Share Your Start-Up Story – Tutoring with ‘Tutora’
Tutora is an online marketplace helping students and parents find the best local tutors for one-to-one tuition in their own homes. Users simply search by subject and postcode, read reviews left by each tutors’ previous students then send a message to their chosen tutors to book lessons. Scott Woodley discovered Tutora, with his friend Mark […]
British Youth Culture – Forward Thinking & Unapologetic
Leading on from our previous post about a new report created by Amplify giving a unique insight into Britain’s youth culture – Read what some of the influencers had to say. Jessica Skye, Bejay Mulenga, Andres Banco and Nellie Eden are all part of the new generation who are unafraid to define their own identity and […]
Young Blood: Defining A Generation
A new report titled ‘Young Blood’ gives a unique insight into Britain’s youth culture who are often mislabelled as couch potatoes or screenagers. Marketing agency Amplify created an in-depth white paper and a 7-part documentary series to show the lives of young people in the UK and their driven nature to be successful on their […]
Share Your Start-Up Story – Fighting Alzheimer’s with ‘Javoo’
Javoo is a social network app helping Alzheimer’s sufferers keep record of their memorable moments and engage in daily activities to battle memory loss. The ingenious idea, launched last month, was discovered by two brothers Sam, 21, and Scott Rosenberg, 23, after losing their grandfather to Alzheimer’s disease in 2013. Javoo has the support of the University of Nottingham’s […]
Share Your Start-Up Story – The Great Escape Game Sheffield
The Great Escape Game Sheffield is an exciting live escape room experience where players have 45 minutes to crack different set of puzzles and escape from a locked room. The game, reminiscent of the Great Escape movie and voted #1 for Fun and Games by TripAdvisor, was discovered by Sheffield couple Hannah Duraid and Peter Lacole while travelling around the […]
Editorial Tech Spotlight – Liftshare
Liftshare taps into the sharing economy as a social enterprise helping individuals to travel more sustainably by sharing their journeys. The must-have ‘travel’ tool helps people, needing a ride, to find other travellers with spare seats going the same route. Liftshare is the UK’s largest car sharing scheme, according to Which?, with over 500,000 members using its services. […]
Share Your Start-Up Story: Ethical Business ‘Chilpa’ Made With Love
Chilpa is an ethical business selling handmade Mexican accessories made with love. Maru Rojas, 33, initially struggled to find work before launching Chilpa in 2014 with her husband. On top of running her business, she freelances as an Art facilitator and also works part-time as a radio coordinator with dyslexic children producing weekly podcasts. She […]
Editorial Tech Spotlight – weActiv
In celebration of all things technology and wearable, our editorial tech spotlight falls on weActiv. weActiv is an online web service connecting multiple fitness devices, on one platform, to help users connect and share their workout tips. The platform is designed to help users easily access the tools needed to achieve their health and fitness goals […]
Share Your Start-Up Story: Little Fish Event Management
Little Fish Event is a corporate event management agency supporting business to business organisations with their internal and external corporate events. Lindsey Fish, 32, is part of the growing number of women re-inventing their work-life by setting up their own businesses while on maternity leave. She launched Little Fish Event in June 2014, which inspired the opening of her second […]
New Advice Column – Ask An Expert
Ask An Expert: Interested in starting a business or want to become an entrepreneur? Do you have an innovative idea and need advice on how to market it? Do you need help turning your creative skill into a business? We are starting a new feature ‘Ask An Expert‘, where you can pose your business questions directly […]