From selling fancy dress to freshers while at university to a multi-million-pound Marketplace Super Seller with a £10 million turnover and 70 employees, we speak to Dominic Portman, founder of Boulevard to discuss the growth of his business and its plans for the future
A sustainability platform has helped parents divert £1 million worth of items away from landfill across the UK. The YoungPlanet app – a platform used by families across the UK to give and receive second-hand parenting and children’s items for free – has enabled over 30,000 children’s items and toys worth over £1m to find new homes, rather than be chucked away.
The Saudi Arabian market is anticipated to grow due to rising demands for quicker and simpler cloud service implementation. The 20th edition of the World Cloud Show will highlight what the Kingdom has in store for investors, IT professionals, and tech enthusiasts in upholding this development.
Koa has officially become a B Corp™, short for Certified B Corporation, using the power of business to address some of society’s greatest challenges.
As more and more brands are looking for compliant ways to create personalised experiences for their customers, and with rules about third-party cookies changing regularly, first-party data insights are becoming more important than ever.
The cost of physical inactivity, lifestyle related disease and costs accrued through sickness absence, are estimated at £8.2 billion in a year in England alone. Given the knock-on effects this can have on business, employers are increasingly looking for ways to promote the health and wellbeing of their staff.
Entrepreneurs, especially in the early stages of a business, often have to be jacks of all trades. You will likely find yourself being the sales, marketing, and accounting departments all at once, doing the work of several people. However, all of that energy, enthusiasm and potential can easily be squandered if you remain unaware of the areas that require improvement, or you simply cannot handle alone.
Vestico, the social fit and personalisation platform for fashion and beauty, has secured a £250,000 investment from early-stage focused venture capital firm Jenson Funding Partners to further develop its technology and define the next generation of eCommerce.
MORE than nine out of 10 people say they are worried about the cost of living crisis, according to a large-scale nationwide survey undertaken by Mazuma Mobile.
When launching any enterprise, commercial or social, the key question to ask is why? Why am I creating this business? Who is it for? Do they need it? Does it help people get a job done in a better, more effective way? You need to know a project will be economically sustainable.
Something and Nothing, a London-based premium drinks company, has raised a total of £2.5M in an investment round that included ACF Investors and Rianta capital.
Almost half (43%) of property professionals are not improving their anti-money laundering (AML) processes because they either don’t care or don’t think they will get fined. That’s according to a survey from anti-money laundering tech scaleup, First AML, which surveyed 250 real estate professionals across the UK.
We live in a world where businesses constantly reinvent themselves to remain competitive. Automation and digitisation goals feature in well over half of all today’s businesses’ long-term corporate strategies, according to PwC’s most recent annual Global CEO Survey. Which is why artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual worlds or ‘metaverse’ related technologies and tools have risen to prominence, particularly in relation to improving on-the-job training and upskilling new talent.
Natural energy drink brand TENZING and climate intelligence platform CarbonCloud join forces for the second annual Knowvember – a month-long campaign bringing climate transparency to the high street.
UK bosses are considering asking workers to stay at home to save on office energy bills this winter, according to a new survey of 1,000 senior leaders at UK companies. According to the findings, 64% of senior leaders are considering reversing their rhetoric around encouraging employees back into the office and 74% of business owners feel the same, as the cost of living begins to bite for companies This is according to research from freelance platform Fiverr.
Silicon Valley has been the jewel in the crown of the global technology ecosystem for decades, pioneering innovation and creating some of the world’s most successful companies. Yet, in recent years, we’ve seen a small number of tech hubs join Silicon Valley at the top table. With Europe’s largest tech economy – the UK has firmly cemented itself as a leading place to set up and grow an international tech company.
The chatter around quiet quitting is hard to ignore – this is when an employee doesn’t actually quit but remains in their job without performing above and beyond – but have you heard the buzz about quiet firing?
With COP27 in full swing, Berlin startup ecolytiq has taken a bold step to partner with dedicated and ambitious financial institutions by offering its entire product suite for free for the first three years to those who commit to working with them by the end of COP27.
Average testosterone levels have been declining for decades, yet men suffering from testosterone deficiency often don’t receive the support and treatment that they need to get back to full health and reduce their risk of early death.
Brite Payments today announced further expansion to offer full product coverage across the Baltic region, following the successful launch of its instant pay-ins solution in Estonia earlier this year.
