With Black Friday among us, phishing attacks are set to skyrocket, so here we consider why – and how – ecommerce startups should be prepared.

As of this past Autumn, all employees in the UK now have a right to request flexible working options from day one. As a business of any size, it’s now a necessity to consider your approach to flexible working.

It’s hard to believe that email - or electronic mail - wasn’t introduced until the early 1990s when the World Wide Web was first launched for widespread use. Since then it has become a vital communications tool for businesses and people across the globe

The reason I decided to write my book ‘Doing the Opposite’ was because I realised something quite extraordinary through my life experiences. I questioned why my latest business, Cloudfm Group had been so successful and grown from £1m to £70m in just four years.

In a startup, the CTO is involved in making important technical decisions and has a key role in the success of a project. CTO chooses the technologies needed to create a product and controls the entire development process.

Today’s business problems need the untapped potential of women-led enterprises which represent as much as £250bn of additional value for the UK economy.

The focus for many businesses throughout the pandemic has been on cashflow and liquidity - for some it has simply been a case of short-term survival. In some cases the the information distributed by directors will have a real bearing on their own remuneration or even employment. 

Once considered as a term for the next-gen of cars, the use of 'hybrid' is now more popularly used to describe the new way of working.

Whether your cyber security startup is new to social media marketing or it already has a presence on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and other such platforms, this guide is relevant for you. Read until the end to find out our 10 checklist points to tick off for a solid social media marketing execution for your cyber security business.

Commercial heat pumps take natural thermal energy from the air, ground, or water and turn it into heat that can be used for hot water and heating systems.

Being a startup owner has its challenges. From updating the books to implementing the perfect marketing strategy, it can feel like time is running against you. Nevertheless, there are several ways in which you can manage your time more effectively.

Starting and scaling a business requires founders to undertake many different roles; many of which they will do themselves initially but other tasks they will inevitably require some assistance with. But whatever the business, any founder looking to scale must ensure that they tell a good story, and they tell it well.  But what does this actually mean?

Outsourcing is the practice of letting an outside firm handle your company’s processes. It’s a phenomenon used by small and large companies alike.

The complexion of the SMB landscape is regularly subject to change. Disruptive market entrants, new technologies, and fluctuations in the economy, represent just a handful of the influences that can force SMBs to revise their business models.

In today’s world, we are leasing assets a lot more regularly. According to Dataforce, Europeans are leasing and renting cars more than ever before, including both short-term and operational leasing. Over the last five years, the leasing market skyrocketed from 2.6 million to four million due to the culture of ownership evolving.

With the launch of Build on AWS, AWS simplified the first steps of launching scalable, reliable, secure, and optimised infrastructure tailored to startups’ industry or use case. This enables startups to focus on building their core product knowing they’re using AWS best practices for their underlying cloud infrastructure. We spoke to Katie Drucker, Director and Global Leader, Business Development, on how AWS is continuing to help guide startups in their journeys to choose and implement the right infrastructure for their business needs.

With the ever-increasing focus on tech in our lives and the sheer volume of new, ground-breaking tech launches that one hears or reads about, you could miss one vital element of their story. The IP behind them. And, for any tech that has significant IP value, the IP creator/founder needs to be acutely aware of the lead times available in the patent process. If deadlines are missed, rights can vanish in an instant. Jim Gastle, IP enthusiast and Canadian patent agent, explains this in more detail.

Black Friday is fast approaching, this year falling on 26th November, meaning most businesses are busy preparing for one of the most hectic weekends of the year in retail.

Over the last few decades, the world has made huge strides forward in promoting gender equality in the workforce. In fact, last year saw the employment gap between men and women fall to 6.3%, the lowest point since records began in 1971.