Mobile health startup Peak has received a $7m Series A funding round from multiple investors, which will allow the brain training app to expand its team with additional neuroscientists and engineers.
KPMG Enterprise has found that a fifth of mid-market companies plan to invest in digital initiatives with an aim of “transforming the customer experience” as the primary objective.
Former Boots senior executive Stuart Cross has built up an unlikely loyal fan base of more than 1,000 business leaders due to his knowledge of music.
It’s fair to say that smartphone apps have completely underwhelmed the retail sector, unless you're Ted Baker. But that is going to change significantly in the next few years, with the introduction of a simple technology that changes the game: Beacons, sometimes known as iBeacons, that enable ultra-precise proximity marketing.
British businesses are encouraged to embrace smartphones and tablets as consumers will spend around £53.6bn annually via mobiles by 2024, which is more than a fivefold increase on the £9.7bn spent through devices today, according to Barclays.
The average British household owns 7.4 internet-connected devices, which drove the digital advertising spend up by 14 per cent to hit a record £7.2bn in 2014, according to the Internet Advertising Bureau and PwC.
The Easter half term is underway, but as thousands of British families take time off to spend with their children, a third of working parents admit the holiday is likely to be interrupted by their jobs.
Sainsbury's plans to focus on future innovations with the creation of 480 “specialist” new positions in London and Coventry, which will focus on digital, while tech boss says he is “structuring and equipping entrepreneurial teams”.
Comparing innovation to a team sport effort may be trite but there is a lot of truth to it. Elspeth Beattie, client director at Fusion Learning, examines the similarities between team sports and business innovation.
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