We’re all feeling under pressure right now, with the cost-of-living crisis hitting every business in the UK. While turning the lights on and plugging in your office phone system can’t be avoided, there’s certainly some ways to cut back costs. Here, Kristian Torode, Co-Founder and Director of business telecoms services provider Crystaline shares his top tips for keeping your comms costs low.

With many experts predicting that the UK economy is on course to enter a recession before the end of the year, research from ForrestBrown, the UK’s leading R&D tax credit consultancy, has found that businesses will turn to innovation to weather the economic downturn.

Henry Ford once said: “It’s not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages”. And he’s not wrong – building good relationships with customers is the foundation for success. The CRM system is often hailed as the heart of customer experience (CX), yet many businesses don’t give their CRMs as much thought as they merit. Here, Ross Slogrove, UK country manager of contact centre software provider Ringover, shares his blueprint for a successful CRM strategy.

It’s no secret that information and data are power for businesses of all shapes and sizes, arming them with a competitive advantage, improved communication and better operational flexibility. A company’s information and customer data are fundamental to driving future success, meaning businesses need to keep it organised, analysed and protected in order to realise these long-term benefits.

Towergate Health & Protection today announces that it has signed Rebellion to Kinetic+, its new health and wellbeing proposition.

When we consider age, we often think of it in terms of a chronological exercise. We’re born, we grow older and then we die. But what about our biological age?

Social media users have picked up on the fact that Deliveroo customers are able to pay for their food orders using Klarna, sharing dismay with the controversial 'eat now, pay later' option during the ongoing cost of living crisis.

Deliverect, a global scale-up that simplifies digital orders for more than 27,000 locations across 40 markets, today announced new global research, which revealed that more people are purchasing takeaway or delivery orders today than they were before the recent increase in cost of living. The survey, which was commissioned by Deliverect and conducted by Censuswide, found that 57.34% of consumers are now purchasing up to three takeaways in a week now, in comparison to 49% prior to the inflation increase. 

Full-service event company Creation is celebrating monumental success having ranked 29th in The Sunday Times 100 following a record-breaking financial year and staggering growth.

Less is more, someone wise once said. And with the world’s biggest trial of the four-day work week underway in the UK, many entrepreneurs and start-up directors are asking the same thing: could we do the same work in less time? If the idea of dropping a day makes you lose sleep, fear not! There are many ways to help you be just as productive- and maybe even more- with a shorter working week. 

The retail industry has experienced a huge shift in recent years. The power now lies with the customers. Yet, some brands have been slow to understand the gravity of this situation and find themselves falling behind as a result.

Silveray, an X-ray technology spin-out from the University of Surrey, has raised £2.2M in a seed funding round led by the UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S). ACF Investors, R42 Group, UK Future Tech Investment (UKFTI), InnovateUK, Cambridge Angels, and SyndicateRoom’s Access fund were also involved in the funding round. 

As 2022 draws to an end, the world economy and the cost of living are threatening to cause havoc in the UK. Anyone could be forgiven for refusing to look beyond this winter. 

Photography is one of the most important aspects of your branding and shouldn’t be underestimated. From building a positive reputation and grabbing the attention of the right audience, to getting recognised, there are so many reasons why you need to invest in photography when it comes to reinforcing your business’ brand.

A study conducted by Roland DG across the UK and Europe has revealed that over a third (35 per cent) of shoppers avoid entering shops with badly maintained storefronts, and a third (29 per cent) are less likely to spend money in them. The overall findings from the study suggest certain sections of the high street need a significant facelift if they are going to mount a recovery post-COVID.