Banking app Revolut joins the ranks of the crowdfunded unicorns
Revolut has joined brewery and pub chain BrewDog as a member of the crowdfunding platform Crowdcube’s “Unicorn Club”.
Author Letitia Booty
Letitia Booty
Letitia Booty is a special projects journalist for Real Business. She has a BA in english literature from the University of East Anglia, and since graduating she has written for a variety of trade titles. Most recently, she was a reporter at SME magazine.
From Harry Potter tours to ghost walks and cheese crawls: The events company putting the magic back into discovering cities
SYC started off life as a Harry Potter walking tour company. Here, co-founder Ferry Hunt tells us how it expanded to include ghost tours and cheese crawls.
The Candypants story: How do you make a name for yourself in two industries at once?
Ray Chan, founder and owner of Candypants, launched his brand 10 years ago. Here, he explains how he is building his brand across two industries.
Business energy doesn’t need to be complicated
Choosing suppliers can be a confusing and daunting task, but Total Gas & Power’s fixed price gas and electricity products are designed to be simple and transparent – so you can get on with running your business.
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Meet the architects shaking up the construction industry using virtual reality
As part of our Black Cabs Entrepreneurs series, we meet with Oliver Lowrie, co-founder of innovative, tech driven architectural firm, Ackroyd Lowrie.
Weed & Wonderful: How marine biologist turned entrepreneur Craig Rose plans for seaweed “world domination”
Dr Craig Rose, founder of Seaweed & Co., explains how Amazon is helping him spread the word and helping people fall in love with seaweed.
Meet the health and wellness consultant on a mission to improve “energy, vitality and performance” in businesses
Dr Shan Hussain is a health and wellness consultant, and the CEO and founder of the Health Studio. Here, he tells us why nailing wellness in your business is so important.
SME Culture Leaders 2018: Judge Zoe Jervier on why early stage businesses need to be “intentional about culture”
Zoe Jervier helps EQT Ventures’ portfolio firms find their top talent, and also builds EQT Ventures’ own talent network. Here, she explains what she thinks makes for a great company culture.
Fighting fakes online: SnapDragon founder Rachel Jones explains how SMEs can protect their brands against copycats
SMEs who overlook the importance of their intellectual property can put their products at risk of counterfeiting. Here’s how to get ahead of the copycats and protect your brand online.
From baby steps to big wins: How 8 SME Culture Leaders built best practice into their business
Making small changes in your business can have a ripple effect that goes on to create big changes. Here, eight businesses demonstrate just that
Who’s ready for a robot colleague? Getting to grips with automation, artificial intelligence and machine learning
At the Festival of Ideas earlier this year, a discussion around AI prompted several points of interest – what exactly do we mean by AI, what can we use it for…and are the robots taking over?
How to cultivate a digital-first mindset for growth
Small businesses may have plenty of unique challenges – but one area where they certainly have an advantage is the ability to be on the frontline of tech. Here’s how.
Can SMEs solve the UK’s productivity puzzle through ecommerce?
The UK’s productivity levels have failed to catch-up since the economic downturn – could scaling online be the solution to the puzzle?
