Alibaba, which provides access to the world’s largest network of suppliers and manufacturers of goods, has partnered with Bigcommerce to help merchants grow online businesses.
KPMG has teamed up with NatWest-powered business accelerator Entrepreneurial Spark in a partnership described as a “dream team,” which will see the professional services firm deliver 1,000 hours of support to British entrepreneurs each month.
New research compiled by ICAEW has found that businesses in the UK are increasingly “sitting on cash surpluses” and waiting for confidence to pick up before spending again.
The Easter half term is underway, but as thousands of British families take time off to spend with their children, a third of working parents admit the holiday is likely to be interrupted by their jobs.
Yoox Group, an Italian online store selling out-of-season luxury fashion, has agreed to a €3.2bn merger with Net-a-Porter.
Sainsbury’s plans to focus on future innovations with the creation of 480 “specialist” new positions in London and Coventry, which will focus on digital, while tech boss says he is “structuring and equipping entrepreneurial teams”.
A new British dating service has launched, but with a difference – Founders In Love is designed for business professionals that are suckers for love.
Budget fitness chain Pure Gym has revealed the first set of full year figures under the tenure of new chief executive Humphrey Cobbold, and demonstrated revenue growth of 49 per cent.
By David Craik
In 2012 the Institute of Leadership and Management announced that business were being held back by a lack of management skills. SMEs are back on the acquisition trail but the lack of highly skilled managers still persists. This could threaten businesses’s long-term growth.
Online estate agent SellMyHome.co.uk has adopted Facebook, not for the traditional means of status updates and images, but to run an online open house to entice home buyers.
