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Latest News:

  • Customers of NatWest, RBS & Ulster Bank hit by yet another banking glitch
  • Uber in early talks to buy Deliveroo
  • Less than 20% of new companies are started by women
  • Evans Cycles seeks £10million to survive as tough high street bites
  • Equifax hit with record fine by ICO over data breach that affected 15million
  • Brits underestimate how much they are worth by upto £140,000
  • EU to investigate Amazon data use for dirty tricks
  • Cath Kidston to review UK store locations to counteract failing high street sales
  • Retailer Orla Kiely ceases trading with staff led out of stores in tears
  • BMW to close Oxford Mini plant for a month post-Brexit
seedrs
September 21, 2018

Seedrs bolsters board with former lastminute.com CEO & Betfair COO appointments

Seedrs, the private equity investment platform, has announced the appointment of Ian McCaig and Mark Brooker as non-executive directors.

September 21, 2018

Customers of NatWest, RBS & Ulster Bank hit by yet another banking glitch

Customers of RBS, NatWest and Ulster Bank are currently unable to access their accounts through the banking group’s online and app platforms.

deliveroo
September 21, 2018

Uber in early talks to buy Deliveroo

Uber is in early talks to buy food-delivery company Deliveroo for several billion dollars, according to people familiar with the plans.

September 21, 2018

The importance & value of VPNs for small businesses

The benefits of virtual private networks (VPNs), or programs that allow you to change your IP address and location

September 21, 2018

Less than 20% of new companies are started by women

“Unfair obstacles” may be stopping women from starting and growing their own companies, the government has said.

evans cycles
September 21, 2018

Evans Cycles seeks £10million to survive as tough high street bites

Evans Cycles has put itself up for sale as it seeks fresh funding amid tough High Street trading conditions.

data loss
September 21, 2018

Equifax hit with record fine by ICO over data breach that affected 15million

Credit rating agency Equifax is to be fined £500,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after it failed to protect the personal data of 15 million Britons.

Latest Content

  1. Seedrs bolsters board with former lastminute.com CEO & Betfair COO appointments
  2. Customers of NatWest, RBS & Ulster Bank hit by yet another banking glitch
  3. Uber in early talks to buy Deliveroo
  4. The importance & value of VPNs for small businesses
  5. Less than 20% of new companies are started by women
  6. Evans Cycles seeks £10million to survive as tough high street bites
  7. Equifax hit with record fine by ICO over data breach that affected 15million

Business

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Ways to improve your business communications

Being in business in the digital age requires you to master all aspects of communications.

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  • Staying safe at work – What you need to know

Latest News…

Customers of NatWest, RBS & Ulster Bank hit by yet another banking glitch

Customers of RBS, NatWest and Ulster Bank are currently unable to access their accounts through the banking group’s online and app platforms.

deliveroo

Uber in early talks to buy Deliveroo

Uber is in early talks to buy food-delivery company Deliveroo for several billion dollars, according to people familiar with the plans.

Less than 20% of new companies are started by women

“Unfair obstacles” may be stopping women from starting and growing their own companies, the government has said.

evans cycles

Evans Cycles seeks £10million to survive as tough high street bites

Evans Cycles has put itself up for sale as it seeks fresh funding amid tough High Street trading conditions.

data loss

Equifax hit with record fine by ICO over data breach that affected 15million

Credit rating agency Equifax is to be fined £500,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after it failed to protect the personal data of 15 million Britons.

money

Brits underestimate how much they are worth by upto £140,000

New research reveals that Brits underestimate their life insurance requirements by almost £140,000.

Amazon

EU to investigate Amazon data use for dirty tricks

The EU’s competition chief says she is looking into Amazon’s use of data from sellers on its site amid concerns that it might harness it to boost its own retail sales.

Cath kidson

Cath Kidston to review UK store locations to counteract failing high street sales

Fashion retailer Cath Kidston is reviewing the locations of its UK stores as it looks to move to destinations that attract higher footfall.

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Profiled

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Getting To Know You: Lee Summers, CEO Oakmore Builders

Lee founded Oakmore Builders in 2015 and has become a leading renovations and extensions specialist in South East London.

Getting To Know You: Matt Jones, founder & director of Oxbridge Home Learning

Founder of Oxbridge Home Learning, online learning provider that gives people time, freedom & flexibility to engage in ultra-personalised education

Marketing & Social Media

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4 B2B marketing trends you can’t afford to miss in 2018

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Creating a podcast could be a winner

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How to create a successful Facebook business page

Opinion

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Being Gay at Work: Pride & Progress

Business Matters
  • Is 9-5 no longer the norm
  • Centralised HQs will soon be a thing of the past – & that’s good for business
  • The removal of Entrepreneurs’ relief could see fewer businesses set up in the UK
  • VAT too valuable to simply disappear under no-deal Brexit

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seedrs

Seedrs bolsters board with former lastminute.com CEO & Betfair COO appointments

Seedrs, the private equity investment platform, has announced the appointment of Ian McCaig and Mark Brooker as non-executive directors.

deliveroo

Uber in early talks to buy Deliveroo

Uber is in early talks to buy food-delivery company Deliveroo for several billion dollars, according to people familiar with the plans.

UKBAA Award Winners

Mayor’s Tech Fund announces six portfolio Winners in the UKBAA Awards 2018

The London Co-Investment Fund (LCIF) – the Mayor of London’s early-stage tech fund – has announced six of its fast-growing investments are winners in the prestigious UKBAA Awards 2018.

Crowdcube acquires business reporting software Supdate in all cash deal

Equity crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube has announced the acquisition of business reporting software company Supdate.

stand up comedy

What impact might technology have on the business of comedy?

People have always enjoyed a good laugh. From the one about the two woolly mammoths, through Shakespeare plays and Vaudeville shows, to the arena-filling comedians of today, comedy has a special place in our culture.

seis investment planning

What could the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) do for your early-stage company?

Your early-stage company could face many barriers in its attempt to drive growth. A crippling lack of funding could prove one of the largest obstacles, not least because young companies can struggle to attract investment.

sick at work

£1.5M digital pharmacy powered by robots & AI to create 30 jobs

Thirty jobs are to be created through a new £1.5m digital Pharmacy opened in Liverpool, aimed at helping people living with chronic care conditions to manage their medicinal needs through artificial intelligent mobile app ‘Now Patient’.

loft interiors

The Greater Manchester Loan Fund invests £500,000 in a leading supplier of design-led furniture

One-stop furnishing solution for the residential property sector will create eight new jobs following investment

invoice

Barclays partners with leading fintech MarketInvoice

Barclays has today announced that it is partnering with leading fintech business MarketInvoice, Europe’s largest online invoice financing platform, in a deal that is set to transform the way UK SMEs manage cash flow and accelerate growth.

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Opinion

gay couple at office

Being Gay at Work: Pride & Progress

Is 9-5 no longer the norm

Centralised HQs will soon be a thing of the past – & that’s good for business

Technology

The importance & value of VPNs for small businesses

3d printing

The advantages of 3D printing

Mac backup

Are AppleMac products immune from viruses…

accountants

It’s the right time to embrace the cloud accounting for SMEs

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