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What is social selling and how can you benefit from it?

Over the last few years we have seen a big evolution of online communication and sales. The times when companies were sending cold emails to random receivers are long gone.

How to Clear Common Freelance Hurdles

Starting a career as a freelancer can be rewarding. You’ll have a job with the flexibility to support a positive work-life balance. You may find it is a lucrative option, too. One report found 70% of freelancers earn more than their traditionally employed counterparts.

Startup addresses genomic underrepresentation

BixBio was founded in 2019 by James Ross and Tyronne McCrindle. The pair are from Cape Town, South Africa, and seek to address the massive underrepresentation of African data in global genetic datasets.

Navigating the post-Brexit UK-EU trade relationship and addressing the skills gap

The new post-Brexit UK-EU trade relationship is having a big impact on companies across all sectors and localities, with new procedures, customs controls and added layers of bureaucracy rendering many business models unsustainable.

5 steps to being more environmental

As world leaders converge on Glasgow for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (Cop26), the need for climate action has never been stronger.

5 Black Friday marketing strategies

The festive season is just around the corner, and many retailers are gearing up for the most important date in their calendar – Black Friday.

Preparing for phishing attacks this Black Friday

With Black Friday among us, phishing attacks are set to skyrocket, so here we consider why – and how – ecommerce startups should be prepared.

How to embrace flexible working as a startup

As of this past Autumn, all employees in the UK now have a right to request flexible working options from day one. As a business of any size, it’s now a necessity to consider your approach to flexible working.

Is there really a future for email communication?

It’s hard to believe that email – or electronic mail – wasn’t introduced until the early 1990s when the World Wide Web was first launched for widespread use. Since then it has become a vital communications tool for businesses and people across the globe

How ‘doing the opposite’ could make you a millionaire

The reason I decided to write my book ‘Doing the Opposite’ was because I realised something quite extraordinary through my life experiences. I questioned why my latest business, Cloudfm Group had been so successful and grown from £1m to £70m in just four years.

Finding CTO for a startup: A guide for non-tech founders

In a startup, the CTO is involved in making important technical decisions and has a key role in the success of a project. CTO chooses the technologies needed to create a product and controls the entire development process.

When does embellished marketing and financing reporting become fraud?

The focus for many businesses throughout the pandemic has been on cashflow and liquidity – for some it has simply been a case of short-term survival. In some cases the the information distributed by directors will have a real bearing on their own remuneration or even employment. 

How enterprises can put a hybrid working model into practice

Once considered as a term for the next-gen of cars, the use of ‘hybrid’ is now more popularly used to describe the new way of working.

Complete guide to social media marketing for cyber security startups

Whether your cyber security startup is new to social media marketing or it already has a presence on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and other such platforms, this guide is relevant for you. Read until the end to find out our 10 checklist points to tick off for a solid social media marketing execution for your cyber security business.

Challenging entrepreneurial stereotypes

Today’s business problems need the untapped potential of women-led enterprises which represent as much as £250bn of additional value for the UK economy.

A guide to commercial heat pumps for business

Commercial heat pumps take natural thermal energy from the air, ground, or water and turn it into heat that can be used for hot water and heating systems.

Six Time Management Hacks for Growing Startup Owners

Being a startup owner has its challenges. From updating the books to implementing the perfect marketing strategy, it can feel like time is running against you. Nevertheless, there are several ways in which you can manage your time more effectively.

Telling Your Story

Starting and scaling a business requires founders to undertake many different roles; many of which they will do themselves initially but other tasks they will inevitably require some assistance with. But whatever the business, any founder looking to scale must ensure that they tell a good story, and they tell it well.  But what does this actually mean?

Seven Reasons Your Small Business Will Benefit From Outsourcing

Outsourcing is the practice of letting an outside firm handle your company’s processes. It’s a phenomenon used by small and large companies alike.

Getting started with a sustainability program

Knowing where to begin ‘greening’ your business can be genuinely overwhelming. Especially for a start-up where all hands are on deck just to keep things rolling, embedding a sustainability policy might seem like a task too far.