While previous studies have charted alternative finance in the UK, the market in 2014 at £840m and the year on year growth rate of 90 per cent, EY and the Centre for Alternative Finance at University of Cambridge Judge Business School are the first to cover the whole of Europe in detail.
You're never too young to start a business – famous interior designer and Dragons' Den investor Kelly Hoppen is proof of that.
Local, small businesses are giving their larger counterparts a run for their money as Britons turn their backs on supermarket chains and multi-national corporations.
Yesterday's Radio 4’s Today Programme caused quite a scene. The programme highlighted the famous Artic Systems case, in which company director Geoff Jones had a three year battle with HMRC. And now the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self Employed (IPSE) has a bone to pick with tax collectors.
The Lego Movie seems to have perfectly captured the toy's cross-generational appeal. A childhood love of building own worlds and the lingering nostalgia felt among parents has boosted Lego into becoming the world's most powerful brand.
Whether an award has a helping hand in increasing revenues is a question we often ask. Of course, you prove the skills of your team and it gives you the opportunity to shout about your quality and standards, not to mention a boost in reputation. But what about the movie industry Would an Oscar win actually have an impact on the share prices of movie studios
Driven by the manufacturing of motor vehicles, transport equipment and food, the value of total UK manufacturer’s product sales increased to £355bn from £342bn in 2012. But which sectors do we attribute this growth to
Kaspersky Lab, INTERPOL, Europol and authorities from different countries have combined efforts to uncover the criminal plot behind an unprecedented cyber robbery. Up to $1bn was stolen in approximately two years from financial institutions worldwide. The experts report that responsibility for the robbery rests with a multinational gang of cybercriminals from Russia, Ukraine and other parts of Europe, as well as from China.
Many women in tech seeking female role models currently look towards the most visible, the headline-makers, like Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg and Yahoo’s Marissa Meyer. However, as amazing as those women are, the 'Inspiring Fifty' made it their mission to showcase the many accomplished, and all-too-often overlooked women in technology a lot closer to home.
In 2014 it was suggested that by 2017 some 745,000 new “digital workers” would be needed. The challenge now is to ensure that talent supply meets demand in order to stimulate future economic growth. The problem is that businesses are finding it hard to recruit the right candidates for the job.
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