Dr Roy Stanley on the Black Swan Event of COVID-19: Innovation in...
For the next piece in our week of looking at COVID-19 as a Black Swan Event, Bdaily chairman Dr Roy Stanley examines how innovation in distribution and delivery is changing the business landscape and...
View ArticleYorkshire restaurant given hope of survival with £50k loan
A family-run Harrogate restaurant which has lost 80 per cent of its income due to COVID-19 has been given fresh hope of surviving the pandemic. William & Victoria, which has been in business for...
View ArticleRecovery initiative launches for lockdown-affected businesses
Sheffield businesses are being encouraged to utilise an intensive support programme to help them recover from the impact of the Coronavirus lockdown. The Sheffield City Regional Growth Hub has launched...
View ArticleCrowdfund raises record £4.5m equity in four hours
A challenger stockbroker has raised the largest equity crowdfund in the UK so far this year, generating £4.5m in just four hours. Over 5,000 people invested with Freetrade, an app-based stockbroker,...
View ArticleDr Roy Stanley on the Black Swan Event of Covid-19: Innovation and People
In the last of our innovation series looking at COVID-19 as a Black Swan Event, Bdaily chairman and entrepreneur Dr Roy Stanley gives his thoughts on how the pandemic provides an opportunity to reflect...
View ArticleMen’s makeup brand eyes expansion after securing over £1m investment
A London firm specialising in cosmetics for men has secured over £1m of investment to expand its proposition. Retail and consumer sector investor True has led an investment of over £1m into makeup...
View ArticleFacing COVID-19: The entrepreneurial mum tackling the challenge of social...
A managing director in County Durham has used her business acumen to address the issue of social distancing in schools in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Louise Stephen, MD for the North for Where...
View ArticleThis week's North East appointments
Erin McDougle and Jairaj Lalli, Vida Creative Vida Creative has appointed two new team members to support bespoke website development, branding and design. Erin McDougle, a former Northumbria...
View ArticleThis week's London appointments
Nadia Nizar, Resonance Resonance, the data-driven PR, AR, and inbound marketing consultancy, has appointed Nadia Nizar as director of influencer relations. Nadia has 20 years of corporate...
View ArticleMeet the MD: Matt Dowling on how the Freelancer Club grew from 30 members to...
Freelance photographer Matt Dowling has been using his skills and network to create and support a 40,000 strong community of freelancers. Matt is founder of London-based site Freelancer Club, which...
View ArticleLondon tech firm raises £6m for international expansion of plastic-reducing...
A London sustainable technology company has announced that it has raised £6m to expand internationally. VOID Technologies secured the amount in a funding round led by SABIC Ventures B.V.,and Capricorn...
View ArticleRaising the BAR: Jewellery entrepreneur Sophie Mckay on sustainability,...
Entrepreneur Sophie Mckay has brought her passion for sustainability and “getting back to basics” to life with her jewellery venture. A former womenswear designer, Sophie lost her passion after eight...
View Article£3.8m rural economy innovation centre set to launch in Newcastle
A new national innovation centre set to support the UK’s rural economy will launch in the North East later this year. The National Innovation Centre for the Rural Economy (NICRE) is set to launch in...
View ArticleNewcastle sports nutrition company secures five figure investment for...
A sports nutrition business has secured a five figure investment to increase its production. Youth Sport Nutrition, set up by two former Newcastle United coaches, is aiming for an increase in its...
View ArticleLondon chef launches kickstarter for healthy plant-based instant noodles
A London chef has announced that he is launching a kickstarter for the creation of a new plant-based noodle product. Carl Clarke, chef and founder of London restaurants Chick ‘n Sours and Chik’n, is...
View ArticleFacing COVID-19: the startup looking to ‘transform’ renewables post-COVID...
A North East startup is on a mission to ‘transform’ the renewable energy and utilities sectors with its social distancing safety technology. Origin Tech, which is based in Newcastle, has fast-tracked...
View ArticleSunderland businesses set for boost with recovery task force
Businesses in Sunderland have backed a new initiative created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic disruption. Sunderland BID has launched a recovery task force to help...
View ArticleMarketing firm expands Yorkshire reach with digital startup acquisition
A Midlands-headquartered marketing agency has expanded into Yorkshire with the acquisition of a digital startup in the region. Leicester-based firm Digital Ethos has acquired York company View Digital...
View ArticleFacing COVID-19: The publishing company campaigning for independent bookshops
A publisher has launched a campaign to help support small independent Christian bookshops which are struggling during lockdown. Sacristy Press, based in Durham, is encouraging people to support the...
View ArticleJewellery brand launches accelerator programme for retail startups
The owner of a London-based jewellery company has launched a new mentoring programme to support independent retail businesses with expansion. Connie Nam, founder and CEO of Astrid & Miyu, has...
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