank lending. Five years later the poster boy for peer-to-peer lending has facilitated loans of more than £650m to UK SMEs – and it’s now taking on the US market

Mumsnet founder Justine Roberts is flying high

Hannah Prevett

May 1 '15

Justine Roberts, Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award finalist, explains how she’s changed perceptions of mums over the last 15 years

Ultimo founder Michelle Mone has gone from bras to books

Hannah Prevett

Apr 1 '15

The launch of her bestselling book, My Fight to the Top, means Ultimo founder Michelle Mone is firmly back in the spotlight. But what will the first lady of lingerie turn her attention to next?

The UK’s brightest cleantech companies pitch to Silicon Valley investors

Hannah Prevett

Mar 10 '15

A recent delegation of UK cleantech companies visited San Francisco with the hope of luring investors to take a stake in their technologies – which are tackling some of the world’s biggest problems

Lopo Champalimaud brings the salon and spa industry into the 21st century

Hannah Prevett

Mar 3 '15

Watching his mother go through the ups and downs of running a business taught Lopo Champalimaud, co-founder of beauty marketplace Wahanda, a lot about entrepreneurship, discovers Hannah Prevett

Astus’ Frances Dickens barters down under

Hannah Prevett

Feb 3 '15

When Frances Dickens co-founded Astus in 2003, it was a tall order persuading the media world that the barter business needn’t be confusing nor murky. She’s now doing the same Down Under as the company takes its wares to the world

The technology no SME can afford to be without this year

Hannah Prevett

Jan 9 '15

It can be hard to stay abreast of technological developments as a small business. Look no further for a run-down of the top tech for SMEs in 2015

Ross Bailey’s Appear Here is keeping the high street interesting

Hannah Prevett

Jan 7 '15

With high streets dogged by empty units, Ross Bailey decided to make it easier for companies to find and rent short-term retail space. Less than two years later, investors have ploughed more than £6m into Appear Here, which has more than 10,000 registered

The Good Care Group’s Fiona Lowry is a people’s champion

Hannah Prevett

Dec 1 '14

Fiona Lowry is a successful entrepreneur by anyone’s reckoning – she sold her first business for £95m and is now on her third start-up. But she’s not about to take all the credit

Rupert Lee-Browne is going the distance with Caxton FX

Hannah Prevett

Nov 3 '14

Many entrepreneurs feel under pressure to sell their businesses too early. Caxton FX founder Rupert Lee-Browne is taking a different approach: he’s in it for the long haul

Data don Damian Kimmelman spills all on DueDil

Hannah Prevett

Oct 2 '14

Thanks to DueDil, companies can now access business, accounting and director information at the click of a button – all for free. Hannah Prevett does her due diligence on founder and fintech man-of-the-moment Damian Kimmelman

Kathryn Parsons’ Decoded is going the distance

Hannah Prevett

Sep 1 '14

As a woman at the helm of a UK tech company, Kathryn Parsons, co-founder of Decoded, is – even today – a rare breed. But with her stellar business and technology credentials, the future’s bright