Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in the national economy, accounting for 99.2% of total business and 61% of employment in the UK.

As a local pizza parlor or thriving tech startup, driving new traffic and sales is a major hurdle. However, optimising for search engines can put your small business on the map both virtually and physically.

SMEs have, up till now, competed based on personal relationships and services, and their innate agility and competitiveness. However, with recent national data showing the highest number of firms going bust since the 2009 financial crisis, there are some major headwinds facing small businesses that confidence and self-belief alone can’t solve.

The UK is brimming with innovation potential. The government’s commitment to becoming a science superpower and innovation nation has led to measures being introduced to encourage more Research and Development (R&D) in the country, including a record public R&D budget commitment to R&D.

At ISE 2024, Jim McHale, CEO and Founder of Memoori, shared the four pieces of information that PropTech VC’s won’t tell startups…

25th January - ChipStart UK’s first event of the year – saw the cohort of semiconductor startups in attendance give insight on how to navigate their journey ahead by a Founder who had failed on the aims on one of his pursuits.

In the changing world of business, being able to make wise decisions is important for achieving success. Whether you're an entrepreneur or just starting your business journey, knowing how to direct choices effectively can drive your enterprise forward.

It’s awards season again and businesses of all shapes and sizes are launching themselves into the spotlight to bring home the trophies!

In the dynamic, and often vulnerable, world of startups, the importance of robust email security cannot be overstated. 

Smell has the power to invoke memories, arouse emotion, and alert our evolutionary instincts to warn us of danger. Such a sense, therefore, has real potential to tap into something very tangible for consumers. Yet, during the virtual reality (VR) craze that has come over the consumer and even business market, smell has remained largely untapped. We’ve, for instance, heard fuss about a VR treadmill to incorporate further immersion into the realm, but not seen the same for smell… until now.

Recently, private equity firm Future Business Partnership announced it had received the highest B Corp rating of all UK companies. 

The contours of today’s startup fundraising landscape are very different from those of the past few years. However, as one of Angel Investment Network’s investors recently pointed out: “The last few years were an abnormality, and we are now returning to normal.”

While many may share the view that the legal industry is old and traditional, laws and regulations are constantly evolving to adapt to new technologies and practices. Similarly, the changing economic climate challenges us to approach contractual relationships differently to better manage risk and streamline our ability to do business.

The debate surrounding flexible working has intensified. We regularly encounter headlines about large corporations’ reinstatement of office-centric policies or critiques that label remote working as detrimental to the economy. This trend can be found across all types of workplaces.

The AdTech industry is undergoing a rapid transformation driven by technological advancements, evolving consumer preferences, and regulatory changes. It is the UK's 16th largest Real-Time Industrial Classification (RTIC) and 4th fastest-growing sector, with a turnover of £73.39 billion.

Robert Gardner is a money expert, entrepreneur, and financial activist on a mission to make money a force for good for people and the plane.

As the festive lights fade and the reality of routine kicks back in for many business owners - now’s a good time to think about what 2024 will bring.

In 1997, chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov lost the World Chess Championship to IBM's Deep Blue. He was, in a sense, one of the first to lose a job to AI. Instead of seeing AI as the enemy, Garry wondered: What if humans and AI could team up?

In this article, Narai Kim, Director of Intralink Korea, highlights the opportunities for tech scaleups in South Korea and how a new government programme can support them.