Letitia Booty

Letitia Booty is a former 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.

What do you think makes a great company culture?

Are you an SME Culture Leader? The hunt for the best places to work is on

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Should your customer service solution be reliant on chatbots?

Chatbots can offer 24/7 customer care – but is the level of service up to scratch?

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Space tourism: where will your next holiday take you?

Would you take your next holiday in virtual reality?

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Kris Ingham tells us the Rejuvenation Water story

How did an amino acid enriched water drink get on Waitrose’s shelves?

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Coca-Cola is Britain’s most popular logo – how can businesses use colour psychology to follow in their footsteps?

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What did delegates get out of Amazon Academy Newcastle

Small businesses share their highlights from the Amazon Academy in Newcastle

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What makes a good hacker?

The rise of ethical hacking and chasing down bug bounties

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Are your employees expected to be available during non-work hours?

Take a break: 65% of business leaders admit to checking work emails on holiday

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Helping men discover “the joy of dressing well”

Dappad: The clothing curation service helping men dress well

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Revolut has joined the ranks of the "Unicorn Club"

Banking app Revolut joins the ranks of the crowdfunded unicorns

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An SYC tour group exploring the London street that inspired Knockturn Alley

From Harry Potter tours to ghost walks and cheese crawls: The events company putting the magic back into discovering cities

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Ray Chan tells us the Candypants story

The Candypants story: How do you make a name for yourself in two industries at once?

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Ackroyd Lowrie specialises in "transforming run down urban areas”

Meet the architects shaking up the construction industry using virtual reality

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Seaweed & Co. was founded in 2015 by Dr Craig Rose

This marine biologist turned entrepreneur plans for global seaweed domination

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How do you encourage a healthy lifestyle?

This health and wellness consultant is on a mission to improve businesses

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Judge Zoe Jervier on what it takes to create a great working culture

SME Culture Leaders 2018: Judge Zoe Jervier on why early stage businesses need to be “intentional about culture”

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The SnapDragon team, working to fight fakes online

SnapDragon founder Rachel Jones on fighting fakes online

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Sometimes, a small change can make a big difference

From baby steps to big wins: How 8 SME Culture Leaders built best practice into their business

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What's the difference between AI and machine learning?

Who’s ready for a robot colleague? Getting to grips with automation, artificial intelligence and machine learning

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How to cultivate a digital-first mindset for growth

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How do we solve the productivity puzzle?

Can SMEs solve the UK’s productivity puzzle through ecommerce?

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Should you prioritise people or profits? How much overlap is there?

People over profit? 7 SME Culture Leaders explain how one drives the other

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What could your business learn from the top 25 Culture Leaders?

Culture in practice – can SMEs compete with big businesses?

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Top tips for exporting - think global but act local

DIT adviser Sue Beverley on how to master exporting

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What can we expect from the euro?

Currency outlook: what can we expect from the euro over the next 3 months?

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Let your values do the culture-building work for you

SME Culture Leaders 2018: Judge Chris Dyer on culture as the “living expression of shared convictions”

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Could working with a charity make your business more productive?

How to improve your Corporate Social Responsibility

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It's a hop, skip and a jump across the pond - is your business ready to crack America?

Across the pond: 3 hurdles to consider when you make the leap to America

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For growth businesses, recruiting your dream team can be a challenge

The challenges of building your dream team – whatever happened to a “job for life”?

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BATFAST wants to help people enjoy cricket

How one phone call can change your life: The story behind cricket simulator manufacturer, BATFAST

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The "Have your say" panel in action

Exporting tips from the Growing Business Awards alumni: Perkbox, Bulldog Skincare and Trak Global Telematics share their stories

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Bretton Putter explains how SMEs can avoid box ticking in company culture

SME Culture Leaders 2018: Judge Bretton Putter on embedding your “values, mission and vision” on a day-to-day basis

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Phil Lewis from Corporate Punk on creativity and business culture

SME Culture Leaders 2018: Judge Phil Lewis on why “culture begins the moment there’s two people in a room”

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Tonteria specialises in tapas and tequila

“Our doors are open for everyone”: Tapas and tequila are the stars at Tonteria

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Jonathan Richards, founder of breatheHR, explains why culture is so important

SME Culture Leaders 2018: Judge Jonathan Richards explains why good culture is not just “nice to have”

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Executive positions for women in the FTSE 100 are flatlining

Percentage of women in executive roles is “flatlining”

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SAF Cleaning explains why its vehicles need to be in top shape

SAF Cleaning: How a well-maintained vehicle can be part of your brand identity

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CoinCorner operates globally from the Isle of Man

CoinCorner: the global cryptocurrency business operating from the Isle of Man

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Build-A-Bear has new offers in the wake of its "Pay Your Age" event

Build-A-Bear goes into damage control: New offers announced in the wake of “Pay Your Age” disaster

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KFC ran out of chicken this year - but the response won the hearts of customers

What do Facebook, KFC, Snapchat and the Trumps have in common?

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Creative types on Amazon are now marketing Elon Musk's take on the infamous farting unicorn copyright infringement. Image: Gift Trolls on Amazon.com

What do you do if a business tycoon steals your farting unicorn?

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Record fines for employers named and shamed by HMRC for underpaying workers

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Vizolution expands in Swansea to bring Silicon Valley to the Welsh Valleys

Vizolution expansion brings Silicon Valley to the Welsh Valleys

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What is the true business cost of a GDPR breach?

The true cost of a GDPR breach: 78% of people would avoid a business after a data leak

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Alison Brittain, chief executive, Whitbread, speaking at the panel

LGBT+ inclusion is a business culture issue – don’t let it get side-lined as you grow

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Are we at the dawn of the next energy revolution? If so, what will it mean for your business?

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Why selling on Amazon was a game-changer for the founders of Torro

Getting its product in front of Amazon’s audience helped this brand take off

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Meet the modern shoes for a modern commute

A modern business model for a very modern company: Meet Cocorose London

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Myth busting VAT reclaim at the FD Surgery

Myth busting: VAT reclaim doesn’t have to be as mysterious as you think

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Greg Hands has stepped down over Monday's vote on the third runway at Heathrow

Whipped in to shape: Trade minister resigns over Heathrow expansion plans

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750,000 employment status results are called into question, but why?

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Gina Miller explains how to be an advocate

Why do so many people hate Gina Miller? “If they’re attacking me and not what I’m saying then I know I’m right”

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Is automation the right way to scale up your invoice and expense management?

Good-bye, paperwork: The business case for automation when scaling up

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How do you decide which new markets to target?

Exporting pain: 1 in 5 businesses struggle to choose a new market

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Where will exporting take you after Brexit?

Brexit may be the best thing for exporters…if you have a plan of action

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Thimon De Jong explains the history of elevators

Learning to love technology: Would you take a flight in an un-piloted plane?

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Are you a tech scale-up looking to scale up into India?

Cross border UK-India EIS fund could be a launch pad for UK tech firms

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There is a link between company culture and CEO approval ratings

What makes Google’s Sundar Pichai the world’s best CEO?

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Entrepreneurial finance directors tell their export stories at the FD Surgery

Growing overseas: the opportunities and challenges for the international finance director

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The Meet the Experts panel ready to dish out advice at Amazon Academy Newcastle

Would you name your business Barf? Avoiding translation gaffs, and 5 other lessons from Amazon Academy Newcastle

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Have you done your homework on your fleet options?

The full balanced score card approach: Signing a new fleet vehicle contract

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What could you learn from the London Chocolate Company?

The London Chocolate Company’s ecommerce success story – and how to follow in its footsteps

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Last Night of Freedom makes the most of Newcastle's party atmosphere

Three businesses tell us what it’s like to set up shop in Newcastle

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Are you heading to Amazon Academy Newcastle?

What’s in it for me? The top five reasons to attend the Amazon Academy in Newcastle

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Are you considering launching or scaling a business in the Toon?

The talk of the Toon: Amazon Academy comes to Newcastle

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The Festival of Ideas featured Go Ape's Rebecca Mayhew, graze.com's Anthony Fletcher and Trunki's Rob Law.

From turning down investment to dodging copycat companies, here’s how Trunki, Go Ape and graze.com took off

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Company culture might be more important for FDs than you think

Shake it up: New ways of working with cash flow forecasting

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What happens if you do need an alteration to your service?

Back to basics: Who do you turn to for energy supply connections?

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Have you considered setting up shop in New Zealand?

Looking to tap into a new market? Here’s how to break New Zealand

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Place your bets! Where will you be investing for the future?

FD Surgery: Where to place your bets – the future of sales and marketing

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The Smileworks company culture means embracing passionate debate

Arguing with the boss: Smileworks CEO explains why a company culture of challenging debate is good for business

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Looking back at some previous winners of the Queen's Awards for Enterprise

Cream of the crop: The household names that scooped Queen’s Awards for Enterprise in the last five years

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Could your business make use of an energy broker?

The pros and cons of taking on the services of an energy broker

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Chas Howes at the The FD Surgery: An event tailored for entrepreneurial finance directors

Entrepreneurial finance directors: Advice on keeping your business fighting fit

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This week saw the return of the Amazon Academy programme, a series of one-day events designed to introduce UKs SMEs to the powers of ecommerce and help them grow globally.

Amazon Academy: Meet Trtl, the Glaswegian travel pillow brand taking the world by storm

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Female entrepreneurs are losing out over the gender funding gap

Female entrepreneurs are more likely to receive business funding, but less likely to ask

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Karen Riddick, founder of Second Nature

Amazon Academy: Meet Second Nature, the ethical soft furnishings store which is going global from its rural base

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Clean energy can help you build a greener reputation

Cultivate a greener reputation and score points with customers

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Are your third-party data processors GDPR compliant?

Businesses failing to check third-party GDPR compliance risk large fines

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Do you know how maternity leave works?

Royal baby puts maternity leave practices into the spotlight

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One worker left to pick up the slack? Maybe it's time for employee sickness absence tracking

The business case for tracking employee sickness absence

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presenteeism

Tackle work-related stress to lower absence levels

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Why it makes business sense to cut carbon

Going green: Cut carbon and bolster your bottom line

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Are you making the most of business tools?

The technology tools that will help you prosper in 2018

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Don't get snowed under

The true impact of admin on SME productivity

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Striving for a more efficient payroll

Achieving payroll efficiency through adaption and improvement

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Data management

How GDPR changes employee data management

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Don't get bogged down in business admin

Turn business admin time into strategy time

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This business is opening up the car repair market

Meet the business making the car repair market more transparent

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Have you got your ticket for Amazon Academy Glasgow?

Spotlight on Glasgow: What’s it like to start a business in Scotland’s biggest city?

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Is it time to make the most of business automation?

Making business automation one of your 2018 priorities

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Payroll year end

Getting ready for payroll year end – the vital considerations

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Selling a business

Buying or selling a business? Future 50 winner Bizdaq could be everything you’re looking for

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Trak Global at the Amazon Growing Business Awards

How to become a two-time winner of Amazon Growing Business Awards winner like Trak Global

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Most disruptive UK companies

The Future 50 2018 – Don’t miss your chance to nominate your business

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How do you run a technology business in rural Scotland?

Building an innovative, technological business in rural Scotland

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Luna May London specialises in bespoke lingerie

Luna Mae London: A lingerie brand redefining “luxury” service

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