Quirky TikTok trends ‘can help to drive business’
WHAT happens when TikTok trends and British small businesses collide? That’s what Funding Circle, the UK’s largest small-business platform, wanted to know.
The firm paired...
Support calls from SMEs in UK and US
UK firm Purbeck’s personal guarantee insurance has seen a sharp rise in small businesses contacting its mentoring and advice service for support.
From January to...
ONS data reveals need for better hiring practices
THE OFFICE for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed a decline in UK unemployment levels — but talent out-sourcing and advisory service AMS warns that...
Design your business for ‘tomorrow’s customers’
By MARK WILSON
BUSINESSES are facing tough times, with EU trade difficulties and inflation driving pessimism.
So, now’s the time to reimagine things using creativity and...
Sales and marketing: ‘invisible’ roles…?
SALES-enablement platform Highspot has released a whitepaper, European State of Sales and Marketing Alignment 2022.
Professionals in the UK, France and Germany believe alignment, communication...
Rising energy prices worry SME owners — price-hikes coming
A SURVEY of 1,000 British SMEs indicates that rising fuel and energy costs are the greatest threats to survival in 2022.
Half — 49 percent...
St Albans’ Lost Boys Brewery: finding the path to beer glory
By HAL WILLIAMS
LIKE many of the UKs great craft beer manufacturers, the Lost Boys Brewery started as a homebrew.
Four co-founders — George Sanderson (head...
Cancer treatment gets boost from med-tech development
52 NORTH Health, a UK- and US-based med-tech start-up, has raised £1m in its first round of funding from British and European specialist investors.
52...
Inclusive investment plan for under-represented groups
BIG ISSUE Invest, UnLtd, and Shift have jointly announced a growth fund “to level the social investment playing field”.
The social investment fund offers flexible...
Global partnership to give start-ups wings
A NEW global collaboration aims to make it easier and faster for start-ups to raise capital and grow.
Start-ups play a pivotal role in a...