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Making Your Money Last: The Two-Bucket Investment Approach

Preparation for retirement is a crucial component of your financial journey. It entails careful planning, strategic investing, and prudent asset allocation. Most people work for several decades, seeking enough savings to sustain their retirement for 25 years or more. Achieving genuine comfort requires a financial plan that accounts for various factors.

Is your home office cybersafe?

Recent studies show around 40% of Brits work from home, spending an average of 1.5 days at their home office desks.

Why microlearning is the driving force in edtech

In a world where change is the only constant, the demand for agile and effective learning solutions has never been greater. This reality is why EdTech embraces microlearning to satiate the appetite for knowledge through engaging learning experiences. The question is, how? What makes microlearning so effective?

A Step-by-Step Security Plan for Startups

Cyberattacks pose a serious risk to all businesses, particularly startups. We often hear of larger organisations falling victim to cyberattacks, but startups are desirable targets for threat actors too. Unfortunately, they are often unaware of the looming risk posed on them by the ever-growing threat landscape.

The art of balancing leadership and management in a startup

Thought leadership concerning startups often discusses the need for both effective leadership and management. However, it can be difficult to understand the differences between leadership and management and how to correctly balance the two of these facets. Startups often face many unique challenges and adaptable leadership and highly-skilled management skills are essential for facing these challenges.

A Q&A with SteadyPay CEO John Downie

Startups Magazine had the pleasure of conducting a Q&A with John Downie, CEO of SteadyPay. SteadyPay is a UK-based progressive lending platform for people with unstable incomes. The AI-based solution analyses open user data to predict their creditworthiness. According to these forecasts, Steadypay tops up the bank account of a trusted and reliable platform user if their earnings fall below the average monthly income.

The insurance to consider as a startup

As a founder in the tech industry, you are probably comfortable with a high degree of risk in your business. However, it’s crucial to consider not only the risks to your business but also the risks to your personal financial wellbeing.

The Founders Emotional Journey

There is a unique energy within the journey of every startup. The Founder and early team members nurture a mood of mutual determination. Failure is not an option. Disruption is the mindset. All Founders hold these characteristics to be true, it’s a natural state and one of the reasons that they chose to become entrepreneurs.

Italy startup ecosystem report 2023

Italy’s entrepreneurial roots run deep, spanning industries as diverse as fashion and aerospace. Despite this, many consider the country’s startup ecosystem an under-the-radar gem within Europe, often overlooked despite its growing potential.

London business districts are on the decline, workplace expert reveals why

With the recent news that HSBC will be moving from their Canary Wharf office and many other businesses following suit, the most popular London business districts have seen a shift in office space demand due to the evolution of work-life practices, such as hybrid working.

SMEs powering economic growth through cloud technology

A new report reveals that UK micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) which embrace cloud-enabled technologies can unlock up to £6.9 billion in annual productivity gains and drive an additional two million jobs in key sectors such as education and health by 2030.

What new features does the iPhone 15 offer to simplify business comms?

September only means one thing in the mobile device world, Apple’s annual launch event. This year, among other releases, the event brought all the details of the iPhone 15 – Apple’s latest handset upgrade. Here, Kristian Torode, Director and Co-Founder of business communication technology provider, Crystaline, summarises the latest Apple upgrade and how it could elevate your business comms.

Top 5 myths surrounding AI revealed by UK business leaders

When cloud-based accounting software bluQube surveyed UK business leaders, five troublesome myths surrounding AI were exposed. Let’s deep dive and explore the top five misconceptions holding businesses back from implementing the innovative solution.

StellarUp, the HR SaaS platform allowing people-first cultures to thrive

Estelle Roux-Stevens is the Co-Founder and CEO of StellarUp, a knowledge sharing and learning platform that allows people to connect, learn, and grow. Estelle’s goal is to build diverse environments where people-first cultures can thrive and flourish.

The confessions of a career changer

Transitioning from one career to another can feel like a monumental task, especially when you’ve invested years into your current path. However, sometimes taking that leap of faith can lead to new opportunities and personal growth. Here’s how nine individuals feel about their own career changes into financial advice 10 years on.

How to unlock innovation in business

Innovation stands as the cornerstone of progress in the landscape of business. It is the spark igniting change, the key to staying competitive, and the driving force behind breakthroughs that shape our world. Yet, innovation is never a magic trick or a stroke of luck. Instead, it is a multifaceted endeavour, often akin to solving a complex puzzle.

4 Ways to save your startup with user research

As founders and business owners, we can be full of bias and will often charge down a path without testing or validating our ideas and assumptions.

5 Ways to Save Money More Efficiently

Managing your finances better is a great habit to get into and can have important long-term implications. The ability to save can help you in emergency situations, help you afford a big expense in the future, and can even help you secure a loan or mortgage. Here are 5 key ways to start saving money better.

Rise of Engagement-Based Filtering: Deciphering the Email Deliverability Landscape

In the ever-evolving world of email deliverability, a seismic shift is underway. Inbox providers are rewriting the rules, and the key to landing in the inbox now hinges on something far more dynamic than ever before: recipient engagement.

Could the Great Return refuel employee creativity?

While remote working offers many business benefits, chances are that improved creativity isn’t one of them. Remote work, by its nature, leads to reduced connections in a business.