In August, Farmcare, the UK’s leading rural and agricultural business, appointed finance director Rob Argyle to help drive its first mile strategy. Argyle talked to Real Business about being an FD in the food industry, as well as driving the company forward after it was acquired by Wellcome Trust.
As the adoption of card payments continues to grow, NetPay has been there to support the transition. And with the company named 2015’s business-to-business champion, MD Carl Churchill spoke with Real Business about how facing firms is done with innovation, ideas and feedback.
By Staff writer
The collaborative economy, sometimes called the sharing economy, has been the phrase on everyone’s lips for quite some time now.
Chancellor George Osborne’s Emergency Budget contained little concrete detail about the funding prospects for the nation’s science sector, but the 2015 Autumn Statement and Spending Review has confirmed an increase in investment in catapult centres.
Small businesses located across London are planning to increase the money spent on research and development, but a lack of innovation and STEM skills are holding them back, according to Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.
If you’re about to travel, hearing that your plane is considered a “test lab” could be cause for alarm. However, Virgin Atlantic CEO Craig Creeger feels this innovation is providing the airline’s customers with enhanced experiences – and it was Richard Branson that inspired his approach.
By Viv Craske
When Amazon launches something new, the world stops and listens. This week it took its first foray into running a bookstore with Amazon Books. And while it might not seem like an obvious next step for the world’s biggest online retailer, it makes a lot of sense.
Research from One Poll recently revealed that several SME bosses rely on post-it notes as their only form of long-term planning. This, however, may not be a bad thing given that the pieces of sticky paper have strangely become the latest form of boosting innovation.
Ideas Britain has officially launched “Innovation in Sport”, a competition supported by Manchester City FC to uncover creative ideas that have the potential to forge “real innovation” in the world of sport.
By Simon Brooke
Innovative technology often takes a long time to get off the ground. Having spent years developing a new approach to testing tyre pressures, WheelRight is starting to gather momentum and attracting the attention of a number of major industry players.
