As interest rates increase and tech stock multiples come down, accessing growth capital is becoming more expensive for startup founders.

Businesses are fighting back against the energy crisis with sustainability at the core of the reaction, according to research from Ayming, the international innovation consultancy.

Starting a business comes with unavoidable risk and responsibility. And where there is risk, insurance surely follows. It’s an industry that has a foothold in many aspects of life, from the cars we drive to our homes and our businesses. While it’s another expense to add to the profit and loss sheet, taking out the right kind of insurance for your business is absolutely critical. Even more so for startups because many typically lack financial security and stability in the first few years. In this short guide, we’ll outline the most common types of business insurance that startups take out from the get-go.

Today, Expedia Group launches Open World™ Accelerator, an initiative that builds on its Open World vision to power partners of all sizes with the technology and supply needed to thrive in the travel market. This new initiative is designed to advance innovation in the travel industry, by supporting startups and small and medium sized business (SMBs) to fast-track their growth and innovate on Expedia’s purpose-built technology platform.

For those who read our last part, you’ll know Traction Club is a new 5-week programme we ran at Colorintech over the summer of 2022 to help underrepresented B2B founders get their first paying client.

Pets are big business in the UK. According to the PDSA, over half of the UK’s adult population own a pet of some description. This is a lucrative demographic for budding business owners in the pet industry, particularly with regard to ‘pet hospitality’ – an emerging industry borne of the increased mobility of younger pet owners in the UK. But if you were to start your own pet boarding business, where would you begin?

The search for a co-founder is no easy feat. It’s not just about finding someone to accompany you on your business journey or having someone to share the challenges that come with being a founder. It’s about finding someone who shares the vision you hold so passionately – someone who has that equal burning excitement within them to build your shared vision into the great product you know it can be. In a way, finding the right co-founder is a lot like dating; it requires a time commitment, and compatibility.

Creativity has always played a deeply important role in my life, so when I became a founder, giving creativity a seat at the table felt like the most natural, vital thing I could do for my business. And my journey to becoming CEO of my agency, Grizzly, couldn’t have happened if I hadn’t had a creative vision that I now share with my whole team.

Growth is often the number one priority for any startup. With growth comes revenue and with revenue should come profit, eventually. However, growth is all about finding the sweet spot – too much, too quickly and your startup could be left short of resources or without the proper structure in place to support your expansion. Too slow and your business could face stagnation and lose the race to turn profitable. The sweet spot is what’s known as sustainable growth – the rate at which your resources, structure and systems can support growth without risking the quality of your product or service, or operations as a whole. Below we’ll explore some of the areas of your startup that you should be focusing on to help generate sustainable growth.

Looking for a tasty and nutritious meal that you don’t need to cook from scratch? Feast your taste-buds on this new range of macro-balanced, high protein meals and pizzas from The Gym Kitchen.

An inclusive and diverse workforce is important for building a culture where everyone feels they belong and that they can bring their whole selves to work every day.

One in three Brits would prefer to contact customer service via SMS or WhatsApp, new research shows, highlighting the need for businesses to employ a fully omnichannel presence. 

Some things in life are simple truths: night follows day and people love pizza. This is clearly the case for British taste-buds, as the UK pizza industry market size hit a whopping £3272 million in 2021.

‘Net-zero’, or the principle of achieving complete carbon neutrality, is a principle that has been adopted by several nation states in recent years. The growing severity of the climate crisis has inspired necessary action from governments around the world, all working in concert via recommendations and accords achieved through the COP summits.

Optellum, an Oxford-based medtech company that provides a breakthrough AI platform to diagnose and treat early-stage lung cancer, has raised $14 million in a Series A funding round. The investment will enable the company to scale its base, operations and commercial launches in the UK and USA, accelerate its research and development, and expand its platform into personalized therapy decisions, integrating imaging with molecular data, robotics, and liquid biopsies.