Top 10 Growth Hacks To Transform Your Support Service Business
Billy Allan is the founding partner of Aliter Capital – an investment firm focused on growing small and mid-sized UK support service companies. His firm invests up to £20 million in businesses, with a market value of £20 million to £75 million, where it can use its deep industry knowledge to scale-up quickly the companies it […]
CEO ADVICE: How To Launch Your Startup With Just Less Than £500
A new Yell Business research shows that 40% of small businesses launched in the UK were started with just less than £500 – No more losing sleep over startup costs. The survey of 1,500 SME’s also revealed that a further 32% started with £250 or less, with 93% of these businesses turning over profit in the […]
Wayra UK ‘Fair By Design’ – New Accelerator Tackling ‘poverty premium’
Wayra – a Telefónica backed accelerator network – is launching a new startup accelerator programme ‘Fair By Design’ to solve Britain’s so-called ‘poverty premium’. Wayra Fair By Design aims to support seven tech startups yearly to find solutions to prevent low-income families paying more for services such as energy, insurance, borrowing and transport. The three year accelerator […]
Share Your Start-Up Story – Thriva
Digital Health startup – Thriva – is a use-at-home mail-order blood testing kit helping people have better control over their health. Thriva offers the tracking of several health biomarkers from a single finger-prick blood test and the results are given within 48 hours. The health tech business, co-founded by Hamish Grierson, 32, just last year, […]
NACUE’s Varsity Pitch Competition Is Open – Students & Graduate Entrepreneurs Apply
NACUE’s Varsity Pitch competition is back – The hunt is on for the Top UK students and graduate entrepreneurs with £10,000 up for grabs. The National Association of College and University Entrepreneurs partners with Tata for another year of exhibiting and celebrating the best early-stage business ideas to come out of colleges and universities across […]
Bupa’s New ‘Blue Table’ Accelerator Programme – Enhancing Customer Experiences
Bupa’s newly launched ‘Blue Table’ accelerator programme is looking for startups and SME’s with new ideas to enhance customer experiences within the healthcare sector. Bupa, together with tech investor L Marks, are looking for innovative ways to tackle key customer issues in insurance, health and care experiences, and wellbeing change. Blue Table is part of […]
A Beginner’s Guide To Designing The Perfect Brand Logo For Your Business
Your brand logo is the face of the company and ultimately defines your entire business. Designing your business logo is the perfect opportunity to convey your brand, its ethics and personality. Yet, creating an effective design isn’t always an easy task for beginners. You need to ensure that your logo is memorable, unique and leaves […]
The 10 Things You Need To Know About Building A Low-Carbon Startup
Starting a business can be a daunting prospect for any young entrepreneur – Let alone building a low-carbon startup with its own set of challenges. For example, it is much more difficult for a business within the renewable energy sector to access finance as there are fewer financial providers specialising in those areas within the […]
“Given Brexit and Trump, We Now Need Entrepreneurs More Than Ever Before,” Says Innocent Drinks Co-founder Richard Reed
Innocent Drinks co-founder Richard Reed calls for entrepreneurs across the world to be strong amidst this ongoing political and economic chaos. Speaking to entrepreneurs at a social enterprise event in London last night, titled ‘Make Society Great Again’, Reed said: “We are the best possible hope and chance the world has got.” Reed was part […]
Apply To Become A Member Of The Mayor’s Smart London Board
The Mayor of London is inviting applications from across the private, public, and third sectors to join the Smart London Board – Helping to shape London’s smart city vision. Members will advise and play an integral part in the delivery of digital public services and the transmission of smart technologies to Londoners and businesses. The […]