In the UK business landscape, it’s the big and small organisations that grab the headlines. All too often mid-sized companies are overlooked, but these firms have big corporate ambitions and are the next enterprises in waiting.
Founded by Edward Poland and Will Swannell, Hire Space is taking the collaborative consumption movement, made popular by poster child Airbnb, and applying it to the unique space of venue rental. It’s won a place in our 2016 Everline Future 50.
By Max Williams
The current popular startup narrative is all about hopping from one round of funding to the next, pursuing massive growth or exploding in a spectacular fireball if you don’t make it in time. One startup owner reveals how he weathered the storm when funding wasn’t available.
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.
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 Kate Cox
In today’s world, working women are no longer a shock – you expect to find them in all corners of the corporate world. However, I’ve been surprised how deep the gender bias can be since joining the technology industry a few months ago.
By Simon Brooke
Many hard-working small business owners looking to relax this weekend might easily find themselves enjoying a beer in the process – and it’s increasingly likely that what they’ll be drinking will be a craft beer from a small brewery.
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.
Although several of Back to the Future II’s predictions fell through, we did end up getting hoverboards, wearable technology and video calls. As such, Real Business tried to find out what the world of 2045 will look like.
By David Craik
Government, business associations and individual firms can help refugees contribute to the economy.
