SMALL BUSINESS POPULARITY SOAR

While the pandemic threatened the survival of small businesses, an unprecedented surge in support from the public has boosted independents, helping to turn fortunes around.

Startups invited to partner with scaleups in growth platform

The Positive Beauty Growth Platform has been launched by Unilever. It’s an initiative which aims to partner with scaleups and startups to drive innovation and brand growth. 

The ultimate internal linking guide for SMEs and SEOs

Martin Hayman, Co-Founder of Twylu, an internal linking tool, commented: “It’s no secret that content is still king when it comes to optimising websites and pages for search engines. Every content marketer knows this all too well and that high-quality content is essential to drive visitors in today’s online world. However, relying on content alone is not enough. Using internal links is also necessary to support your SEO to drive traffic to your pages.

Agile Homes and Lanu: investments made by Venture Studio from Crisis

Two housing-related startups are the first companies to be invested in, and supported by, the Venture Studio from Crisis, the national homelessness charity.

Fiverr has launched subscription-based loyalty program for global seller community

Fiverr has announced the launch of Seller Plus, a subscription based loyalty program for freelancers. For $29 a month, freelancers who subscribe to the program can access a suite of benefits that include a dedicated success manager, faster payment clearance, growth program priority, priority support, advanced analytics and customer engagement tools, as well as exclusive events and educational content.

Startups could win central London meeting space and marketing support

Are you a startup business that’s been initiated since January 2020? IET London: Savoy Place has launched a competition to find one deserving technology or engineering-focused startup business to support throughout 2022.

The only real VAR in Travel

The Business Travel Show starts tomorrow, and with that we wanted to highlight another of the Europe Innovation Faceoff finalists who represent the most cutting edge products, tech and services developed by startups to address big challenges facing the business travel industry.

GIANT Health announces new Digital Therapeutics (DTx) conference track

GIANT Health has officially launched the Digital Therapeutics conference track, co-curated by Research2Guidance, a leading global management consultancy specialising in the digital health market, as part of the GIANT Health Event 2021 held from November 30th until December 1st 2021.

More than three-in-ten businesses have failed to innovate during the pandemic

Businesses must take care to keep up with changes in the market as the pandemic has prevented 31% of businesses from innovating, according to research released by Ayming Group, the business performance consultancy specialising in innovation.

Helping to structure the unstructured purchases

Only two days to go now until the Business Travel Show, and no better time than to highlight some of the Europe Innovation Faceoff finalists who represent the most cutting edge products, tech and services developed by startups to address big challenges facing the business travel industry.

ICIF leads £1m round for energy storage startup

The Imperial College Innovation Fund (ICIF) announced it had led a £1m seed investment round for UK energy storage startup, Cheesecake Energy Ltd (CEL). The round, which includes Perivoli Innovations, and prominent business angels, will fund the development of CEL’s’s manufacturing capabilities and its lead eTanker storage system.

41% claim COVID has negatively impacted the workplace

According to Edays, 41% of respondents felt that their workplace has had a negatively impact on their wellbeing during the pandemic.

£2m raised by startup for clinically validated home testing

European health startup, Sanome, has raised £2m in its first round of funding from leading UK and European HealthTech specialist investors.

The First Steps

Have you ever thought of setting up your own business? Have you already done so? What made you want to do this? In truth, the answers are very different for each of us but, looking at government statistics and Companies House records, more and more people are choosing this route; especially since the turmoil in the last few years caused by the pandemic.

Wellbeing: The foundation of Business Performance

With 1 in 4 of us actively looking to move roles right now, how can businesses minimise the risk of losing the best of their team to the ‘Great Resignation’? It starts with wellbeing.

10 steps to achieve maximum productivity while working remotely

Working at home and struggling to maintain productivity? For the majority of Brits currently working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for those looking to do more home working in the future, Workthere, has shared 10 tips on how you can create an office space that leads to maximum productivity.

Setting your sights on the Big Picture gets the small stuff done

Some of the most exciting startups today are those that we might regard as future-gazers. But consumer habits have changed and we are increasingly sceptical today of businesses and services that offer solutions by creating a demand that was never actually there.

Tech job seekers clash with employers over remote working expectations

A new report from hackajob reveals that while the COVID-19 pandemic has changed tech workers expectations on remote working, it has set them up for a clash with employers.

From A to Zero CO2

All of this week, we will be covering the The Business Travel Show Europe Innovation Faceoff finalists who represent the most cutting edge products, tech and services developed by startups to address big challenges facing the business travel industry.

Top 15 UK Startups List

LinkedIn has announced their annual 2021 Top UK Startups, a list of the best emerging startups to work for. Using a four pillar methodology, they have measured and ranked employment growth, engagement, job interest and talent attraction. The top companies are fast-growing and have successfully embraced flexible working, thus pioneering a new vision for the future of work in the UK.