Leesa, a disruptive online luxury mattress company, has launched in the UK having secured overnight success in the USA.
Category: News
The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Discover international markets with UKTI’s export insight visit to Latvia
This November UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) is leading a visit to Riga, Latvia, a unique opportunity specifically for novice exporters to explore a new market and make business contacts.
Uniqlo to trial four-day week in stores
Fast retailing, the group that owns Japanese store Uniqlo, is set to introduce a plan which will see 10,000 workers operate under a four day week.
Google data centre loses power after lightning strikes
Four consecutive lightning strikes on Googles data centre in Belgium have caused the company to lose a small proportion of data.
Prime Minister unveils plans to boost apprenticeships & transform training
Prime Minister David Cameron will today outline a package of radical plans to increase the number of quality apprenticeships across England – from nuclear engineers to tailors and butchers- and give businesses a say on how they are run and what they offer.
Falling number of GCSE & A-Level language students is ‘bad news for business’
Falling numbers of GCSE and A-Level language students are bad news for recruitment and a serious concern for big business, according to language training experts.
Baubax travel jacket becomes best funded Kickstarter project
A multi-purpose travel jacket designed by San Fransisco based company Baubax has become Kickstarters most funded project by raising over €4million.
Two thirds of UK businesses admit to losing important data
The extent of data breaches in the UK has been unravelled by a survey that reveals two thirds of all businesses have lost important data – and a quarter have been hacked.
Entrepreneurs back talent with launch of unique apprenticeships
A pioneering apprenticeship scheme designed to give ambitious young people opportunities to build careers at dynamic small businesses has been launched across England.
Northern office workers hate their bosses more than southern employees
Nearly one in four office workers in the North East of England say their bosses have bad people skills, according to a survey carried out on behalf of office space search engine, Office Genie.
Pass rate for GCSE’s up but top grades fall
Improvements across the board have seen the pass rate of GCSE’s this year increase to 69 per cent, but the number of pupils that achieved top grades fell slightly.
Our future depends on recruiting millennials, say SMEs
believe future success relies on their ability to recruit so-called millennials but SMEs recognise that they need to do more to attract them, according to new research by Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.
Homeowners in 97% of UK’s biggest cities to benefit from tax-free rental income
Letting to lodgers will become even more appealing with a bigger tax break under the Rent A Room Scheme coming next April, according to SpareRoom.co.uk.
Andy Murray serves up three startup investments
Tennis champion and world number two Andy Murray announced today that he has made multiple investments on equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs.
Current employment law is hurting small business
The current state of employment law is wasting small businesses time and putting them at unnecessary risk of financial and reputational damage, according to new research.
















