Edge Investments has received support from the British Business Bank to address the “funding drought” in Britain's creative industries with a new £40m pot to invest in high-growth enterprises.
Innocent, Pret and Instagram – they've all come under fire for accepting deals with larger firms in the form of Coca-Cola, McDonald's and Facebook respectively. But what's a small company to do when a takeover opportunity arises
The core idea of the customer-led company is to focus on needs and not products. With this in mind, Real Business talked to Virgin Wines CEO Jay Wright about how the customer's needs should be central to any business.
There’s many reasons why you’re doing this crazy little thing called "running a business". Mission. Passion. Achievement. Here are ten tips to increase your business's value.
Businesses, especially those at the smaller end of the spectrum, are increasingly concerned about identifying and recruiting talent. It’s to solve this problem that a group of students from Portsmouth launched Gradlancer, an online service that connects motivated students with reputable employers looking for freelancers.
Today’s consumers expect online retailers to provide convenient and personalised product delivery options to accommodate their busy lifestyle needs. As such, Real Business talked to MetaPack's Kees de Vos about how a company's delivery options needed to change depending on country and target audience.
Last month, a story about one RAC manager posing a rather offensive question at interview made its way into the press. The reaction to the question, and the subsequent apology from RAC too, might not surprise you in the slightest. But what might surprise you is that employers are making mistakes, which can cost them thousands of pounds.
Small businesses located across London are planning to increase the money spent on research and development, but a lack of innovation and STEM skills are holding them back, according to Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.
The connected living market, which includes the sharing economy, smart meters and more, is set to be worth $1 trillion (£658bn) by 2020 and the UK is set to account for a five per cent share of the market, according to PwC.
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