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Buoyed by its strong growth, Gousto achieved “unicorn” status in 2020 when it completed a funding round at a valuation of more than $1 billion
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With BGF as a minority partner, web hosting company Miss Group acquired seven businesses in under two years, quadrupling its earnings
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Buoyed by its strong growth, Gousto achieved “unicorn” status in 2020 when it completed a funding round at a valuation of more than $1 billion
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With BGF as a minority partner, web hosting company Miss Group acquired seven businesses in under two years, quadrupling its earnings
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Sofology is a multi-channel sofa retailer headquartered in Manchester. BGF’s investment was used to support a nationwide site roll-out and the launch of a new online platform.
The business was acquired by DFS in 2016.
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Samantha Washington is a presenter on Sky News. Prior to working at Sky, Samantha was a business presenter at the BBC, working on BBC Breakfast and BBC News. She was the regular host of Your Money, a personal finance show on BBC News. She has also presented on BBC Radio 4 and 5 Live.
She started her journalism career as a producer on the multiple award winning Radio 4 programme Money Box, but quickly progressed to reporter and correspondent, and picked up a File on 4 award for investigative journalism in the process.
Before becoming a journalist, Samantha worked in the City, first as a management consultant for Oliver Wyman and later at Barclays Capital.
She studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) at Oxford University.
Presenter, Sky News
Samantha Washington is a presenter on Sky News. Prior to working at Sky, Samantha was a business presenter at the BBC, working on BBC Breakfast and BBC News. She was the regular host of Your Money, a personal finance show on BBC News. She has also presented on BBC Radio 4 and 5 Live.
She started her journalism career as a producer on the multiple award winning Radio 4 programme Money Box, but quickly progressed to reporter and correspondent, and picked up a File on 4 award for investigative journalism in the process.
Before becoming a journalist, Samantha worked in the City, first as a management consultant for Oliver Wyman and later at Barclays Capital.
She studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) at Oxford University.
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