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Top tips to scaling your business
This article is part 14 of 14 in the series Kevins Top Tips

When starting a new business, founders tend to fit into one of two categories. There are founders whose plan it is to scale their new business as aggressively as possible and to exit for the maximum value in five to seven years’ time

How startups can rethink green business practices

With COP27 approaching and a summer of heatwaves reminding us all of the urgency for businesses to play their part in reaching net-zero by 2050, businesses need to think about their sustainability plans more than ever.

A Beginner’s Guide to Investing

Investing has been around since time immemorial, as a way to get our money working for us. There is usually some risk involved, but this is why investing provides high returns.

Why are you not patent marking?  Is it really worth the trouble? 

There is a concept in the patent and the IP world which has been available for use for approximately a decade now and should be well known and used: Virtual Patent Marking (VPM) programmes. 

Established businesses must do more to support local entrepreneurs and startups

With SME’s accounting for the employment of more than half of the UK’s workforce, supporting these businesses is of benefit to everyone while geopolitical events and the impact of the pandemic continue to cause economic uncertainty.

Holistic Business Strategies For Startups To Avoid Big Business Diseases

As an entrepreneur and consultant, I’ve worked in 30+ industries, onboarding clients who were already past the start-up stage. Almost every company I stepped into had issues that mainly stemmed from becoming too big too fast. By implementing more holistic leadership, strategies, and management systems, startups can be in a much better position to prevent toxic practices from infecting and poisoning your company.

Digital-first SMEs are using payments to win consumer hearts

Although digital transactions have existed for several years, the pandemic prompted a surge in alternative and innovative payment methods. Not only was this out of convenience, as businesses were closed and online shopping was the only substitute, but for hygiene reasons and consumer safety.

How to build a team in the midst of the great resignation

Following our last article, we looked at how brand values play a part in building brand culture. We looked at this from a deeper brand purpose perspective.

Five CRM tricks to win over your customers

A quick Google search of the renowned buzzword ‘customer experience’ returns over 1.5 billion results. That’s 104 times more than the population of Europe.

HOMETAINMENT raise nearly £400,000 following successful crowdfunding round

Home entertainment and hospitality platform, HOMETAINMENT, has announced it has raised nearly £400,000 in funding through a crowdfunding campaign and is set to scale in London and abroad.

The countdown to launch

As I write this, the business idea that myself and two friends came up with over 12 months ago is on the verge of launching across London. To say I have had a few sleepless nights in the lead-up to this point would be a bit of an understatement.

Fortifying Independent Game and App Developers

Escapism is otherworldly, blissful, maddening and liberating. Everyone has their own forms and rituals for temporarily getting away from the realities of life.

Challenges of automating IoT work in B2B industries

The internet of things, or IoT, is a system of interconnected computational devices and digital machines that can share data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction.

Electric Cars: The business solution to reaching Net Zero

With gas prices soaring and an increasing drive for sustainability across the UK, electric cars have never made more sense. Yet figures show that despite electric car sales increasing, the market still has plenty of room to grow – and could contribute far more to efforts to decarbonise.

How to stand out: in a saturated or untapped market

Despite challenging and uncertain times in the form of political and economic instability, entrepreneurs launch new businesses every day. Fortune favours the bold, right? So, where there’s uncertainty lies opportunity.

What Is Lot Traceability Software And How It’s Useful

Lot traceability software is a system that helps businesses track the movement of products through the supply chain. This information can be used for various things. There are a lot of benefits of lot traceability and the biggest ones will be discussed in this article.

From good to great: How to rethink your talent strategy

The business landscape has faced significant disruption in recent years. And the turbulence doesn’t seem to be settling down anytime soon.

The no-brainer that could save you from extremely high petrol prices

It’s never been this expensive to get behind a wheel. But leasing via a salary sacrifice scheme could help.

Navigating the path of an American expansion

Many start-up owners dream about the day when they get to introduce their business to a North American audience. However, that task can quickly become a nightmare if it’s not managed correctly.

How the property market has changed for landlords

The property market for landlords has transformed significantly over the last few years. 

There have been changes to property ownership and tenants’ rights in just the last few months, which are likely to affect how residential landlords in particular approach buying and managing a property. Many of these changes began early in 2020 during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and while the initial view was that they were likely to be temporary, some have now been enacted permanently.