Features

A quality digital offering has become of existential importance. Disruptors from Amazon and Spotify to Uber and Netflix have transformed people’s service delivery expectations – expectations that are progressively extending to the financial services sector. Bottom line: firms without a strong digital offering that puts the control in users’ hands won’t survive.

Women investors, investresses, are making impressive strides and paving the way for other women. They’re increasingly embracing value investing, running diversified multi-asset investment portfolios on behalf of investors, and managing assets worth billions of pounds, as part of a growing number of female role models who are gracefully leading the change that will inspire many generations to come.

International Women’s Day is celebrated in the month of March every year to commemorate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, and the theme for this year is “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality.”

For many business founders, raising institutional investment can be daunting, especially in today’s economic climate – but it does not have to be.

Team bonding activities for a range of businesses, from small startups through to large corporates often include responsible consumption of alcohol during shared moments of conviviality .

When you have an idea for your own startup, you are most likely supercharged with it and immersed in thoughts about how a new product or service will help people and businesses, and lead you to success.

For our Founder Focus feature this issue, we chat with Tanya Laird, Founder of Digital Jam, and the host of the Digital Jam Sessions; an inspirational woman who, despite currently battling cancer, still continues to facilitate collaboration and innovation in the gaming and augmented reality (AR/VR) sector.

Isobelle Panton, Director of Student Recruitment & International at University Academy 92, founded by the Class of 92’ in partnership with Lancaster University, shares 10 tips to drive diversity within your talent acquisition strategy and how to engage & retain diverse talent.

By now, it’s pretty well known that there’s a demand for data skills. I might even go as far as saying that some people are a little sick of hearing it… but it’s an unavoidable truth. The government estimates that companies are recruiting for approximately 200,000 roles with hard data skills. And this isn’t slowing down – the need for data skills is set to continue rising in the coming years.

Despite the economic backdrop, there were over 3.8 million new business applications filed in the first three quarters of 2022, making us Brits keen for entrepreneurial action.

Female entrepreneurs are still underrepresented in business, but the numbers are growing. The Rose Review Progress Report 2022 showed that more women than ever are creating new businesses.

Paige West caught up with the team at AllBright to find out how this private member’s club for women, in Mayfair, is driving change for smart-minded women.

The challenge of climate change must be met with serious urgency. Countries around the world need to pursue efforts to limit global warming, and the energy sector has an important role to play in helping achieve carbon neutrality, or net zero.

For an entrepreneur there are few things as exciting as starting a new business. From bagging your first client or sale to turning the keys in the door of your first office, the big moments come thick and fast at the beginning.

I was fortunate enough to attend the London PropTech show last month, which featured a wide range of innovative exhibitors showcasing the technologies that will shape the future of the property industry.

You woke up with a brilliant idea that you know is going to be the next best thing, but now what?

Keeping employees happy to commit and grow within a business should be a core aim of HR teams. However, it has been reported that nearly half of employees leave their role because they do not feel appreciated – particularly during the first quarter of the year when people naturally look for change.

The share of funding secured by female founders is unfairly and disproportionately low, a state of affairs that has remained unchanged for many years despite advances made in other areas of gender equality in business.

Women, tech, sustainability – all buzzwords at the moment. But Noleen Mariappen, Impact Entrepreneur and Advisor, can tell you that the journey for a woman in the tech space is far from all buzz!

As more startups expand internationally, and look abroad for expansion opportunities earlier in their life cycle, the tax function has shot up the boardroom priority list to mitigate against hefty revenue losses and risk of non-compliance with local tax guidelines.