The new funding comes from Equable Capital, a New York-based family office founded by Jonathan Smidt, a former partner at investment firm KKR

The on-demand webinars, which cover how to generate more cross-border sales and grow internationally, how to grow a sustainable e-commerce business, and how to create the ideal omnichannel customer experience, are now available here. With these webinars, courier service UPS wants to support e-commerce businesses in the evolution of their e-commerce activities under the hashtag #GoBeyond.

It’s safe to say that most organisations would like to improve their carbon footprint, reduce their emissions, and be more ‘eco-friendly’ and environmentally focused, but many don’t know where to start, or what that really involves. How much difference does it really make if one organisation turns down the heating in their offices, or encourages more staff to car-share on the way to work? 

Weavr, a London-headquartered technology provider that enables businesses with Plug-and-Play financial solutions, today announced the close of a $40m Series A funding round led by Tiger Global.

The Great Resignation rages on as 44% of UK people surveyed in the fifth annual Employee Engagement and Retention Report from Achievers Workforce Institute plan to look for new jobs in 2022. The problem risks fuelling more staff churn, as 68% of respondents reported that their employers had not been able to find new team members to support them.

The well-being of employees is crucial. Improper care for staff can impact their performance and can have harmful effects within a company.

Whether the offering of your startup is an eco-friendly product or range of products or whether, as a new business, you are all too well-aware that potential customers will be expecting your eco credentials to be sound, it might be that you feel baffled and confused by all the eco-friendly and environmental terminology you see being bandied about. And you are not alone.

Brand awareness has become a crucial component of any business marketing strategy. Some people might think that freelancing doesn’t require as much strategy or organisation, but those with experience in that area would beg to differ.

Shredall SDS Group is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month, recognising years of partnering with businesses across the UK to store and dispose of their confidential documents.

We all know that a healthy lifestyle benefits us in the long run, but we rarely think that exercise can increase our work productivity today. The secret to the beneficial effects of exercise is that new, unfamiliar physical activities cause our brain to wake up and get out of automatic mode. This article will be helpful for those who want to become more successful in their work, increase concentration, relieve stress, strengthen memory and other cognitive functions.

Event organisers can provide attendees with precise locations for meeting points, restrooms, emergency services and much more

The dust has settled on the new year. Employees are over the January slump and everyone is caught up on any work that had fallen by the wayside ahead of the festive break. Businesses are in a position to think clearly about how they want to succeed in 2022 and with the worst of the pandemic well behind us, organisations are now beginning to invest in technology solutions that can help them remain innovative and agile.

Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) has been one of the most notable financial trends in recent years, consistently trending upwards in size and scale during a period of instability and disruption. A novel and accessible form of lending, BNPL gained traction among some noteworthy fintech startups before breaking into the big time, with some of the world’s largest and most influential companies either incorporating third-party BNPL services into their offering or even creating their own product.

Introducing ‘IRIS clarity’, Voice isolation software that eradicates background noise to make online calls and contact centre operations vastly more effective.

An understandable lack of confidence has gripped most sectors across markets globally over the past two years, given the combined weight of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the pressure this applied to an already-strained global supply chain. More than ever, businesses have been challenged to perform even their critical operations, in the face of rising costs and uncertain reliability of their modes of supply.

When starting a business, the culture you want to create is likely to be one of the first things you talk about; it’s an essential ingredient in building a team of people who hold the same principles and will work to achieve common goals. But it’s all too easy to let that culture slip down the priority list as your business grows. Kristian Gjerding, CEO of CellPoint Digital, explains why it should always be top of the agenda.

Cost of due diligence has risen by a third in the past six months - with high-risk clients costing some banks $3,000 and 140 days to check 

My copywriting business launched when I was going through treatment for cancer, back in the spring of 2015. It was both the perfect and worst possible time to set up. 

The Sustainability Group, a UK-based sustainability consultancy, announces the launch of its FuturePlus platform to accelerate the contribution of business towards the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goal targets.

Textbooks can only give the bare bones of a successful business strategy. Whether you’re a global corporate or solo freelancer building a brand, accounting, budgets and forecasts will make or break a venture but not faster than a deficit of passion to make an idea a reality. Above all else, it’s the execution that separates what’s ‘just’ a good idea and the startups which will become category winners.