Six habits to bring a startup mentality to your growth business
Coffee Republic founder Sahar Hashemi has offered life lessons from growing a new loss-making business to over 100 bustling stores – and a startup mentality is paramount.
UK aerospace industry has become a global powerhouse
Santander and EEF co-published a report on the UK aerospace industry, maintaining the sector would continue to grow – and was already a global powerhouse to reckon with.
Be one of the contenders – keep up to speed with super fast cloud services
These days, nearly all businesses operate in the cloud even if they don’t realise it. Some may just be using a Hotmail or Gmail address, whereas others may have actively invested in cloud services.
UK VC investment up in Q1 2017, but funding across Europe is down
A new KPMG report has detailed what appears to be a business confidence increase, as UK VC investment has risen in Q1 2017.
I stand by the fact my apprenticeship was my vehicle to success
Whenever anyone asks me about my past, I praise my apprenticeship as my vehicle to success. It’s no surprise then that I couldn’t be happier that the Apprenticeship Levy has been launched.
Celebrity endorsements: Essential or expendable?
Last month I discussed our approach to our annual budget, one aspect of which is considering how much we spend on sponsorship and influencers to engage with the Christopher Ward brand.
Our innovation culture needs to change, but not because we aren’t creative enough
Despite dozens of initiatives over the decades, Britain’s innovation culture remains a problem. Great ideas get stuck never making it out of research journals, and potentially great companies flounder because inventors lack the skills necessary to be successful entrepreneurs.