A quality digital offering has become of existential importance. Disruptors from Amazon and Spotify to Uber and Netflix have transformed people’s service delivery expectations – expectations that are progressively extending to the financial services sector. Bottom line: firms without a strong digital offering that puts the control in users’ hands won’t survive.

For many business founders, raising institutional investment can be daunting, especially in today’s economic climate – but it does not have to be.

Team bonding activities for a range of businesses, from small startups through to large corporates often include responsible consumption of alcohol during shared moments of conviviality .

Women investors, investresses, are making impressive strides and paving the way for other women. They’re increasingly embracing value investing, running diversified multi-asset investment portfolios on behalf of investors, and managing assets worth billions of pounds, as part of a growing number of female role models who are gracefully leading the change that will inspire many generations to come.

When you have an idea for your own startup, you are most likely supercharged with it and immersed in thoughts about how a new product or service will help people and businesses, and lead you to success.

Emma Malha, Co-founder of online real estate marketplace Beanstock, grew up in Lebanon and moved to Paris to attend business school when she was 21. After graduation, she joined a food delivery startup and it was here she met her co-founder and a lot of brainstorming began!

For our Founder Focus feature this issue, we chat with Tanya Laird, Founder of Digital Jam, and the host of the Digital Jam Sessions; an inspirational woman who, despite currently battling cancer, still continues to facilitate collaboration and innovation in the gaming and augmented reality (AR/VR) sector.

International Women's Day is celebrated in the month of March every year to commemorate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, and the theme for this year is “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality.”

Isobelle Panton, Director of Student Recruitment & International at University Academy 92, founded by the Class of 92’ in partnership with Lancaster University, shares 10 tips to drive diversity within your talent acquisition strategy and how to engage & retain diverse talent.

isosconnect is an app for independent health & well-being practitioners, simple & safe software to keep you connected to your clients. The last time we spoke with Kim Page, her and her team were on the cusp of launching isosconnect – an online platform where practitioners can meet clients online, safely, and securely.

Paige West caught up with the team at AllBright to find out how this private member's club for women, in Mayfair, is driving change for smart-minded women.

The challenge of climate change must be met with serious urgency. Countries around the world need to pursue efforts to limit global warming, and the energy sector has an important role to play in helping achieve carbon neutrality, or net zero.

For an entrepreneur there are few things as exciting as starting a new business. From bagging your first client or sale to turning the keys in the door of your first office, the big moments come thick and fast at the beginning.

Despite the economic backdrop, there were over 3.8 million new business applications filed in the first three quarters of 2022, making us Brits keen for entrepreneurial action.

I was fortunate enough to attend the London PropTech show last month, which featured a wide range of innovative exhibitors showcasing the technologies that will shape the future of the property industry.