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The five weirdest job roles available in the UK

January 26, 2016

By Zen Terrelonge

Bored of being the office manager or teaching assistant If you feel it’s time for change, here are the five weirdest job roles up for grabs in the UK and the salaries you can expect to earn.

The five best Blue Monday marketing campaigns created by big brands

January 19, 2016

By Zen Terrelonge

Monday 18 January was no ordinary start to the week – indeed, the day was dubbed Blue Monday, “the most depressing day of the year”, which a handful of brands capitalised on with marketing campaigns designed to spread cheer among despondent consumers.

Meet the business that began with a 500 bet

January 19, 2016

By Nick Coleman

Nick Coleman, CEO of pork crackling brand The Snaffling Pig Co., reveals how his business started with a bet between mates – and is now set to pass the £1m turnover mark.

The 6 world-famous tech leaders who can be found within UK workers

January 6, 2016

By Zen Terrelonge

Britain’s IT professionals have the potential to become the next globally-hailed billionaire business celebrity, according to a study, which revealed they share personality types with six world-famous tech industry leaders.

Mark Zuckerberg inspired by Marvel’s Iron Man films to create AI assistant

January 4, 2016

By Zen Terrelonge

The best superheroes have a billionaire businessman alter-ego, so Mark Zuckerberg has taken inspiration from Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe and revealed a plan to build artificial intelligence similar to the tech found in the Iron Man movies.

The definitive business advent calendar: 19 December The $19bn failure

December 19, 2015

By Zen Terrelonge

As we look to Christmas, sometimes there’s no telling what’s in store for us when it comes to gifts. Indeed, life itself always has a few surprises up its sleeve for us, so imagine the surprise a pair of entrepreneurs had when the company that rejected their job applications later bought their firm for $19bn…

The definitive business advent calendar: 18 December Bite into this 95.4bn sector

December 18, 2015

By Zen Terrelonge

Father Christmas will have visited by this time next week and as we draw closer to the 25 December, our countdown continues to now reveal just how successful one sector is with tasty turnover of £95.4bn.

The 10 big brands leading the charge on social media – and even they’re not perfect

December 16, 2015

By Zen Terrelonge

The ten big brands that are leading the way for social media marketing have been revealed by the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) UK, however, the report has found that there’s still room for improvement – that’s your time to shine, SME leaders.

The 10 most engaging 2015 Christmas adverts from British retailers

December 15, 2015

By Zen Terrelonge

The ten most engaging Christmas ads from the country’s high street retailers have been revealed by emotion measurement platform Realeyes, which found that Brits have fallen out of love with disconnected John Lewis – despite the hype.

The definitive business advent calendar: 12 December How soon would you quit a new job

December 12, 2015

By Zen Terrelonge

As our Christmas countdown continues, we’ve got a surprise about someone from a very well-known, fruity firm, who left the company’s core before it had grown to its full potential…

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