Solushin launches in the UK

Award-winning Australian shin splints treatment, Solushin, announces its partnership with Osgo, an educator and distributor of medical products in the United Kingdom.

Could COP26 summit be used as the catalyst for change?

Business leaders have urged political leaders to use next week’s COP26 summit as the ‘catalyst for change’ and to help turbocharge a eco-revolution among UK firms. Global leaders will converge on Glasgow next week as the world unites to tackle climate change. Now, ahead of the conference, business leaders and experts have set out the policies they’d like to see delivered to help them trade in a more sustainable way.

The role of cities in the fight against climate change

Large scale disaster events have increased during the last two decades, and this upsurge can be put down to climate change. As 70 per cent of the world population lives in cities, improving urban resilience against disasters is paramount, and to do this effectively you need to involve the communities most affected say Professor Jon Coaffee, Politics and International Studies and Academic lead for the Global Research Priority in Sustainable Cities, University of Warwick.

How does the budget affect startups?

If we aren’t currently talking about the upcoming COP26, that is taking place this Sunday (so article pending next week), or about Facebook rebranding as Meta, (who knows where that came from?) then everyone is talking about the Chancellor’s budget announcement and what that means four the startups and small businesses out there.

Budget 2021: Businesses must make use of fiscal incentives

Richard Godmon, a tax partner at top 25 accountancy firm, Menzies LLP gave some insight on the implications of the Chancellor’s announcements for UK businesses as they get on the road to recovery, after pandemic-related disruption.

Budget failed to deliver the shot in the arm UK businesses were hoping for

The post pandemic budget failed to deliver the shot in the arm many entrepreneurs were hoping for, a business leader has warned. Toby Harper, the CEO of Harper James Solicitors, said the Chancellor’s announcements didn’t match the ambition many business owners would have liked to see. 

Help the digital skills crisis by supporting industry-led training

Welcoming today’s budget announcement, which commits additional funding to skills development, trade bodies and professional associations across the UK are calling on the government to support industry-led jobs and skills training programmes – to address the UK’s digital skills crisis and strengthen its economic recovery from coronavirus.

SMEs previously struggling with COVID-19 restrictions improving gradually

Real Business Rescue reveals an almost 10% improvement in SMEs in significant distress following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions.

Winter cohort applications open for early-stage tech startups

Activate Studio opens winter cohort application for early-stage tech startups for winter 2021.

Research shows that apps need to do more to connect with users

AppFollow, the leading app review insights and management platform released findings from a new research report: ‘Reputation Management for Mobile Apps | Rating & Reviews in 2021’, which extensively examines the unmet demand for stellar customer experiences across all mobile applications, including a lack of sufficient customer support and not taking on board requested features or reported issues.

Local SMEs join dashboard tool within the first weeks of launch

Over 90 local SMEs join the all-in-one business dashboard tool myDATA3 within the first weeks of launch.

Seven ways to introduce healthy habits into the workplace

The modern workplace is rapidly becoming an increasingly competitive place in the post-pandemic environment. Ultimately, such high competition in the office leads to a lot of stress and strife. As colleagues and other staff members become sick, the remaining ones have to take the slack. 

What is the future of hybrid working?

A recent Utility Bidder article reveals that hybrid working offices could save businesses up to a net of £1.6bn.

3 tips for choosing a business partner

According to data from What Customers Want, 91% of consumers prefer to purchase from small to medium-sized businesses. Why?

Scaling up and digitalisation: why it’s not working

Startup businesses ought to grow in size and complexity. The expression of the business founders’ passion to meet a need in the marketplace, should in theory grow as big as possible to meet that need. Unfortunately, for most startups scaling up often leads to failure and is a leading cause of startups not succeeding within the first 10 years.

Startup to support humanitarian agencies in €747,000 investment

Weaver Labs, a UK startup that is driving growth through connectivity, will work in collaboration with OroraTech as part of a Track & Trust consortium led by Datarella.

The benefits of online reputation management

Online reputation management (ORM) focuses on helping businesses create a positive public impression. To achieve this, a company needs to counteract all the negative material there is online about them. 

5 reasons that startups fail

In 2019, the Telegraph revealed that 20% of new ventures will fail within just 12 months of opening their doors, with that figure climbing to 60% within the first three years.

Building your Market

From the time of your initial idea, you will have been thinking of all the very many steps necessary of turning your vision into reality. One of the first steps when starting up is to consider how you will build your market, and as you scale this will remain at the forefront of all that you need to do. 

Birmingham SMEs to be offered 10 fully-funded digital skills programmes

BJSS and Northcoders to offer Birmingham SMEs 10 fully-funded digital skills programmes.