Almost half of adults in England have made it back to their favourite pubs, bars and restaurants since hospitality was allowed to reopen its doors on 12 April. According to research, many are making up for lost time since the sector reopened three weeks ago. Consumers clocked up an average of 2.4 visits to hospitality … Read more
The war on sugar is not an easy one, but it’s a fight that London-based siblings Sophie, 35 and Gracie Tyrrell, 33, are willing to make through start-up, Squirrel Sisters, which offers consumers a range of ‘no-added sugar’ snack alternatives. Gracie says the problem is supermarkets have the power when it comes to influencing consumer … Read more
Thursday, 22 April 2021, marked the 51st World Earth Day, a global annual event which aims to demonstrate support for environmental protection. This year’s theme is ‘Restore our Earth’, a notion that has been prevalent in recent years. Campaign groups such as Extinction Rebellion and the voices of environmentalist David Attenborough and young advocate Greta … Read more
Every day in the UK around 2.5million tampons and 1.4million sanitary towel pads are flushed down the toilet. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that this is bad for our drains and hugely damaging to the environment. Martha Silcott, 51, from London, has been on a mission to tackle this problem and help women … Read more
As non-essential retail, pubs, beauty salons and more reopen their doors after over four months, small businesses are more positive about their prospects than ever. According to the latest study by the Federation of Small Businesses, two-thirds of respondents expect their performance to improve between April and June while the UK SBI confidence measure has … Read more
Fears for small firms as banks prepare to claw back billions in Covid loans HSBC, NatWest, Barclays and Lloyds have begun sending letters to customers Banks are allocating hundreds of extra staff to spearhead the recovery efforts They have handed out more than £75bn to 1.6m firms under Government scheme By Helen Cahill and Emma … Read more
The Gloucestershire town of Tewkesbury is best-placed to recover from Covid-related challenges according to new research from financial services firm Raisin. This is due to a positive mixture of employability and business prosperity, with 80 per cent of residents in work and local businesses having seen a 10 per cent rise in growth since 2015. … Read more
Business owners in England counting down the days until they can re-open on April 12: Karen Hall is expecting to be busy in her boutique By Sarah Bridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 BST, 3 April 2021 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 3 April 2021 Business owners in England are counting down the days until … Read more
Few companies make promises to get people employed after they sign up to their courses, particularly during a pandemic. But that’s exactly what Amy Golding, chief executive of Opus Talent Solutions and founder of _nology says she’ll do. The straight-talking businesswoman, who became CEO of tech recruitment company Opus Talent Solutions at just 31, says she’s … Read more
The five business titans of the BBC’s Dragons’ Den haven’t always got it right over the past years. Just think of when they turned down a request for £100,000 from Brewdog‘s co-founders in 2008 that would now be worth £360million. Or when they refused to give James Nash £250,000 for his Cup-a-wine idea, which was later picked up by … Read more