#BusinessGuide Dragons’ Den star and retail tycoon Theo Paphitis has dismissed the government’s rumoured proposal to curb rising food prices as “another one of those hair-brained, headline-grabbing, insincere schemes.” Speaking to Startups t...
#BusinessGuide The Startups 100 Index is the longest-running new business index in the UK. Since 2008, our authoritative panel of experts has shone a light on 1,500 early-stage startups, including industry-giants like Monzo, Deliveroo, and R...
#BusinessGuide Amazon has pledged to create 750 apprenticeships within SMEs across England next year, including 300 roles for companies that sell on its store. As part of an £8m investment, the tech giant will fund 300 of the new roles at sm...
#BusinessGuide The last few years have seen thousands of UK job seekers switch careers as part of a mass wave of quittings dubbed the ‘Great Resignation’. Now, new data from Indeed has unveiled the industries with the lowest levels of staff ...
#BusinessGuide Almost eight in ten employees (78%) would be in favour of a four-day week, but are unclear what the policy looks like in practice, according to a new survey conducted by Startups.co.uk. In collaboration with YouGov, we asked a...
#BusinessGuide Young people have plenty of entrepreneurial enthusiasm but have low confidence about their practical business skills, according to a new report by Connectd. The survey, conducted by independent pollsters Censuswide, explored t...
#BusinessGuide The Global Talent visa scheme, a visa endorsement programme previously run by Tech Nation, will continue despite the growth network’s closure earlier this year. The Home Office has confirmed that Tech Nation will still assess ...
#BusinessGuide Two thirds of parents with children aged between one and two say free childcare measures, as presented in last week’s Spring Budget, will encourage them to enter or rejoin the workforce. In a survey of 1,002 parents, who are e...
#BusinessGuide Following waves of public and private sector strikes, the past month has seen multiple pay rise triumphs for UK workers. Last week, RMT workers accepted a salary increase of 14%. Aldi also changed its hourly rate to £11.40 per...
#BusinessGuide UniTaskr, the Startups100 listed company that lets users hire young people for gig work, is launching a new function to help companies recruit from over 275,000 student workers. The platform’s new ‘PRO’ function allows compani...
#BusinessGuide This Wednesday, as the UK teeters on the precipice of a recession, the new chancellor Jeremy Hunt will offer up his first Spring Statement. Depending on the contents, it will be ‘make or break’ for many SMEs. Likely, the budge...
