Celebrating Young Entrepreneurs Awarded In The Queen’s Birthday Honours 2016
The Queen’s Birthday Honours list 2016 gives major recognition to young entrepreneurs for their successful startups and to organisations supporting youth entrepreneurship. Over a 1,000 people were named in the Honours list, which was released last week Friday as Her Majesty celebrated her 90th birthday. Some of the young business owners, aged 35 and under, awarded MBEs […]
Innovate UK: New Funding Programme To Fast-track UK Innovation
Innovate UK to invest up to £15 million in cutting-edge research and development projects in any technology area. The open competition targets a whole range of technology, engineering and industrial areas. Businesses of any size can apply and ideas can come from any area, including four sector areas of: – Manufacturing and materials; Emerging and enabling technologies; Health […]
Royal Mail launches new self-service marketing tool for small businesses
Royal Mail launches ‘MailshotMaker’ – An online tool for small businesses to design and send their own mailshots to customers. Small businesses will now be able to design and send mailshots, within three working days, from as little as 49p per mailing. The service aims to help UK companies develop and manage their own marketing in-house, as well […]
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 […]
Dell – Entrepreneurial Growth Programme for Scottish scale-ups
Scottish entrepreneurs – Check out Dell’s Entrepreneurial Growth programme for Scottish scale-ups. The Entrepreneurial Support Programme is part of Dell initiatives available to small businesses, worldwide, to accelerate their market strategy to the next level. Scotland-based scales-ups and businesses are encouraged to apply. Winning entrepreneurs will receive Dell technology, state-of-the-art laptops and hardware, training and mentorship to boost scale-ups […]
The IPSE Freelancer Awards 2016
The hunt is on to find Britain’s brightest self-employed person at the IPSE’s nation-wide competition. The IPSE Freelancer award, opened until 8th April, will see self-employed professionals submit reasons why they should be crowned the UK’s best independent mind. Finalists have the chance of winning up to £5,000 to invest in their business. The Association of Independent Professionals […]
Tips on having a healthy work-life balance
This Easter period is a good time to mute your alarm and recuperate from running your business – But how do you maintain a healthy work-life balance after the break. Entrepreneurs take on too many responsibilities and spend every waking minute of the day working. Finding time to spend with friends and family can be […]
UK Small businesses report boost in innovation
Small businesses in the UK are seeing their biggest boost in innovation since 2010, according to the government’s department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The new report found 53% of small and medium enterprises more innovative-led between 2012 – 2014 compared to 45% in the previous two years. ‘Innovation’ has been described by the report as introduction […]
Government plans to make the tax system easy to use for small companies
Government has today published plans to make the tax system easy to use for small businesses. The Office for Tax Simplification believes the current tax system is unequal and vows to overhaul it to make it work better for smaller businesses. The turnaround is backed by a recent online survey showing micro-businesses, with less than 10 employees, […]
Editorial Spotlight – Eve Lodge’s Barmy Bunting Bespoke Business
This week’s editorial spotlight falls on Eve Lodge’s Barmy Bunting bespoke business – Can be spotted on the set of Coronation Street. Eve was only 14 years old when she started her own bunting business, while a student at Horizon Community College. Her passion for bunting led her to enter and win several awards from the ‘I […]