A BRIGHTON company is celebrating 46.4 per cent growth in the last financial year.

Futrli, a cloud-based decision-making platform for small business, has appointed 56 new members of staff in 2018.

It has 33 per cent more customers and 97 per cent more staff than 2017.

It also won Practice App of the Year at Xerocon London 2018 and secured £4 million funding from venture capital firms to boost growth.

Chief executive and founder Hannah Dawson, pictured, said: “Our sole purpose is to empower small business leaders to make better decisions, and we’ve built a strong team to help us achieve this through our state-of-the-art software platform. This investment will support our ongoing drive to secure the best talent – experts who are excited to revolutionise the way small businesses plan.

“The next few months are hugely exciting for us.

“As well as growing our footprint across core markets, we’ll be opening offices in new international locations.”

Giles Palmer, founder and chief executive of Brandwatch, is its new chairman.