Visa contactless payments smash one billion mark across Europe
European users of Visa cards have collectively made 1.1 billion contactless payments in the past year, generating a spend of €12.6bn.
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Two-way street approach underpins new series of Central European trade missions to the UK
Startups and growing businesses looking to expand commercial ties with the UK are heading to the UK over the next few months, as part of a series of trade missions from the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia.
SMEs are tackling the trade deficit but need to move out of export “comfort zone”
The overall deficit stands at around £2.8bn and FedEx’s Great British Export report found that the UK’s SMEs are helping to counteract this. While there has been exporting progress, many SMEs are still reluctant to branch out of Europe – even though other markets are more lucrative.
Europes top inventor accolade for British innovator Luke Alphey
Scientist and entrepreneur Luke Alphey has been named as one of Europe’s top inventors by the 2015 European Inventor Awards, joining the likes of David Gow, Joshua Silver and Fiona Fairhurst as a British trailblazer on the list.
Britain is officially in deflation But is that truly a bad thing, and will it even last
The UK has entered a period of deflation for the first time in 55 years, with prices falling by 0.1 per cent in the year to April. However, experts say it won’t last.
Adopting a Silicon Valley approach as software eats Continental Europe
We all have the potential to find success in an increasingly digital world. Businesses that disrupt traditional value chains can be built in a matter of days and weeks instead of months and years.
The European VC investment trends that took place in Q1 2015
Following one of the biggest venture capital deals in UK history that took place on 23 April, here are the VC trends that happened across the wider European business market throughout the first quarter of 2015.
Will Zuckerberg’s internet expansion showcase the world’s hidden entrepreneurs
Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook, has announced further plans for his Internet.org scheme in a Q&A hosted on his social-networking site last night. His initiative to connect two-thirds of the world without internet access will be rolled out into Europe.
A peek inside the London offices of Airbnb
As one of the fastest-growing digital companies in the world, Real Business wanted to find out how Airbnb was growing operations in the UK and Europe. After securing an invitation to its Shoreditch base, we found out just what the team and new country manager James McClure were up to.
While smaller than the industry in the UK, alternative finance in Europe cannot be ignored
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.