Customer loyalty in ridesharing services has declined 25 points in the past year according to research from Chattermill.
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee encouraged an onslaught of innovative, creative and sometimes bothersome campaigns, with brands from McDonald’s to The Times capitalising on the momentous occasion.
This year’s most inspirational British small businesses have been revealed by the Small Business Saturday campaign, as it marks its ten-year anniversary with a call for the public to support small businesses in the community and shop small.
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.
What image comes to your mind when you think of an entrepreneur? Someone with incredible analytical, technical and management skills? Someone who can work from a very busy schedule and tackle every obstacle they face?
Here, I share my top five tips for anyone to build a new brand.
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
Fifteen new tech startups will be joining the Exchange scheme with plans to scale, grow and raise funds over the next six months, with the support of the startup programme and its partners.
The happiest people in the world come from the Nordics, so it’s only natural they’ve cracked the code when it comes to the happiness of the elderly!
At any stage of business, choosing the right investor can be one of the hardest and complex decisions you can ever make. This individual will more than likely not just contribute financially but often operationally meaning choosing the wrong person could be detrimental to your business.
iDenfy, the global identity verification and fraud prevention service startup, joined forces with VIAINVEST, a licensed investment platform that offers investment opportunities in global lending markets. iDenfy will maximise security for VIAINVEST by providing an AI-powered ID verification service.
Fresh Relevance has shared insights from their research into the cross-channel behaviour and attitudes of online shoppers in the UK. It suggests that brands should think twice before pushing promotional content on social media channels.
Data from the Intuit QuickBooks Late Payments Bulletin1 reveals that the ongoing issue of late payments among small businesses is persisting, hitting small businesses’ cashflow at a time when the cost-of-living crisis is intensifying.
Women’s Business Club will host its 10th annual conference and awards in Cheltenham on the 5th of October. The aim of the event is to inspire, empower and celebrate women in business whether they are starting out on their journey, are already established SME businesswomen or are employed women building a career.
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.
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.
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.
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.
From October 2022, Residency will be organising monthly pop-ups at its Islington Square site in North London.
The UK’s Research and Development (R&D) tax relief scheme incentivises businesses to spend money on innovation. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can receive a payable cash credit up to 33% of their eligible R&D spending which presents a strong opportunity for startups to reduce the cost of overcoming scientific or technological problems.
