PayasUgym: The disruptive solution to keeping fit while travelling
PayasUgym heats up the Everline Future 50 list with its refreshing take on gym contracts. The pay-as-you-go concept is truly innovative in a sector “hooked on membership revenues”.
Tag: Innovation
The Curve Group: Game changers in the recruitment industry
The Curve Group has proven to be a disruptive force amongst the recruitment industry with the Everline Future 50 company being described in the industry as “the most disruptive company seen in the recruitment outsourcing industry in the last 20 years”.
Hitting the road Ubers little sister takes on the taxi booking space
By Simon Brooke
Disruption is the business buzzword of the moment and a few companies are disrupting quite as effectively – and as controversially – as Uber, the service that allows you to book a taxi from your mobile.
Unilever partners UK parenting startup to make children enjoy cleaning
UK parenting startup Funifi has introduced a mobile app to make chores a fun experience for children, working in partnership with Unilever through its Foundry scheme, which provides technology innovators support, experience and investment.
Cancer detection startup gains government funding to fast-track tech into market within 12 months
Lightpoint Medical, an innovative medical device company dedicated to improving the health outcome of cancer patients through image-guided surgery, is receiving a £1m government-funded grant and has also attracted further investment which could fast-track its move to market.
Can UK retailers ever fully meet the digital demands of online shoppers
A new study from Dyn has highlighted yet more of the frustrations shoppers have with ecommerce, but when will businesses make the changes – and will the consumers ever truly be happy
Government to boost UK innovation by challenging manufacturers to find new ways of developing skills
Manufacturing firms have been invited by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) to bid for a share of £1m in order to boost UK innovation.
The secret sauce behind Apple’s success
According to a new report, Apple is a master of ‘Quantum Strategy’, which is “both unconventional as well as extremely difficult to implement”. It is due to this strategy that Apple will stand the test of time.
Luke Johnson, Emma Jones, John Stapleton, Duncan Cheatle and co pledge support for Gatwick expansion
In late 2014, YouGov surveyed Londoners, Gatwick residents, Heathrow residents, UK small businesses and councillors about ‘the runway issue’. A shocking eight out of nine people up and down the country thought that Gatwick should be expanded. Taking up the mantle, 19 of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs and founders have claimed their support by sending an open letter to the airports commission.
From 1206-1945: Inventions made by war
Silly putty, margarine and instant coffee. It might be strange to believe, but we have some of the world’s largest military forces to thank for them! Throughout history, military strategists have called for products to be made, even if they hadn’t been used until years later, which have trickled down to consumer use. Here’s ten products/services you may not have known were created because of a war.