It’s well-known that the third Monday in January is called “Blue Monday”. Supposedly the most depressing day of the year, this theory has been broadly debunked and has received criticism for trivialising mental health. Danni Rush, COO of Virgin Incentives, Virgin Experience Days and Virgin Experience Gifts discusses.

Long gone are the days of trying to squeeze conversation out of AOL’s Instant Messenger robot, SmarterChild.

A day in the life of a digital marketing agency involves a smorgasbord of PR and digital marketing campaigns, supporting a variety of clients at different funding stages, levels of maturity and resources.

With the workspace becoming remote and technology advancing rapidly, one venture that has boomed is Virtual Assistance.

Over the past few years, the startup ecosystem in London has grown faster than ever and now London is known as the best place for startups.

Building a culture of trust is an essential element of running a business, and prioritising the needs of teams is key to establishing this.

Charles Darwin famously stated that the species best able to adapt and adjust to the changing environment in which it finds itself is the one most likely to survive.

The year 2022 was by far the most eventful year for the crypto market.

The term PLG (product-led growth) has been gradually gaining popularity over the past few years, to a large extent thanks to the success of companies such as Slack, Dropbox, Calendly, Miro and ClickUp.

When expanding your start-up business, a key phase will be recruiting the right individuals who fit your organisational culture and ambitions. 

2022 – the year the monarchy changed, we lost two prime ministers and the UK experienced the battering of three major storms in just one week.

Menopausal women are the fastest growing demographic in the workforce and 8 out of 10 menopausal women are in work.

If our experience of the 2020s so far has taught us anything, it’s that the future is hard to predict.

According to the Business Statistics bulletin, there were 810,316 new start-up businesses launched in 2021 – an increase of 21.8% compared to 2019 and the highest number of launches in one year on record.

Venture capital has a long way to go when it comes to diversity.

Many of us have once picked up a new musical instrument with great fervour only to give up not much later.

Most brands struggle with getting it right when it comes to marketing. It takes time and effort for marketing to be effective. 

The metaverse is being hailed as the dawn of a new era of technology.

Miguel Fernandez, CEO and Co-Founder of Capchase looks to the challenging year ahead and some simple measures startups can take to build resilience. We’ve all seen the headlines. That tech is bracing itself for a challenging year. From gaming to green tech, fledging startups to billion-dollar global businesses – it would appear that most tech sectors will feel the pinch of recession. But that is not to say all is lost. Far from it.

Employers have a responsibility to support their employees’ mental health. In previous decades, businesses did not openly discuss employees' mental health when assessing the wellbeing of their staff. Fortunately, workplace mental health support is rising in importance, although there is still a long way to go.