Our Top News Roundup: Virgin Foodpreneur 2017 Winner, The 5 Startups Joining John Lewis Retail Tech Accelerator & The Startup Helping People Find Their Perfect Housemate.
Our weekly news roundup of what’s happening in the business world from this year’s winner of the Virgin Foodpreneur to the startup helping people find their ‘Ideal Flatmate’. Virgin Foodpreneur 2017 Finalist – The Snaffling Pig Co Founders of the Snaffling Pig Co, Nick Coleman and Andrew Allen, have won this year’s Virgin Foodpreneur competition […]
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 […]
Women In Innovation: A Getty Images Photo Exhibition Inspiring Future Female Entrepreneurs
A Getty Images photo exhibition is looking to inspire the next generation of female entrepreneurs and innovators – Innovate UK’s infocus ‘Women In Innovation’ . Jointly created by Innovate UK – a government body promoting innovation – and Getty Images, the free exhibit aims to address issues faced by women in innovation and boost female entrepreneurship […]
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 […]
Forum of Private Business Sounds A ‘Mayday’ Distress Signal For Small Businesses
The Forum of Private Business – a dedicated small business support group – is urging UK’s politicians to recognise the country’s economic strength in relying on its five million small businesses. Last week’s general election resulted in a ‘hung Parliament’ with no single party achieving the 326 seats needed to gain the majority – the Conservative […]
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 […]
CEO ADVICE FOR ENTREPRENEURS: How To Master The Art Of Delegating
Mastering the art of delegating requires a big leap of faith but it is necessary if you want to see your startup grow and become profitable. An element of trust needs to exist between the business owner and its employees for the act of delegating to work. Having the right team in place and learning […]
Launch Of CcHub Diaspora Challenge To Attract Top UK Tech Entrepreneurs To Help Solve Africa’s Social Problems
Nigeria’s “leading technology and innovation space” Co-creation Hub (CcHub) recently launched the CcHub Diaspora Challenge to fund UK tech entrepreneurs with innovative ideas to tackle Africa’s social issues. The CcHub Diaspora Challenge is looking to engage entrepreneurs, innovators and scientists, from African communities in the UK, to find scalable business ideas to solve Africa’s “brain […]
Sir Richard Branson’s Voom Bus Tour 2017 – VOOM Pitch
The UK’s “biggest pitching competition” VOOM 2017 is back with a new twist – The Voom Bus will be touring the country for the first time in search for the best new business idea. Launched earlier this month by Sir Richard Branson, the Voom Bus will give regional start-ups the opportunity to pitch their business […]
Do You Have Ideas For Social Change? Apply For The Lloyds Bank ‘Social Entrepreneurs Programme’
Lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland’s ‘Social Entrepreneurs Programme’ is looking to support social entrepreneurs with ideas to create social change. Are you planning to grow an organisation that helps people in need? Are you running or starting up a project to create social or environmental impact? The ‘Social Entrepreneurs Programme’, run in partnership with […]