When people talk to young, aspiring entrepreneurs they often ask what innovative and new-age idea they’ve masterminded, expecting a revolutionary response that breaks the mould and changes the way we see the world.
By Staff writer
Technology has a fundamental role to play in transforming how we do business and succeed. From handling customer orders to calling a colleague in another country, it is at the heart of all British firms.
By James Norman
The “Future of Government Digital Services” report has found some valuable insights for policymakers, the Government Digital Service and the wider civil service and industry. But while the report identified the progress made by the government over the past five years, it also revealed a significant demand for faster and better online services in areas such as business support.
With the achievement of business growth often coming down to fast decision making, Real Business quizzed three company leaders about what kind of technical support backs up their expansion plans in the best way.
Companies in cities across the UK have begun to vie for top tech talent in order to build capabilities to innovate and cater to demand, according to the latest “Tech Cities Job Watch” report by Experis.
In business terms, Mark Pearson’s story is pure rags to riches. Having grown up on a council estate in Liverpool where he had to deal with domestic violence and a lack of money from a young age, he set up discount website MyVoucherCodes.co.uk for just £300 from his bedroom in 2006.
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
Geeta Sidhu Robb was feeding her baby son one day when he suddenly came out in hives and developed difficulties breathing. Although she didn’t know it at the time, he was having an anaphylactic attack and was at risk of death.
As schools cry out for more teachers and those who are in the classroom see their workload increase, research by Censuswide found that 74.5 per cent of teachers believed students are more adept at using tech than they are. It’s to ease this burden that Aldo de Pape set up cloud-based learning platform TeachPitch.
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.
