In what was a mainly non deal-making episode of the deal-making show Dragons’ Den Kelly Hoppen & Piers Linney invested in Enclothed one of the new wave of male e-tailors aiming to take the High Street stress out of clothes shopping for men.
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The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Skillpages sold to Bark.com for undisclosed sum
Skillpages, an online marketplace for local skills founded back in 2010 and backed by Michael Smurfit, has been acquired by Bark.com, which focuses on attacking the same problem from the other way round: i.e. pushing skill-seekers’ requests to providers, rather than providing a skills listing platform.
FSB launches new work experience pilot scheme in Stockport
A pilot scheme to put employers in touch with sixth formers seeking to undertake a work experience placement has been launched by the Federation of Small Businesses in Stockport.
Inspiring the growth of Employee Ownership in the UK
John Lewis Partnership, one of the UKs largest employee owned companies, has hosted the inaugural Inspire EO conference, aimed at providing an insight into the benefits of giving private and public sector employees a stake in their business.
Tech Clusters across the whole of the UK are powering country’s Digital Economy
The Prime Minister David Cameron today welcomed the launch of Tech Nation, the first comprehensive analysis of the UK’s digital technology clusters.
Voting now open to find the great faces of British Business
The public vote for the GREAT Faces of British Business competition is now open, following the shortlist announcement this week with the top business set to win £30,000 worth of government support.
Made in Britain: Ben Atkinson-Willes, Active Minds
We talk to Ben Atkinson-Willes to find out how his Grandfather and a University project led to the creation of Active Minds.
SMEs bear brunt of UK’s £10bn hidden tax burden
The UK tax system is costing businesses up to £10bn in hidden costs a year with SMEs bearing the majority of this burden according to new research by the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT).
Alternative lender Fleximize announces £4M in loans lent to SMEs in past year
Fleximize, the SME alternative finance company, has announced that it has now lent £4 million to SMEs since its launch in January 2014.
Burgundy winemaker Domaine Chanzy uses Seedrs to conduct Initial Public Offering on AIM
Seedrs, the prominent UK-based equity crowdfunding platform, today announced that it is hosting a campaign for the IPO of Burgundy vineyard Domaine Chanzy.
Cable urged to back ‘returnship’ schemes for women in engineering
The Women’s Engineering Society and others have called on Vince Cable to introduce “returnship” schemes for women engineers who have taken maternity or career breaks, in the wake of a survey revealing just how many obstacles such women face.
Bannatyne grabs iGlove investment but Apple might snatch it from him
The latest episode of Dragons’ Den saw Duncan Bannatyne get hand in glove with a £75,000 investment in an entrepreneur who has created the iGlove a means for using touchscreen smartphones and tablets in cold conditions, but is it a deal that both will be able to keep hold of?
UK bank brands in global decline but Lloyds & TSB buck the trend
According to the league table of the world’s biggest banks, The Brand Finance Banking 500, UK’s bank brands collectively lost 3 per cent of their value this year. NatWest, RBS and Nationwide all saw their brand values fall. Coutts was the worst affected; The Queen’s bank has lost 42 per cent of its brand value in a year.
2015 will be the year of the ‘Fampreneur’
A recent survey has revealed that there majority of entrepreneurs who are planning to go into business with family members will do so in 2015.
Europe’s largest student entrepreneur event opens in Liverpool
Hundreds of students have descended on Liverpool this weekend to attend the sixth Student Enterprise Conference 2015.
