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The ‘knowledge gap’ which leaves regional startups unprepared

In the first half of 2021 alone, UK tech startups and scaleups received £13.5 billion of venture ca...

COVID cut off our revenue – but we doubled our profits

Jeff Dewing cuts a relaxed figure as he reminisces on his East End upbringing and decades-long busin...

The three rules of hypergrowth: Product, scalability and people

Investment in the UK tech sector is booming - and the term ‘hypergrowth’ is now everywhere. A...

How a plan drawn up on a napkin turned GP Bullhound into a $100m a year business

When Hugh Campbell took to the stage at last week’s Northern Tech Awards at Leeds’ New Dock Hall...

Hiring former RBS executive pivoted my FinTech in weeks

Lynne Darcey Quigley has 25 years of experience in the payments industry, having founded professiona...

From contemplating suicide to tackling business’s ‘silent emergency’

To the casual observer, Paul Cooper’s 30-year career in business was nothing but a success. The...

How can you cope with 400% growth? Plan ahead

When St Helens-based Inovus Medical enjoyed 400% growth at the start of 2021, there was no chance it...

Partnerships drive growth at $3.2bn EdTech

A SoftBank-backed EdTech unicorn has supported the learning of a quarter of the million people - all...

You must stay humble in business – just look at Manchester City

Humility isn’t a word normally associated with recruitment, but Steven Jagger says it’s in the D...

We raised £400k from family and friends – and lost it

When Gisela and Daniel Wood raised more than £400,000 from family and friends, they did their homew...

Backing of high-profile investor transformed business

E-Sign is a Liverpool-based electronic signature service provider that speeds up the process of col...

Why turnover is for vanity and profit is for sanity

After 13 years in business Paul Woods now looks for one number – gross profit. The managing dir...