Although digital transactions have existed for several years, the pandemic prompted a surge in alternative and innovative payment methods. Not only was this out of convenience, as businesses were closed and online shopping was the only substitute, but for hygiene reasons and consumer safety.

Home entertainment and hospitality platform, HOMETAINMENT, has announced it has raised nearly £400,000 in funding through a crowdfunding campaign and is set to scale in London and abroad.

As I write this, the business idea that myself and two friends came up with over 12 months ago is on the verge of launching across London. To say I have had a few sleepless nights in the lead-up to this point would be a bit of an understatement. 

Escapism is otherworldly, blissful, maddening and liberating. Everyone has their own forms and rituals for temporarily getting away from the realities of life.

Following our last article, we looked at how brand values play a part in building brand culture. We looked at this from a deeper brand purpose perspective.

A quick Google search of the renowned buzzword ‘customer experience’ returns over 1.5 billion results. That’s 104 times more than the population of Europe.

The internet of things, or IoT, is a system of interconnected computational devices and digital machines that can share data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction.

With gas prices soaring and an increasing drive for sustainability across the UK, electric cars have never made more sense. Yet figures show that despite electric car sales increasing, the market still has plenty of room to grow – and could contribute far more to efforts to decarbonise.

Despite challenging and uncertain times in the form of political and economic instability, entrepreneurs launch new businesses every day. Fortune favours the bold, right? So, where there’s uncertainty lies opportunity.

Lot traceability software is a system that helps businesses track the movement of products through the supply chain. This information can be used for various things. There are a lot of benefits of lot traceability and the biggest ones will be discussed in this article.

The business landscape has faced significant disruption in recent years. And the turbulence doesn’t seem to be settling down anytime soon.

It’s never been this expensive to get behind a wheel. But leasing via a salary sacrifice scheme could help.

Many start-up owners dream about the day when they get to introduce their business to a North American audience. However, that task can quickly become a nightmare if it’s not managed correctly.

The property market for landlords has transformed significantly over the last few years. 

There have been changes to property ownership and tenants’ rights in just the last few months, which are likely to affect how residential landlords in particular approach buying and managing a property. Many of these changes began early in 2020 during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and while the initial view was that they were likely to be temporary, some have now been enacted permanently.

Working life has undergone significant changes in recent years. From the introduction of remote working to The Great Resignation, businesses have experienced a lot. Now, we’re experiencing a cost-of-living crisis and there are growing fears of potential recession. It seems we can’t catch a break.

German startup company, Voltfang, have come up with an innovative way of bringing reused car batteries to life – by using them as an electricity storage system.

Years ago, as a younger officer who had just joined the Singapore public service, I sat in a classroom listening to a senior civil servant share his philosophy for policy making. “Policy is implementation.” He said, “what’s on paper is only as good as what is actually practiced on the ground.” It sounded like good advice; I scribbled it in my notebook at the time and kept it at the back of my mind.

This is the second of a two-part series we at Colorintech have put together on the topic of “What Early-Stage VCs Think About Traction”.

At Colorintech, we work to support underrepresented people to get into tech and be successful in tech. One of the ways we do that is by supporting underrepresented tech founders by running an annual accelerator programme, but following four editions of this, we wanted to challenge ourselves to think about how we can evolve the model of founder support.

It’s widely documented that entrepreneurship is fraught with challenges. Even the most seasoned of entrepreneurs have tackled many obstacles over their career. It is the lessons that these challenges provide which set you up for future success. These learning opportunities can be even further enriched by consulting entrepreneurs who have overcome similar hurdles.