Top 30 inspiring UK entrepreneurs - Business Leader
WEBApr 26, 2019 · 13. Brent Hoberman (Founders Factory) Brent Hoberman co-founded Founders Factory and Founders Forum to encourage and advance entrepreneurship in the UK through education and start-up/scale-up support. Beyond the Founders platforms, Brent Hoberman is a busy man. He co-founded lastminute.com, selling in 2005 for $1.1bn.
What is a disruptor? - Business Leader
WEBSep 27, 2018 · To be a disrupter is to create a product, service, or way of doing things which displaces the existing market leaders and eventually replaces them at the helm of the sector. Disruptors are generally entrepreneurs, outsiders, and idealists rather than industry insiders or market specialists. Disruptors are often linked to the fast-moving ...
The rise and fall of the Yellow Pages - Business Leader
WEBFeb 22, 2024 · Yell described its performance in 2023 as “very disappointing”. The parent company of Yell – Yell Holdco Ltd – reported a 6% drop in annual revenues to £111m and a 44% drop in underlying profits to £13.4m for the year to the end of March 2023. The number of average monthly visits to the Yell platform fell 13.3% to 7.2 million.
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A conversation with air up co-founder Lena Jüngst
WEBJul 11, 2022 · Lena Jüngst is the co-founder, Chief Evangelist and inventor of air up, the world’s first drinking bottle that flavours water just by scent. After developing a prototype for air up® during her Bachelor Thesis, she launched the product to market in July 2019. Since then, Lena has featured within Forbes DACH 30 under 30, and air up has served ...
What is the difference between ESG and CSR? - Business Leader
WEBSep 2, 2021 · Whilst ESG and CSR are both concerned with a company’s impact on society and the environment, the major difference between them is that CSR is a business model used by individual companies, but ESG is a criteria that investors use to assess a company and determine if they are worth investing in. There are studies suggesting that more ...
Niki Turner-Harding Archives - Business Leader
WEBMay 16, 2024 · Niki Turner-Harding. Niki Turner-Harding is senior vice-president and country head for the UK and Ireland at the recruitment firm Adecco. She started out in the recruitment industry in her 20s and now manages a team of 1,400 staff, while overseeing £1.2bn in revenue.
Almost 80 new businesses created every hour across UK in first …
WEBSep 9, 2021 · Josh Dornbrack. Almost 80 new businesses were created every hour across the UK in the first half of 2021, according to research by iwoca – one of Europe’s largest small business lenders. Analysis of Companies House data reveals that 340,534 businesses were registered in the UK between January and June 2021, an increase of 32% from 257,243 ...
Who are the UK’s top 32 commercial property leaders?
WEBAug 24, 2021 · Melanie Leech. British Property Federation. As Chief Executive, Leech leads the organisation that represents businesses owning, managing, and investing in UK real estate – an industry with a market value of £1,662bn. The British Property Federation is one of the country’s most influential and high-profile lobby groups.
Who are Bristol’s top 100 owner-managed companies?
WEBOct 21, 2021 · 3. Key West (Holdings) Limited. Annual turnover: £426,297,984. Headquartered in Bristol, the company specialises in the distribution and rental of catering equipment and supplies to the hospitality trade and the development of proprietary product brands for the hospitality market. Its two market-leading subsidiaries, Nisbets and …