Owning your own business can be richly rewarding, although setting one up can be tough, so save the slog and buy an oven-ready one instead By Rebecca Goodman, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 16:52 EDT, 31 July 2021 | Updated: 16:52 EDT, 31 July 2021 Owning your own business can be richly rewarding, although setting … Read more
For many, the frenzy of toilet roll panic buying at the start of the pandemic is a fleeting memory. However, one company saw lockdown catapult it into the mainstream. Wrapped in paper packaging, the bamboo toilet paper brand Cheeky Panda has quietly become an alternative for environmentally-conscious consumers. Cheeky Panda, run by husband and wife … Read more
The founder of the fastest-ever ‘unicorn’ in Europe dreams of fleets of cycle couriers rapidly delivering groceries in every British city. A year ago, Turkish-born tech entrepreneur Kağan Sümer barely had a few euros to his name and was trying to get his fledgling firm, Gorillas, off the ground in Berlin. Since then, the expansion … Read more
With the school summer holidays looming, many parents are desperate for ideas to keep children entertained without breaking the bank. So why not encourage them to put their talents to work so they can make a little money of their own? Many mums and dads have cut back on pocket money during the pandemic. But … Read more
UK businesses which make regular overseas payments are losing out on hundreds of pounds per transaction thanks to inferior foreign exchange rates charged by Britain’s biggest banks. The likes of Barclays, Lloyds and HSBC, which calls itself ‘the world’s local bank’, levy currency conversion mark-ups which effectively act as stealth charges on overseas payments and … Read more
While investing in cryptocurrency has undoubtedly become more mainstream, it hasn’t been possible to use it to pay for everyday goods and services in the same way you would a debit card. Silicon Valley-based crypto platform Uphold is trying to change that. The firm says it is revolutionising the way in which consumers shop, through the introduction … Read more
Internet giants such as Google make billions from tracking our online activities and selling data to third parties but we get little in return, according to one entrepreneur, who wowed Dragons’ Den with his plan to change that. The founder of web browser Gener8, Sam Jones, wants to put the power of data ownership back … Read more
Founder of Virtue Drinks, Rahi Daneshmand, says international trade now accounts for 40% of his business While the coronavirus lockdowns led to people being told to stay at home, more small businesses spread their wings to sell around the world, new research shows. Two thirds of small businesses experienced a growth in online sales since … Read more
The British gin market is a crowded one. Our love of the vodka-based spirit means that, on top of the many long-established brands, there are now reams of new entrants offering weird and wonderful flavours, as well as gin clubs and subscription models. But this stiff competition was not enough to deter Laura Bridge, who … Read more
It was meant to create hundreds of thousands of jobs for young people who had been hit hardest by the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic. But nine months since it was launched only 16,500 people have been hired through the Kickstart Scheme. The government’s target was to create 250,000 jobs through Kickstart and think-tank … Read more