Many small businesses feel like since they are a physical business that they don’t need to do digital marketing. Most customers use the internet to find local services and products. If your business isn’t easy to find online, you could miss out on potential customers.  The best digital marketing strategy for a small business is to use Local SEO (Search Engine Optimization). This marketing strategy makes sure that when someone in your area is searching for what you offer, your business comes up as a top option. In this article, we will go over several benefits you’ll get from using Lo ..read more

Nyenrode Business University in the Netherlands is collaborating with B Lab Benelux and Earth Law Center to launch the online platform ‘Onboarding Nature’. The platform will encourage more companies to engage in nature-inclusive entrepreneurship and help them recognise nature as a shareholder. Onboarding Nature provides companies with the inspiration, tools, and a legal framework to give nature a clearer role in governance and business operations, known as nature-inclusive governance. Currently, the majority of Dutch companies are focused on maximising profits for shareholders, with nature’s i ..read more

The Innovate UK Launchpad programme gathers pace with £16 million funding being offered into 101 new projects.  The Innovate UK Launchpad programme supports clusters of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and the most innovative businesses to progress their ideas toward commercialisation, contributing to local economic growth. Each Launchpad has been developed in collaboration with local leadership, to strengthen innovation in targeted clusters across the UK. Eight Innovate UK Launchpads were announced in October 2023 and today’s announcement marks the first round of inves ..read more

Celebrating female founders and their contribution to the British economy [2023 everywoman Entrepreneur Award winners] The 2024 everywoman Entrepreneur Awards, in association with BGF, are open for nominations. Female entrepreneurs have until 3rd June 2024 to submit their entries to the UK’s longest-running recognition programme for women in business. In the 22nd year of this prestigious programme, everywoman continues to shine the spotlight on Britain’s most inspirational female entrepreneurs, women of all ages, backgrounds and from all corners of the UK, and to ..read more

With the school Easter holidays coming to an end next week the benefits of remote working will have been highlighted as many commuting parents faced the strain of arranging childcare while trying to head to the office. Online searches for “remote jobs for mums’ are up 83% in the past 12 months, which comes as no surprise as the option of working from home is massively beneficial for parents, allowing them to have the flexibility to support their family’s needs alongside continuing their chosen career path and earning an income.  Post-pandemic, the demand for remote and hybrid jobs increa ..read more

Changing local health services by increasing the role of local pharmacies has failed to improve patient care, warns expert. New official figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) cast doubt on the effectiveness of the Government’s new community healthcare plans. They reveal that 30.9% of patients found it difficult or very difficult to access their GP surgery during January and February. 19.7% of patients who contacted their local practice rated their experience as fairly or very poor. Dr Avinash Hari Narayanan (MBChB), Clinical Lead at London Medical Laboratory, says: ‘L ..read more

Every business struggles with inefficiencies that could hamper its growth and cause a waste of resources and finances. It is your responsibility as a leader to identify these inefficiencies and improve your procedures to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of your business.  However, it can be difficult to identify these operational obstacles, especially if you do not have a defined strategy in place. This is what we are going to shed light on today to equip and accelerate your operations and growth.  We’ve put together six effective tactics in this article to help you ..read more

Sheri Gee is an art director, artist and mother of two from East Grinstead, West Sussex. She has been growing her art practice alongside her family and career for over twenty years, using her everyday life to influence her work, from family to her commute into London. Sheri’s work has been shown in London and Sussex galleries as well as online representation; she balances portrait commissions alongside her own self-lead artwork. In 2019 Sheri was a finalist in the Holly Bush Emerging Woman Painter Prize (now Women in Art Prize).  I always wanted to be an artist. Aged three, I told my pare ..read more

Amid reports that more than half of adults in the UK claim their financial situation has worsened in the last year, the concept of “financial freedom” has soared with 91.8 million views on TikTok.1,2 With this in mind, the investment experts at Oxford Capital surveyed 1,000 UK residents to determine what steps adults in the UK are taking to achieve financial freedom. over half of UK adults surveyed (56.6%) have or are planning to open a savings account in a bid to attain financial freedom. By regularly depositing money into a savings account, even modest savings can grow through compound inter ..read more

Waking up feeling rejuvenated isn’t just a luxury—it’s a fundamental need that significantly impacts our daily lives. For too long, my mornings were anything but invigorating, marred by the discomfort of an inadequate mattress that turned rest into restlessness. This all changed when I discovered the Emma mattresses. It wasn’t just another purchase; it was a pivotal decision that transformed my sleep experiences and, by extension, my overall well-being.  The journey to this transformation began on a particularly trying morning when the aches in my back had reached their peak, and the ..read more