By Simon Brooke
With a client roster being one of the most important validation points for any business looking to attract new custom, we ask the founder of Bozboz whether his star-named customers have been a boost.
3nder – the company formally known as the threesome app – has had its fantasy of expanding growth realised as “two experienced unnamed tech angels” have pumped $500,000 into the business.
Former minister for business and enterprise Matthew Hancock has admitted that, despite continued protests from London cabbies, he’s a fan of Uber – and it’s actually the capital’s taxi drivers that are to blame.
Soon-to-launch music streaming device Electric Jukebox has the backing of the British government, international celebrities and corporate giants – but attempting such a venture without a decade in the industry would have been hopeless, company founder Rob Lewis told Real Business.
During a sharing economy conference, Tech City chair Eileen Burbidge delivered a keynote and said it’s foolhardy to simply say the next Facebook or Google will come from the UK, explaining that Britain has all of the ingredients for more than that – to lead digital innovation.
By Simon Brooke
Fancy flying off somewhere glamorous this weekend in your own private jet Although for most of us a seat on BA or easyJet is more familiar, the world of private aviation is changing with new players – many of them SMEs – disrupting the business models of this hitherto very discreet world and offering seats at lower prices than ever before.
In what marks its second acquisition in under a month, London-based digital restaurant service Velocity has bought Canadian counterpart Tab Payments, which will provide access to more than 100 new eatery clients in Toronto and Montreal as the British firm embarks on conquering America.
Black Friday is almost upon us, so let’s recap why the American shopping day has become of such importance in the UK as this year’s online spend is set to top £1bn.
Pizza business Domino’s experienced a quarterly sales increase of 14.9 per cent in Q3 and it was the firm’s investment in digital and mobile support that helped to cook up a sum of £200m.
By Jenny Taylor
Maintaining the UK’s prominent position at the global top table when it comes to the digital and technology spaces is one of the core challenges facing the country today – but awareness for students and businesses is the key to the problem.
