Women’s Equality Day represents an important celebration of the progress made in the push for gender parity. However, on this day, we must also consider the significant imbalances that continue to exist within the working world – particularly within the largely male-dominated technology sector.
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.
A powerful online presence can make a huge impact on the success of any business, be it a small brick-and-mortar, or an e-commerce website. This has become increasingly accurate in recent years, with changing consumer habits and a majority of people turning to the internet to shop, discover local businesses, and learn more about your company.
As one of the fastest-growing industries in the UK, vacancies in the tech space are booming: companies and government programmes are racing to fill the digital skills gap.
Flexible workspace provider LABS and Camden Council announce that a second group of local entrepreneurs will be provided fully funded workspace to help support the growth of their businesses.
As part of its Global Youth Initiative, Nestlé have launched the Nestlé Youth Entrepreneurship Platform (YEP), a digital platform for young innovators and entrepreneurs who want to learn new knowledge and skills, test an idea or grow their businesses, in areas ranging from food science and technology to the development of products and services – including regenerative agriculture and sustainable packaging.
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.
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.
UK small businesses are navigating slowing sales growth, increasing payment waiting times and persistently soft jobs results, according to the latest data from Xero, the global small business platform.
Founded in 2012, Gousto, is a UK recipe box provider delivering eight million meals per month. Initially set up with the idea of reducing food waste, over time the company has expanded its definition of sustainability to include areas such as packaging, carbon emissions, and healthy outcomes, with an overarching goal for every meal to leave the world better off.
Escapism is otherworldly, blissful, maddening and liberating. Everyone has their own forms and rituals for temporarily getting away from the realities of life.
thirdweb announces its Series A led by Haun Ventures, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Shopify, Polygon, Protocol Labs, Shrug VC, Joseph Lacob and other industry leaders.
It used to be easy to know when you were at work and when you weren’t. You were either present at the workplace doing work – or you weren’t. Now you might well be in your kitchen presenting the most important pitch of your career.
Of the millions of brands that launch every year, around 90% will fail. So how can you make that 10%?
More than half of Brits admit they get frustrated if they have to wait more than five hours for a response from a brand’s customer service, highlighting the demand for an always-on culture.
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.
Marketing is a critical part for a startup in driving growth and retention, yet one of the main challenges of any startup leader is having the time and resources to spend on it. From being the HR manager, to the main salesperson, to developing and launching the actual product, startup leaders already wear many hats, so when it comes to marketing, they need a simple and doable approach.
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.
Leading European PropTech venture capital firm, Round Hill Ventures, backed by Round Hill Capital, is investing in German PropTech startup, Erste Hausverwaltung, to help sustain growth in the property management platform which has doubled in size over the past year. The funding will be used to develop new technology software and solutions for German property managers.
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.
