In the past three years, I have worked with a number of businesses and clients from all sizes of company and all industries. Whilst the companies and people differ, one thing is constant for nearly every single person I have met since starting my consultancy: most people fear, hate or avoid selling.

Research from Correct Careers Coaching found evidence that 83% of sales professionals feel they require support in using social media for building business relationships, emphasising sales professionals seeking to try new approaches to increase business sales.

Downsizing a business is never an easy task, however, with many businesses not performing up to standard as a result of the pandemic it has become necessary. Richard Wayman, CIA Landlord’s Finance Director reveals the most important factors to consider when downsizing during the pandemic.

The European Startup Festival 2020 is an online, warm-hearted, diverse annual event of the European Startup Association to celebrate an inspiring community of entrepreneurs and investors to interact with all the stakeholders of a borderless startup ecosystem. It will take place between 16th and 21st November 2020 during the Global Entrepreneurship Week.

Legacy Club launches first of its kind virtual members club to connect with business audiences around the world in response to Covid-19. Founded by Chris Caffrey, former Head of Membership for Home Grown with over 20 years events, membership and travel experience, Legacy Club is a virtual member's only network with a focus on peer to peer connections and unrivalled members privileges set to launch at the start of 2021. Legacy Club member's will be a diverse community of Founders, CEO's, Directors and Disruptors.

Coutts, the wealth manager and private bank, has released the latest round of findings of the inaugural Coutts UK Entrepreneur Index (CUEI) which outlines the level of entrepreneurialism in the UK as well as the desires and barriers that they have faced when starting their business.

Europe’s tech sector is worth four times what it was five years ago as the leading generation of companies and founders give back to the next wave of ambitious tech firms - signalling the start of a golden age of European tech entrepreneurship.

Digital security specialist Zobi is set to launch a new campaign via leading crowdfunding site Kickstarter, as the brand sets its sights on delivering new technology to keep us safe in a digital world. Zobi has already garnered interest from venture capital and crowdfunding efforts, raising over £500,000 via angel investors, institutional investors and equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs.

MS&AD, one of the world’s largest property and casualty insurers, is to use AI to accelerate how it processes auto claims, speeding up recovery for its policyholders. 

Just under half of manufacturing workers suffered a decline in their mental health during the first lockdown and the industry 'cannot afford another hit to mental health as we move through the winter', according to corporate wellbeing expert, Westfield Health.

As many UK businesses begin to reopen, investor eyes will be sharply focused on whether startup companies can withstand the ongoing COVID-19 storm. However, investors do not need to stand by nervously as these fortunes are gradually revealed. By being actively engaged in the development of portfolio companies, investors can not only identify earlier the budding businesses likely to emerge strongest, they can also move quickly to help the most challenged.

Everything in life and business is a learning opportunity. The fact that all of us learn more, and more quickly, from our mistakes and when times are difficult, rather than when all is easy and going well, has always been known, but 2020 is certainly reminding us very forcibly of that fact.

A webinar that explores mental health in the workplace will kickstart the Angel Business Club Insights series on Wednesday, 4th November. The webinar, titled ‘Inspiring Mental Wellbeing In The Workplace In a Post-COVID World’, will be hosted by former vice president of HR at Unilever Geoff McDonald.

Fuelling innovation and powering growth; British Patient Capital’s total commitments reach over £1bn.

Ziglu, the challenger and fully FCA authorised Electronic Money Institution, has announced the appointment of James Sullivan as its Chief Legal Officer.

With the ever-growing numbers of people who are in the white collar jobs, against the very limited space in towns and cities where most people would prefer to get an office, there is a need to put up offices in homes. Also in this pandemic season, working from home has become a part of the new normal. Remote working has greatly helped in decongesting offices and minimising the need for daily commute.

B2B tech Unicorns with more female leaders are more likely to have female staff in the rest of the organisation, according to findings from 'Part One: Female Inclusion' of leading European B2B SaaS Venture Capital firm Notion Capital’s report, Which Diversity Measures Work? 

[FLOW] OS is making strides with a platform that changes the face of both online and hybrid events as we know them today. Launched as the world’s first co-operating digital ecosystem, it is based on a unique proprietary framework with endless scalability that creates a new way to enable offline social interactions in a 100% customisable digital environment.

Leading figures from the world of business gathered last week for Scotland’s leading entrepreneurship event, Startup Summit. The event, which for the first time in its 9 year history took place online, saw over 1,000 attendees join virtually on 28th and 29th October.