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New Year Resolutions: Refresh Them To See Business Growth
Click image to start gallery Entrepreneurs need to refresh their New Year resolutions to see business growth and stay ahead of competitors. The start of the New Year is always inspiring with new set goals but many small businesses fail to reach these dreams. It is important for businesses to remain positive right through the year even when […]
StephieAnn Design – Stephanie Woolven
Stephanie Woolvens’ handmade luxury brand StephieAnn Design lingerie and nightwear is made for women to feel special about themselves. The 24 year old’s debut collection ‘Hammer Through Daisies‘, which won her the Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas award in August 2014, was inspired by Dylan Thomas poem And Death Shall Have No Dominion. Stephanie runs her lingerie […]
Freelancers On Demand – Scott Owens
Scott Owens’ Freelancers On Demand targets Britain’s shortage of skilled workers by connecting freelancers directly to clients with no charges to the freelancers. Freelancers On Demand focus on knowledge service areas of the industry like Design, Marketing, Arts and Accountancy. The 31 year old, from North Lincolnshire, decided to freelance because it made him feel in control of […]
HowCloud – Joseph Ros
Joseph Ros extra curricular activities led to the creation of an online tutoring platform HowCloud to give students affordable access to personal tutoring. HowCloud connects students live, in real-time, online with a teacher, to give a classroom experience that is led by the students themselves. The 24 year old, from London, initially studied Philosophy, Economics and […]
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Grabble – Daniel Murray
Daniel Murray’s Grabble is the new ‘Tinder for Fashion’ app created to save users the hassle of searching for the latest fashionable trends by bringing specially-curated outfit tips direct to the phone. Grabble was initially launched in 2014, by Daniel and his business partner Joel Freeman, as a social commerce website to fill the empty space between Pinterest and ASOS by […]
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#evoiamnewgen – celebrating the next generation of leaders fixing their country’s societal issues to becoming self-sustainable
The accelerated effects of climate change coupled with the viral outbreak and the displacement of people turned the world’s axis on its head. #evoiamnewgen represents the next generation of leaders solving their country’s socio-economic problems and fast-tracking its growth towards being self-sufficient. Inspired by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), #evoiamnewgen is a global-focused journalism project spotlighting young people, […]
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easyCar Club – Top Five Tips On How To Make Money From Your Car – Sharing Economy
Sharing Economy – With the rise of Airbnb and apps like JustPark, thousands of us are entrusting our belongings to others and reaping the rewards. It seems that anything you can own, you can share – and make some extra cash in the process. So, how do you make money from your car? So which of […]
Share Your Start-Up Story – inploi By Matthew De La Hey
inploi is an on-demand jobs platform for the service economy – It uses a mobile app and web platform to connect jobseekers to employers trying to find workers for short or long term work. The London-based tech startup, set up by Matthew De La Hey and Alex Hanson-Smith, both 25, is modelled on LinkedIn’s concept but for the service […]
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan appoints fintech entrepreneur Rajesh Agrawal as deputy for business
The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has appointed fintech entrepreneur Rajesh Agrawal as his deputy mayor for business to protect jobs following the EU referendum. The newly appointee, Rajesh Agrawal, is the founder of Xendpay, an international money transfer service, and RationalFX, an online foreign exchange service. His role is to champion London’s interests by protecting jobs […]
EIT Digital Challenge
EIT Digital Challenge – The annual Europe-wide call for the most innovative startups in digital technology ready to scale up and enter the EIT Digital Accelerator. Before applying, ask yourself these questions: Are you a fast growing European technology startup ready to scale? Does your product / service leverage digital technology applied to industry, cities, […]
How To Overcome The Barriers Of Being A Young Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship is not for the faint hearted – No matter your age, demographic or determination, an entrepreneur’s career path is rough and you need to be thick skinned in order to handle the bumps and bruises you’ll get along the way. Let’s not forget that approximately 95% of new ventures will fail so it takes […]
The Future of Retail Challenge – Startup Competition By Venturespring
Time to get you thinking caps on startups – Devise a new innovative idea for the retail industry using IBM Bluemix™ and win the opportunity to access up to £750,000 worth of investment. Powered by Venturespring, the international venture development studio, in association with IBM, Argos and the Unilever Foundry. The startup community are invited to […]
DocTap – Alex Hamilton
Alex Hamilton’s health tech startup ‘DocTap’ is the Uber for doctors and a GP service making private healthcare more affordable for everyone. DocTap‘s private GP service helps people get last-minute doctor’s appointment on the same-day from as little as £29. The 29-year-old army Captain turned entrepreneur discovered his business idea after developing a chronic back problem while serving with […]
What Can Small Businesses Expect From The ‘Vote Leave’ Result
What can small businesses now expect from the ‘Vote Leave’ result after 17.4m of the UK population voted to leave the European Union with a 51.9% majority. Part of the Vote Leave’s ‘Brexit’ campaign was the claim that “EU regulations was costing small businesses millions every week”, therefore, promising that “UK trade and jobs will thrive […]
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s Message To Britain In Light Of Brexit
I believe that Britain is better off within the European Union, but the British people have clearly spoken, and their democratic will must now be fulfilled. I would like to praise David Cameron for the dignified way he has reacted to the message sent by the British people in his words at Downing Street. I […]
EU Referendum: Business Secretary Sajid Javid On Making Brexit Work For British Business
Like me, most business leaders wanted the UK to remain in the European Union. And with the pound on a roller-coaster ride and UK stocks taking a hit, you could be forgiven for thinking that the result of the referendum was a disaster for employers and employees alike. But a clear majority of the country […]
Love the Sales wins the £160k #TeaseLondon competition
Love the Sales – a website that aggregates +500,000 sale items into one website for consumers – wins the £160,000 media package in the #TeaseLondon competition organised by Eyetease and Verifone Media. Announced at the opening event of London Tech Week on Monday, the startup will see its services advertised over 16 million times across London on taxi-top screens. Stuart McClure, co-Founder of Love […]
Why you should plan for business succession
For business owners and board members – Planning for the successful future of your company should be at the forefront of your thoughts. Now that you have established a company why wouldn’t you want to ensure the long-term success of your enterprise? Passing down your business doesn’t just happen automatically – planning is the vital ingredient […]
UK200Group Ask: Effect Of The EU Referendum Result On SME’s Growth
UK’s leading association of independent chartered accountants and law firms ask the official Remain and Leave campaigns how the UK’s small business growth would be affected by the referendum result. The ‘Business Growth’ question, included in a recent report by UK200Group, addresses the lack of clarity surrounding how Brexit and StayInEU would affect small businesses. Here’s how the two […]
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 […]
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