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Why The UK Mainstream Media Is Ready For Diversity
Diversity in the media matters more than ever – The industry cannot possibly claim to be fulfilling its mission to represent the communities it serves when the voices of black people are sidelined. Worse still, a lack of racial diversity can also perpetuate stereotypes and lead to further marginalisation. Much has been discussed in recent […]
A Private Members Club Helping Students Get “The Finer Things In Life” – The Luxury Student
Driven by the need to tackle the misconception held by many high-end brands about young people not being able to afford a wealthy lifestyle, 27-year-old Aileen Gilani quit her law degree to turn her lifestyle blog – The Luxury Student – into an online private members club for students “who seek the finer things in […]
Fast Fashion Brands: ‘Why the issue with Boohoo is bigger than us independent designers’
Relatively less is said about fast fashion’s impact on independent designers, but it is certainly emblematic of the persistent struggles that creatives face when trying to compete with larger corporates. In the present day Millenials-influenced fashion era where the craze of Fast Fashion is gradually becoming a major thorn in the flesh of high-end Fashion […]
How My Clothing Rental Startup Is Driving For A More Sustainable Route To Fashion
My generation has been at the center of a dramatic shift in how consumers approach fashion. The latter part of our teenage years, as well as the entirety of adult life so far, have been impacted by two key factors – the rise of social media, and the rise of cheap fast fashion. Isabella West launched her […]
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Red Bull Announces The Successful Cohorts Chosen For Its Newly Launched Platform For Social Innovators – Amaphiko Academy
Red Bull reveals the 15 founders joining its newly launched programme – Amaphiko Academy – supporting early-stage social entrepreneurs to turn their ideas into a viable startup venture. The global programme is already successful in fifteen locations – including Johannesburg, São Paulo, and Baltimore – and has supported over 120 talented, emerging social entrepreneurs. Following […]
Faces Of The ‘often unsung’ Black Founders Nominated At The Black British Business Awards 2019
These are the faces of the British black founders competing in this year’s Black British Business Awards – representing the very best black rising stars across the UK’s diverse business sector. Now in its sixth year running, The Black British Business Awards (BBBAwards) aims to celebrate and spotlight the “often unsung contributions” of black business […]
Female Founders Academy NOW OPEN – Supporting BAME women to build sustainable businesses
London-based enterprise charity Hatch partners with NatWest bank and BlackRock Gives to launch a new click-and-mortar academy aimed at supporting ethnic-minority female entrepreneurs to build sustainable businesses – Female Founders Academy. Applications are now open to join the Female Founders Academy’s first two incubator programmes – the BAME Female Founders LaunchPad for business at idea […]
Startup Story
Young Entrepreneurs Abroad – Startup Story of CrunchBoards
CrunchBoards is a forecasting and planning tool helping small businesses across the globe use their financial data to plan better for the future. Founders – Amy Harris (28) and Hannah McIntyre (39). Launch Date – Set up in 2014. Country – Sydney, Australia. Funding – Privately funded. Customers – 11,500+ customers in nearly 100 countries (Has offices in London […]
Share Your Start-Up Story – ‘Bevy’ The Butler
Bevy is the first and only on-demand app specialised in delivering alcohol and convenience goods within 20 minutes across London. Kevin Kovar, 33, discovered Bevy as a result of attending several house parties and feeling disappointed with the low supply of alcoholic drinks available. The butler-type app is saving people’s time by placing their local shop in the […]
Young Entrepreneurs Abroad – Startup Story of StyleBank
StyleBank is an online fashion rental service offering women the opportunity to rent trendy clothes from around the world instead of buying them. Founders – Bhavna Suresh, 27, and Aina Barker, 31, (co-founder) Launch Date – February 2016 Country – Bangalore, India. Success Story – Has crossed over 1,000 transactions within four months of launching in February. Tell us […]
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Why The UK Mainstream Media Is Ready For Diversity
Diversity in the media matters more than ever – The industry cannot possibly claim to be fulfilling its mission to represent the communities it serves when the voices of black people are sidelined. Worse still, a lack of racial diversity can also perpetuate stereotypes and lead to further marginalisation. Much has been discussed in recent […]
Red Bull Announces The Successful Cohorts Chosen For Its Newly Launched Platform For Social Innovators – Amaphiko Academy
Red Bull reveals the 15 founders joining its newly launched programme – Amaphiko Academy – supporting early-stage social entrepreneurs to turn their ideas into a viable startup venture. The global programme is already successful in fifteen locations – including Johannesburg, São Paulo, and Baltimore – and has supported over 120 talented, emerging social entrepreneurs. Following […]
Guerlain New Art Exhibition Takes A ‘beauty stand’ Against Climate Change: Gaïa, what are you becoming?
Guerlain unites twenty international contemporary artists with its new art exhibition – Gaïa, what are you becoming? – to ‘shine light’ on the current threat climate change poses to the society. Created as a tribute to the Greek goddess of the Earth, the exhibition will feature more than 30 pieces of modern art designed by twenty up-and-coming artists […]
Faces Of The ‘often unsung’ Black Founders Nominated At The Black British Business Awards 2019
These are the faces of the British black founders competing in this year’s Black British Business Awards – representing the very best black rising stars across the UK’s diverse business sector. Now in its sixth year running, The Black British Business Awards (BBBAwards) aims to celebrate and spotlight the “often unsung contributions” of black business […]
Female Founders Academy NOW OPEN – Supporting BAME women to build sustainable businesses
London-based enterprise charity Hatch partners with NatWest bank and BlackRock Gives to launch a new click-and-mortar academy aimed at supporting ethnic-minority female entrepreneurs to build sustainable businesses – Female Founders Academy. Applications are now open to join the Female Founders Academy’s first two incubator programmes – the BAME Female Founders LaunchPad for business at idea […]
Social Media And The Face Of Public Relations
Social media is powerful and not understanding or liking it is no longer an excuse to not use it because when used correctly social media can lead to more business. Media relations is a part of public relations which many start-up companies tend to focus on when assigning PR consultants and agencies. It is a […]
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HOW TO: Spot And Support Your Friends To Improve Their Mental Health Wellbeing
If somebody tells you that they have a mental health issue – Research, Learn, Engage and Educate yourself. Jana Dowling, founder of The 888 Collective, was inspired to launch her own social enterprise startup in August 2017 as a direct response to her personal experience with losing work after suffering mental health issues. After returning back […]
Calling All Food Entrepreneurs – Apply For Virgin StartUp and intu Nationwide Competition ‘Foodpreneur 2017’
Virgin StartUp and intu are on the hunt to find the UK’s top food and drink businesses in a nationwide competition – Foodpreneur 2017. The Virgin StartUp ‘Foodpreneur‘ competition is in partnership with intu – a Shopping centre owner – and it aims to highlight and celebrate Britain’s best food and drink startups. Past winners, […]
Sir Richard Branson’s Platform-X Accelerator Calls For Startups To Revolutionise Rail Travel
Sir Richard Branson is looking for the top disruptive innovators to help transform the future of the railway with a new accelerator programme – Platform-X. Platform-X is a joint venture between Virgin Trains on the East Coast and Virgin StartUp, which is designed to find the next generation of travel startups who could help revolutionise […]
Ambitious Entrepreneurs – Legal Advice For Setting Up A Startup
The great news for ambitious entrepreneurs is that the most recent statistics show that the number of Startups are at an all-time high in Britain. Have you ever had a thought about a company or brand, along the lines of: ‘I could do that’, ‘if this business did this, it would be so much better’ or started a […]
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