As a startup founder, you’ve grown into a position that’s exciting, but can also be quite lonesome. It’s important to have good advisors, but often those within the business have an agenda that doesn’t align with your own. This is where an executive coach can be helpful, offering an unbiased, impartial view.

Global consumers are predicting a gloomy future as the cost-of-living crisis grows and many are looking to brands for help to thrive, according to a new study by Omnicom’s Interbrand and C Space in collaboration with Hall & Partners.

Cashflows, the platform that makes it easy for merchants to accept payments, today announces that, despite more than half (52%) of SMBs indicating that they would be open to switching payments providers, 78% do not know how to do so.  

Somerset House, the home of cultural innovators, has welcomed 15 new cutting-edge creative businesses into the Black Business Incubator at Somerset House (BBI), a free programme produced in partnership with Mentor Black Business and sponsored by Morgan Stanley, that aims to help early-stage Black-led creative businesses unlock their full potential and enable their creative enterprises to thrive.

Budgeting for 2023 will be one of the most daunting tasks marketers will face this year. This is due, in part, to the current economic climate. Marketers around the world are planning for next year knowing that they will have to reduce their budgets.

We’ve all heard the old cliché: if young people just spent less money on avocado toast, or skipped a latte every once in a while, they might actually be able to afford a house. These proverbs have seemingly become gospel, but they’re patently false. In fact, it would take the money saved from skipping almost 25,000 portions of avocado toast to buy a house in London - that’s one portion every day for 65 years.

The UK’s education system is thought to be one of the strongest in the world. It often ranks in the top five for worldwide education systems. But take a closer look and, despite the advanced British school curriculum and the UK being home to some of the world’s most prestigious universities, the British education system falls short when it comes to an equal playing field for disadvantaged students.

Few things are more exhilarating than the feeling of starting your own business.

250+ C-level attendees, 25+ notable expert speakers, 8 multi-national partners, and future tech exhibitors graced the 39th edition of World AI Show at The Leela, Mumbai on 23rd November 2022. With the help of these eminent speakers and futuristic solution providers, attendees were able to build and embrace a vibrant AI industry in India.

Sustainability management platform FuturePlus, and London’s new media and culture district featuring the world’s most advanced immersive screens, Outernet, have teamed up to create the Outernet Impact Award in association with FuturePlus.

Data released from claims automation technology firm Sprout.ai has shown that one in five (21%) insurance customers expect claims to be resolved within hours and 100% of 18-24 year olds expect a resolution within one week.

Ambl – the first-ever platform matching diners and drinkers with real-time availability - has successfully closed a £1 million funding raise and officially launched. The London-based start-up has been created to give hospitality venues the necessary tool to fill instantaneous capacity; something leading reservation apps do not currently offer.

Cactos turns second-life EV batteries into smart energy storage units that are connected to its proprietary cloud-based control software.

AstroLabs and the Italian Trade Agency, the government agency which promotes the globalization of Italian firms under the aegis of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, hosted a cross-emerging market showcase bridging the entrepreneurial communities in Italy and the UAE. The first-of-its-kind pitch and panel event was organized to crown the completion of the 2nd edition of the Global Startup Program in the UAE, which took place at the AstroLabs spaces in Dubai over the last two months.

“My experience of working from home is you spend an awful lot of time walking very slowly to the fridge, hacking off a small piece of cheese, then walking very slowly back to your laptop,” said Prime minister Boris Johnson. Worryingly, he’s not the only person to believe the office is essential.

Research released by sustainability management platform FuturePlus and comparative text analytics software company Relative Insight reveals a worrying disconnect between consumer concerns around corporate sustainability efforts and UK companies’ ESG reports.

With searches for ‘immersive experience’ reaching their highest point in five years this summer, Gen Z social media app Frog reveals the success of its pop-up activation - the SUPmarket.

Looking at the distribution of venture capital investments today, women receive five times less financing than their male counterparts. In 2020, only 2.3% of venture capital funds went to businesses started by women around $3.7bn and, more than $160bn went to companies created by men. Moreover, only 12% of decision-makers at venture capital firms are women, and many VC companies have no female partners.  

Workspace Design Show returns for the second time, unveiling an exciting speaker line-up as part of its 2023 edition. Taking place once again at London’s Business Design Centre, the show brings together the UK’s workplace interiors community to explore the experience of tomorrow’s workspaces.

Owning a small business is hard work at any time, let alone right now. In fact, for many owners, the combined impact of the pandemic and the cost of living crisis probably adds up to the most challenging economic circumstances they’ve ever experienced.