By Staff writer
In the second of our series of interviews with Everline Future 50 alumni, we spoke to Conrad Ford, founder and CEO of Funding Options, a one-stop shop for alternative finance for small businesses.
Recruitment marketplace Hiring Hub has gone from strength to strength since being named amongst Everline’s Future 50 most “disruptive” new UK companies at the start of 2014.
By Simon Brooke
As more new market disruptors and mould-breaking businesses emerge, the law has been increasingly slow to respond and catch up – but new businesses shouldn’t be put off innovating.
By Tom Holbourn
Technology has been transforming personal and professional lives for quite some time. Consumers are battling to be at the forefront when it comes to the latest tech, and businesses are no different.
The nomination window for Future 50 2016 has been opened as Real Business and Everline partner to find disruptive British businesses that are transforming industries.
In honour of London Fintech Week 2015 we’re taking a look back at a few of the outstanding and disruptive fintech companies featured in the Everline Future 50 over the past few years, and examining where each are now.
By Steve Davis
I read an article the other day by Cisco’s director of cyber security about why security short-sightedness could spell disaster for SMBs. He argued we’ve had years to learn about human behaviour in the physical world but in the new digital one we’re still playing catch-up from a cyber-security perspective. So why don’t rational business owners and managers put as much common sense into taking precautions over the physical security of their IT systems
For the fourth year, Real Business has scoured the UK business landscape and can now bring you 50 companies that are breaking down barriers, creating innovative products and – most importantly – disrupting previously stagnant industries. May we unveil the Everline Future 50 2015.
The Everline Future 50 2015 took place on 4 March, crowning the 50 of the UK’s best and brightest businesses that have disrupted various sectors from augmented reality to cycling to finance to food. With so much innovation in one room, Real Business has combed through social media to recap the online chatter that resulted in #everlinefuture50 trending on Twitter.
Despite the rise of ecommerce, and perceived decline of the high street, a staggering 89 per cent of UK retail still occurs offline. Of this, 50 per cent of home and fashion items are researched online, and then purchased locally, in bricks and mortar shops. This has uniquely positioned Everline Future 50 mobile app StreetHub to help shoppers find products in independent home and fashion boutiques.
