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It’s not surprising then that two thirds of business leaders admit to checking their work emails even while on holiday. In addition, three quarters have had a work-related phone call while they’re meant to be taking...

Dappad is a clothing curation service that aims to help men “dress well with zero effort”. In founder Erika Nilsson-Humphrey’s words, it creates “minimalist and high-quality capsule wardrobes” with items...

Revolut is the second business to join Crowdcube’s “Unicorn Club”, preceded only by BrewDog, which achieved a valuation in excess of $1 billion in 2017. The crowd investors that invested in the digital banking...

See Your City (SYC) is a walking tour and events company, operating in cities around the UK. It’s most popular event is the Harry Potter walking tour, but it’s not resting on its laurels – it also operates a ghost...

Candypants is a brand with a two-pronged attack – it is an events business as well as a clothing business. It’s founder, Ray Chan, describes it as a “lifestyle brand that is rapidly growing globally in nightlife...

Ackroyd Lowrie is an architectural firm “specialising in transforming run down urban areas” into “inspiration places to live and work”, in the words of one of the co-founders, Oliver Lowrie. The business relies...

The Health Studio aims to help individuals, business leaders and organisations fight the effects of stress by implementing wellness programmes. Dr Shan Hussain, CEO and founder of the Health Studio, believes that as a...

Zoe Jervier, operating partner, talent, at EQT Ventures, helps businesses find the talent they need to build the teams that will help them scale into global successes. Jervier was one of seven judges for the top 25 SME...

SnapDragon is a business dedicated to fighting fakes online; its Swoop software monitors the world’s busiest online marketplaces for copycat and counterfeit goods. These products can then be removed from sale,...

Striving to make life better for your staff can have a domino effect – and the return on investment can really pay off. For example, research from the University of Warwick found that happy workers are 12% more...

The Growing Business Awards (GBA), an annual event to celebrate businesses from across the UK, is fast approaching. In preparation, Real Business recently held the Festival of Ideas, at the Brewery, London, for the GBA...

The UK has the largest “productivity puzzle” in the G7, which essentially means we don’t produce as much work as we should. When the economic downturn stuck, productivity took a hit, and this is not in itself...

There may well be ways for businesses to cut corners and save a few pennies, but you can end up missing out on so much more – taking the time and money to invest in staff’s happiness can bring added value to your...

When we think of “good business culture” it’s easy to conjure up images of Google-style offices, whacky furniture, freebies being handed out at lunch etc. But while those things are nice, that’s definitely not...

At the recent Amazon Academy event in Newcastle event, Sue Beverley from the Department of International Trade discussed the ways the DIT can help UK businesses export, and the pitfalls to avoid when starting out on a...

Small businesses looking to enter the exporting game over the coming months may be wondering which markets would be the best to target. Europe may have been a comfort zone for UK exporters in the past, but with Brexit...