When aiming to start a limited company, it’s best to be particular about all the finer details, of which there are many. Having business partners, directors, and shareholders requires many separate agreements on paper that need to be filed correctly with all the correct channels.
Sage has launched a peer-to-peer (P2P) customer service platform in partnership with Limitless, to enhance its customer experience and enable small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) to recover stronger as UK lockdown measures lift.
The participants of this year’s RESPOND accelerator cohort have been selected: from approx. 400 applications from 65 countries, the ten best have been selected to participate in this year’s program. The five-month program starts on 7th June.
New research from PeoplePerHour, the freelance jobs marketplace, shows more people have turned to freelancing alongside employee jobs during the pandemic.
GoDaddy has revealed that a micro-business ‘powerhouse’ has emerged in the North of England during the global pandemic, with growth in new ventures outstripping that in the South.
Funding Options, the marketplace for business finance, has launched Funding Cloud, a technology and data-driven platform that will bring unparalleled scale and speed to the SME finance sector. Lenders including Just Cash Flow, iwoca, YouLend, Optimum Finance and FIBR have already integrated with Funding Cloud to benefit from its innovative technology and as a highly efficient channel for customer acquisition. By Q4 this year, the company expects to have more than 30 lenders fully integrated.
As per a survey performed by a magazine, 70% of our youth wish to settle in different countries, primarily the US and UK. Working in a foreign land is their idea of ‘success’. Now emigration isn’t as much of a problem as long as employers manage to keep the spirits of the international employees high, thereby, leading to their long-term engagement with the company.
When the pandemic first hit and we were forced into lockdown, businesses had no choice but to adapt quickly, and most did a commendable job, rising to the challenge and ensuring employees had what they needed to do their jobs effectively from home.
Timing, it is often said, is everything. And this can certainly be true in the world of business, as almost everything that you or your business does can be affected in one way or another as to when that action is taken.
The COVID-19 pandemic has touched all our lives and, sadly, has taken many, and widespread business closures and redundancies have had an unprecedented impact on peoples’ livelihoods that will be felt for many years to come.
Growth Animals was founded during lockdown in 2020 by a team of tenacious marketeers that want to do more than just marketing, they want to give back. Here, Startups Magazine, speaks to Chris Thornhill, Co-founder & CEO of Growth Animals to find out more.
Israeli Agtech startup, RCK, has announced the completion of the first ever catalogue of cannabis strains that covers all the medical indications of the Israeli Medical Cannabis Agency (IMCA).
The COVID-19 pandemic and its subsequent lockdowns have placed a unique strain on many industries. As we begin to emerge into some form of normality, we may be surprised to find a radically different landscape of business strategy and consumer behaviour than previously.
Remote is an international HR tech startup that enables companies to hire people all over the world, wherever they are located. Remote is the first self-serve platform for global employment, and the startup also supports payroll, taxes, benefits, and compliance for businesses of any size. Here, Startups Magazine speaks to Nadia Vatalidis, Director of People at Remote to find out more.
From better work-life balance and wellbeing to zero commute time, working from home is said to have more than a few perks. According to a recent study by Instant Offices, Britons who have been working from home have accumulated 1.2 billion extra hours which means a mammoth figure of £21.9 billion worth of unpaid overtime is lost.
Conducted by Frank Recruitment Group’s specialist Salesforce recruitment arm, Mason Frank International, the survey asked over 1,800 IT professionals from around the world for their opinions on the tech jobs market, salaries, and benefits. The findings showed that 54% of respondents who would consider relocating to the UK for work would be open to pursuing opportunities beyond the capital. Among the cities mentioned by respondents as potential relocation options include Newcastle, Liverpool, and Leeds.
Pauline Kwasniak from Female Event Planners, MCI’s director of onsite services, James Kelley, and Kathryn Frankson, director of event marketing at Informa, are some of the latest judges to be announced for Event Technology Awards (ETA) 2021.
At White Camino we’re huge fans of challenger brand thinking, whatever market you’re in and even if you’re number one, keep behaving like a challenger. Leading with your ideas and having a distinctive voice are vital. After far too many years of working in the entertainment industry telling stories about erm… stories, has given us plenty of experience of dreaming up pipelines of great ideas. To get things started we spoke to a few of our compadres to gather some of their pearls.
It alarms me (and saddens me) that most women are suffering with general self-esteem issues. 79% of women admit to struggling in this area, according to our The WealthiHer Network 2020/21 report ‘The Changing Faces of Women’s Wealth’.
The pandemic has raised many questions about the future of work. As business begin to navigate their way out of lockdown, they are facing new obstacles operationally and new ways of working. With all of these changes afoot, it is clear that training will be more important than ever.
