Sugru, the world’s first mouldable ‘glue’, has proved a hit with the crowd; 1314 investors put in amounts ranging from £10 to £40,000, enabling the company to reach its £1 million funding target in just four days last week.
Year: 2015
Employees want a ‘family feel’ at the heart of their organisation’s culture
Regardless of organisation size, the vast majority of employees want to work for a firm that has a ‘family feel’ and is ‘held together by loyalty and tradition’.
Know your numbers for growth
It may sound obvious but knowing your numbers is essential for business growth. Understanding how much your product costs to make and deliver, how much you expect to take out for yourself and what your running costs will be i.e employing staff, marketing costs, office space, equipment, bills, maintenance etc are all part of essential business planning.
11 things ultra-productive people do differently
Ultra-productive people achieve more because they think differently.
Getting to know you: Sharleen Cobourne
We talk to Sharleen Cobourne about her inspirations in business and ask if she would have done anything differently given the chance.
UK companies set to cash in on digital media
The value of Britain’s thriving entertainment sector will soar over the next four years as electronic books, streamed music and online advertising fuel growth in the public’s digital media habits.
Record fall in fresh food prices drives retail deflation
May’s drop in shop prices reinforces view that UK inflation will be low for rest of year
Britain can afford to live with high debt ‘forever’, says IMF
Living with high debt may be the “optimal policy” for countries such as the UK, Germany and the US, according to IMF economists
90 per cent of jobseekers rely on other people’s CVs
Nearly 90 per cent of UK job seekers plagiarise other people’s CVs to hide their own poor writing skills, new research reveals.
Are your employees bored?
Gary Cattermole, Director of award-winning employee research consultancy, The Survey Initiative, offers his advice on how to alleviate boredom at work.
Only one in three SMEs offer apprenticeships
Just one in three SMEs across the UK currently offer apprenticeships, according to new research from a quarterly survey of SME owners and senior managers.
TCS partners with The Royal College of Art to establish UK Design Innovation Lab
London facility will drive innovation through combined design and technology research and development
New generation of fundraisers sought to join think tank’s Advisory Panel
Plymouth University’s fundraising think tank, Rogare, has started a round of recruitment to its advisory panel. We are looking for the best new thinkers in fundraising to help us translate our research into professional practice around the world.
upmysport receives £1m in Angel CoFund backed funding
Government-backed fund invests in the tech startup that matches users to recommended sport and fitness instructors as Dame Kelly Holmes Trust joins company as a UK charity partner.
One in five Enterprise Finance Guarantee loans ends in default
New research has discovered that 20 per cent of loans provided though the 2.3bn Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) scheme are ending up in default.
