Founded by a husband and wife, Absolute Barrister is an online service designed to bring order to the legal system by connecting consumers and businesses alike to affordable barristers for a range of matters, which has sealed its space on our Everline Future 50 2016.
The Everline Future 50 is back with a bang and the latest crop to join our growing community of disruptive and game-changing businesses are some of the very best we’ve seen.
Finance veteran Frank Mukahanana worked in the industry for over 13 years, including stints at big names like Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse. He then setup his own ethical fintech disruptor QuidCycle in 2013. The company has gone from strength to strength and has been named in the Everline Future 50 2016.
With the latest instalment of our annual Everline Future 50 initiative now only days away, Real Business goes back to its first year and finds out how Secret Escapes, a company billed as “hotel porn”, has gone from a disruptive idea to one with a multi-million pound turnover and big plans to further shake up the travel industry.
By Staff writer
The collaborative economy, sometimes called the sharing economy, has been the phrase on everyone’s lips for quite some time now.
As the end of the year rapidly approaches, thoughts are turning to how the past 12 months have gone and how we could do things better next year.
Gousto, the fresh ingredient delivery service named in our Everline Future 50 2014, has secured a £9m investment from a new arm of the Business Growth Fund. Real Business caught up with CEO Timo Schmidt about the pot, how the business will apply pressure to Tesco and why he believes the sector can be as commonplace as buying clothes online.
Following on from previous Everline Future 50 profiles, we hear from Adam Tavener, chairman of Clifton Asset Management, about his success as an entrepreneur, challenges he has encountered and advice he has for other companies.
Having featured companies such as Secret Escapes, Funding Circle and TransferWise in year one of operations, Real Business is once again on the hunt for the companies disrupting stagnant UK industries in a big way.
By Staff writer
Want to know what the upsides to winning business and industry awards are Fresh from being named one of the most disruptive British enterprises at the beginning of 2015, Red WigWam’s Scott Logie tells us all about his experience.
