Hi, I’m Barry. I’ve been a freelance writer working in the diversity and inclusion space in Ireland for nearly six years. Having dyslexia and dyspraxia myself, I've always been interested in products that can improve the experience in the workplace, education, or healthcare.

In an economic downturn, the marketing budget is minimized first, despite history showing time and time again that it is not a good idea to cut back. Our top ten reasons will show the necessity of small business marketing to thrive in a recession. 

More than 700 speakers and 160 startups are taking part in this eighth edition, which will be held on 5th, 6th and 7th of September in Salamanca and will be attended by the European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Ms Mariya Gabriel. The event is part of the CYL-HUB project, which is financed with more than 1.3 million euros by the EU Next Generation funds, channelled by the Junta de Castilla y León with the support of the main institutions in Salamanca, such as the City Council, the Diputación and the University of Salamanca. The attendance of more than 2,000 people has already been confirmed, with very active participation.

This year’s most inspirational British small businesses have been revealed by the Small Business Saturday campaign, as it marks its ten-year anniversary with a call for the public to support small businesses in the community and shop small.

The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee encouraged an onslaught of innovative, creative and sometimes bothersome campaigns, with brands from McDonald’s to The Times capitalising on the momentous occasion.

Justhome, the next-gen home financing startup, has raised €3.3m in a pre-seed funding round led by Target Global.

World’s fastest growing business events and consulting firm, Trescon, has now set its footprint in the demand generation space with Demandify Media, based in Pune, India and a divisional office in Miami, United States. The team at Demandify Media will leverage its years of experience in serving clients with services ranging from business strategy, events, content marketing, and interactive experiences, among others.

Fantastic female entrepreneurs across the UK are being encouraged to apply for a place in a line-up of Britain’s 100 most impressive female business owners.

Most large companies struggle with 10 key areas of inefficiency, according to a report from product experience platform Pendo. 

Customer loyalty in ridesharing services has declined 25 points in the past year according to research from Chattermill.

Thousands of developers, founders, industry disruptors, DevRel experts, and global tech giants will join the central developer event in SE Europe.

With COP27 approaching and a summer of heatwaves reminding us all of the urgency for businesses to play their part in reaching net-zero by 2050, businesses need to think about their sustainability plans more than ever.

iDenfy, the global identity verification and fraud prevention service startup, joined forces with VIAINVEST, a licensed investment platform that offers investment opportunities in global lending markets. iDenfy will maximise security for VIAINVEST by providing an AI-powered ID verification service.

When starting a new business, founders tend to fit into one of two categories. There are founders whose plan it is to scale their new business as aggressively as possible and to exit for the maximum value in five to seven years’ time

Fresh Relevance has shared insights from their research into the cross-channel behaviour and attitudes of online shoppers in the UK. It suggests that brands should think twice before pushing promotional content on social media channels.

Data from the Intuit QuickBooks Late Payments Bulletin1 reveals that the ongoing issue of late payments among small businesses is persisting, hitting small businesses’ cashflow at a time when the cost-of-living crisis is intensifying.

Women’s Business Club will host its 10th annual conference and awards in Cheltenham on the 5th of October. The aim of the event is to inspire, empower and celebrate women in business whether they are starting out on their journey, are already established SME businesswomen or are employed women building a career.

There is a concept in the patent and the IP world which has been available for use for approximately a decade now and should be well known and used: Virtual Patent Marking (VPM) programmes. 

From October 2022, Residency will be organising monthly pop-ups at its Islington Square site in North London.