Only one in five UK SMEs currently export. This is a worrying statistic given that businesses are 11 per cent more likely to survive if they export, according to CBI. And despite recent government focus on gender equality, women are an even smaller part of the equation. We talked to former Dragon Kelly Hoppen about the export gender divide.
By Jason Hesse
Forget the Billion Dollar Club, let’s create the Billion Pound Club, says Powa CEO Dan Wagner.
The Facebook SME Bootcamp came to London on 26 January, marking the first event of its kind for Europe. The idea is to teach companies how the social network can be used not just for selfies, status updates and spying on old school friends, but as a legitimate business-growing channel that can produce impressive revenues and customer awareness.
Issued on 22 January, the latest Bank of England ‘Trends in Lending’ report clearly showed the divide that still exists between large and small companies when it comes to borrowing money. But according to FundingKnight CEO Graeme Marshall, years of being turned down for finance has resulted in the hesitancy of smaller companies to borrow money. This seems to holding back the UK economy.
The Cambridge Satchel Company is one of the biggest British brand success stories in the last few years. We quiz founder Julie Deane on the company’s most impressive year so far.
After 20 years of running successful, multi-million pound businesses in the manufacturing, food and hospitality sectors Valda Goodfellow joined forces with her husband Paul in 2012 to set up Goodfellow and Goodfellow, which provides tableware concepts, designs and table art to food professionals looking for individuality and innovation.
Much has been said of the impact from European deflation, the introduction of quantitative easing and the spectre of another continental recession – but how does this impact you as a business leader or owner-manager
Fresh from taking up a position as interim CFO at MyJobMatcher.com, Chris Chapman looks back at his career for Real FD and explains the various growth strategies he’s been part of.
With enterprise and innovation now dominating the British economy, we look at the ten companies that really stood out during the last year.
Google and Sage aligned for a small business project this month, gathering a number of entrepreneurs from across the UK together at the technology firm’s London HQ, where Real Business sat down for a one-to-one chat with rapper Sway.
