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5 creative ways to use Excel for business forecasting

Excel is a powerful tool that you can use for business forecasting. By using Excel, you can easily create forecasts and projections for your business.

What to Do When You Don’t Get Your Deliveries
This article is part 7 of 10 in the series Shipment and logistics for startups

One of the worst parts of ordering something online is that you end up waiting hours at home not to get your delivery. This guide will help you know what to do when it happens.

What would life be without risk?

Risk. Four letters that make you wobble. Four letters that can determine your future. Four letters that are accompanied by chaos and decisions. Four letters that we all tend to avoid. However, they are four letters that make us learn, so what would life be without risk, right?

How leaders can effectively manage teams in a hybrid workplace

When it comes to management, there isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution and each company’s approach (even each individual’s approach) to management should be tailored to what meets their team’s needs and a method that gets the best out of everyone. This calls for a unique, personalised approach as to how you manage your hybrid team.

Why cloud communication software should be every startup’s priority

No matter where you are on your startup journey a customer-focused mindset should be built into the DNA of your business according to Steve McSherry, Commercial Director of Daktela, a cloud-based contact centre that serves startups.

Leading vs Lagging indicators: What’s right for your startup?

As some of you may know already, Key Performance Indicators aka KPIs are a way of measuring the quality or productivity of your startup, an individual department, a campaign, or even individual performance.

Hybrid working will fail without policies in place

From business growth to onboarding, the vast majority of business processes are driven by a policy. While ‘policy’ often prompts drab visions of rules and restrictions, underpinning such processes is vital to their effectiveness. Hybrid working is no exception – formalising hybrid working with an accompanying policy is critical to its success.

Why Are Apps So Bug-Ridden These Days?

Great developers, brilliant dev tools and even AI help product teams to build – worse apps than ever.

Office 3.0: Future of Modern Workplace

Since the pandemic the workplace has shifted from just a binary space with shiny laptops, desks and meeting rooms to a metaphysical area with its own philosophy. Attention is now turning to the workspace of the future – what will new employees want and need from their company? Let’s dive into the future of offices with the Head of Marketing AdChampagne – Andrew Bobrow.

Why Your Startup Might Need a Tech Refresh (Yes, Already)

When you move into a brand-new house, you assume it will be years before you have to change a thing. You personally picked the floor plan, the finishes, the furniture, and the appliances to your liking after all – it’s ‘perfect.’

The rise of business messaging

The pandemic accelerated the worldwide shift towards digitalisation and businesses rapidly learned that if they wanted to stay afloat in a time of social distancing and lockdown, they would need new strategies to engage with customers.

Resuscitating the NHS: can tech solve the workforce crisis?

The NHS is haemorrhaging staff. According to the Health Service Journal, 7,000 people are quitting every month. As the UK lurches from a pandemic to a cost-of-living crisis, grim announcements of a failing healthcare system have become a regular feature of British headlines.

Driving long term customer relationships through interactive content

Customer loyalty is deeply rooted in genuine connections with brands, and the innovative nature of the digital world continues to create more opportunities for brands to build and maintain relationships with their audiences.

Struggling to recruit? Your hiring process could be to blame

The pressure on firms struggling to hire staff is at an all-time high. According to the latest ONS labour market statistics released in May (2022), for the first time since records began, there are fewer unemployed people than job vacancies. Businesses say they are willing to pay more for the right individuals, but finding suitable people to employ seems like an impossible task. Faced with such challenges, how can startups increase their chances of securing the talent they desperately need to grow?

Decarbonisation of commercial buildings in the UK with data

Since the Paris Climate Agreement, businesses of all sizes from all areas of the world have been focusing on decarbonisation. The commitment to keep global temperatures under 2ºc and significantly reduce the amount of carbon emissions generated worldwide is something that no industry is free from. But the property and construction sectors are particularly feeling the pressure.

Removing Bias to Champion Success in Business

According to McKinsey, more inclusive and diverse organisations are 35% more likely to outperform their competition. Also, they tend to capture new markets more effectively than their counterparts. However, diversity is still an issue in the UK workforce. Almost half of employees feel that their employers are not doing enough to achieve the right balance.

How to turn your customers into champions

Congratulations startup founder: you’ve had the lightbulb idea, built a game-changing solution, developed a killer product and you’re finally market-ready. But now comes the hardest part: getting your solution out of stealth mode and into the waiting hands of your target customers. 

How to create a simple (and actionable) Business Strategy Plan

This five step Business Strategy plan is called the FFS (The Fraser Five Step) and is a simple way to create a clear and actionable business plan for your startup.

The case for sustainable finance

Sustainable finance is not just a box-ticking exercise – it must be a marriage of environmental and social impact. It has become a popular buzzphrase for investors as they seek to put their funding into companies that aim to solve the world’s biggest problems, most notably climate change.

Everything you need to know about effective ecommerce A/B testing

It has become a cliché in ecommerce marketing and web design blogs to state that throwing your website out there without instigating a proper testing regime is taking a shot in the dark, throwing darts blindfolded, or riding a bike with flat tires… You get the picture.