We have a new newsroom and blog that you can find here: https://newsroom.uk.paypal-corp.com/ Here you will find the latest news from PayPal UK and PayPal globally. You will also find many articles...
With the Coronavirus situation becoming a global pandemic, there is a lot to be done to prevent the spread and help those affected. Front-line medical responders in high-risk and quarantined areas...
PayPal has served UK businesses and consumers for almost 20 years. In that time, we’ve spoken to and worked with thousands of business owners of all sizes to understand their priorities and...
This is an unprecedented time in our history. The COVID-19 pandemic is having an impact on the health of our loved ones, the businesses we rely upon, the health of the global economy, and the way...
Who says manners cost you nothing? We all know us Brits are famous for our manners. But what you may not know is that all those Ps and Qs are hitting us in our wallet. According to PayPal’s...
New PayPal research finds UK businesses going social – but are they moving quickly enough? From firing out messages on Snapchat to sharing our lives on Facebook and Instagram, there’s no...
As the new grassroots football season kicked off, England Men’s Manager, Gareth Southgate, reflected on his own grassroots experience, from his first taste of the beautiful game as a young...
Today, PayPal launched Xoom - its international money transfer service - in 32 markets[1] across Europe. People in these markets can now use Xoom to quickly send money, pay bills or top up phones...
New research from Xero and PayPal, released today, reveals 37% of small businesses owners have considered closing their company because of cash flow issues caused by late payments. The findings...
PayPal has launched its first UK business debit Mastercard, offering its business customers instant, worldwide access to their PayPal funds for online and high street business purchases and...
There has been tremendous change in digital commerce in recent years and several things are transforming the next phase of global commerce. The dominance of mobile. The increasing pace of non-cash...
From photographers and fashion designers to florists and furniture restorers, the UK’s 5.7 million small businesses[1] form an integral part of the economy. The owners of these small businesses...
Great shoes, social media and PayPal Working Capital have helped The Shoe Snob to reach 45% year-on-year growth, underpinned by a loyal, international customer base. Director and co-founder Ngoni...
MissPap was created “to give everybody an experience to feel like a million dollars, to feel like a celebrity and be dressed in an outfit worthy of being papped.” Safe from prying paparazzi...
With just over a month left before Christmas, new PayPal research warns the nation is shopping on auto-pilot and jeopardising the element of surprise in their Christmas gifts. Despite the millions...
Have you checked your Facebook feed today? For most of us, the answer is probably ‘yes’ – or ‘not yet’. Why? Because according to PayPal’s latest consumer research, 65% of people in...
Total UK retail sales for mobile commerce are estimated to reach nearly £43 billion in 2018.[2] UK shoppers love small and independent businesses – for their levels of service and range of...
Last time we looked at how to create a cash flow forecast for your business. Now, let’s look at what you can do if you need additional funds to help your Christmas preparations. Ways to...
Welcome to 60 seconds with... where we interview a great business every month. This month, we met Sam Argyle, Managing Director for Alternative Airlines to get the low-down on his best business...
Christmas. It’s the most wonderful time of the year. For retailers, it’s also the most important time of the year. Over one fifth of UK retail sales occur during the Christmas period...
Welcome to 60 seconds with... where we interview a great business every month. This month, we met with Julian Hearn, Founder of Huel, to get the low-down on his best business advice and highlights...
Whether it’s seasonally popular Christmas sacks and stockings or year-round favourites like photo-frames and necklaces, Personalised Gifts Shop puts smiles on faces. Founder Jane Gokgoz has...
At PayPal, we’re building solutions for global commerce to help our millions of global consumers and businesses seamlessly connect across all contexts. Today, we’re beginning to roll out two...
Whatever your views on the UK’s economic outlook in a post-Brexit world, for British retailers, the future looks increasingly bright. Having worked with Ipsos on a study into international...
Welcome to 60 seconds with... where we interview a great business every month. This month, we met with owner of Hawes & Curtis, Touker Suleyman, to get the low-down on his best business advice and...
One thing businesses of all sizes need is customers. We used to only be able to sell to those around us, but now businesses can connect to customers all over the world at just the click of a...
Everyone has heard of the NSPCC. It’s the leading children's charity fighting to end child abuse in the UK. They help children who have been abused to rebuild their lives, protect those at risk,...
“Flower sellers on the street corner were rapidly disappearing; and supermarkets and motorway petrol stations were now selling cheap bouquets, thrown together with little imagination. The...
Welcome to 60 seconds with... where we interview a great business every month. This month, we met with Lina Salih, Founder of Enter Eden, to get her best business advice and highlights in a minute...
Situation: Delivering omnichannel in-store With over 70 years’ heritage in British bed and mattress manufacturing, Silentnight is the UK’s biggest and most trusted sleep brand – as chosen by...
Welcome to 60 seconds with... where we interview a great business every month. This month, we met with Mikhail Sokolov, CEO of OneTwoTrip, to get his best business advice and highlights in a...
The security of online payments is a critical concern and an ongoing battle for businesses and consumers alike. Keeping your ecommerce system up to date is an essential part of this. On 30th June...
Dad. He picked you up when you fell from your bike and bit his tongue when you pranged his car. He cheered all your personal bests and glowed with pride at your every prize. You’ve known him...
Small businesses have a big impact on society here in the UK. Far from just servicing those in need of a butcher, baker or candlestick maker, at the start of 2018 the nation’s 5.6 million SMEs...
For nearly 70 years, the Mental Health Foundation has pursued its mission of helping people to thrive through understanding, protecting and sustaining their mental health. We caught up with Head...
The royal wedding is just around the corner and this week Prince Harry and Meghan Markle asked that anyone wishing to send them a wedding gift consider donating to charity instead. The couple say...
Itchy feet? Restless? Spring, the season of new buds and fresh starts, is here. If you’ve ever thought of starting your own business and being your own boss, now could be the time. But, where do...
Are you meeting your customers’ expectations for mobile commerce? Two thirds of people now use their phones to access the internet. In just 2 years’ time (by 2020), two thirds of all UK...
Digital disruption has brought a new level of convenience to retail, with product information available at the press of a button and payments completed almost instantly. With 44% of global...
Every day, millions of people use PayPal to manage and move money online or on a mobile device. That’s why one of our top priorities is to ensure our customers have a secure experience when...
Welcome to 60 seconds with... where we interview a great business every month. This month, we met with Jim Warren, Bloom & Wild's Marketing Director, to get his best business advice and highlights...
A “unicorn” is a start-up with a value of over $1 billion. Do you believe your business could be the next unicorn? If so, this is the competition for you. Virgin Media Business has launched...
Imagine travelling to the Arctic Circle to photograph the Northern Lights. Sounds like the trip of a lifetime, right? But now imagine you’re not allowed to use any cash or cards to get there –...
It’s a significant undertaking, with a looming deadline (25th May 2018) and significant fines for non-compliance. There’s a lot to get ready. But, the truth is that GDPR is a good thing and...
Buying tickets for a group of friends or family can be a thankless task. Getting paid back for the concert tickets you bought is at best a hassle, and at worst an embarrassment. In 2018, there has...
1. It’s a huge ecommerce opportunity This year, Chinese New Year falls on Friday 16th February. It is the biggest annual celebration for China and Chinese people everywhere. In China, it’s a...
In just 3 years, Haider Ali has built Finest Bazaar into a £2.5 million business selling smartphone accessories around the world. Speaking to the entrepreneur, the reasons for his success quickly...
This week, Financial Fraud Action UK (part of UK Finance) and the UK Government are launching Take Five to Stop Fraud Week, to educate people on protecting themselves from financial fraud. The...
January is a good time to review what went well for your business last year, and to think about what you want to achieve in the coming year. Just in case you haven’t quite finalised your 2018...
How was your Christmas? For most sellers, Christmas is a busy time. Between one fifth and one third of UK retail sales occur in the lead up to the festive season. Imagine achieving that every...
With just over two weeks left until Christmas, the rush for last minute gifts will be starting for many. However, new research commissioned by PayPal has revealed how the traditional shopping dash...
Now Black Friday and Cyber Monday have both been and gone, it’s a non-stop, break-neck run up to Christmas. You’ve done so much preparation already – after all, between one fifth and one...
Welcome to 60 seconds with... where we interview a great business every month. This month, we met with Tony Jackson, E-Commerce Manager & Developer for Pretavoir, to get his best business advice...
We’ve all been there. Wondering how everyone’s going to chip in for a colleague’s leaving gift. Working out how to split the deposit and pay for a group holiday. Or spending weeks chasing...
Here’s a stat that might surprise you. Last year, Singles Day sales were higher than Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined. In just 24 hours, Chinese consumers spent a massive £14.2 billion on...
Welcome to 60 seconds with... where we interview a great business every month. This month, we met with Sana Ali Aamir, managing director of bloomon UK, to get the low-down on her best business...
Welcome to 60 seconds with... where we interview a great business every month. This month, we met with Alexia Inge, Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Cult Beauty, to get the low-down on her best business...
After just a few years, Black Friday is firmly set in the minds of UK shoppers as a major reason to buy. And, with clear evidence of customers bringing their Christmas shopping forwards in the...
“Fun, funky and family-oriented,” OLPRO are specialists in colourful and technical camping and caravanning gear designed to meet the demands of Britain’s wilderness and its ever-changing...
Whether it is the phone alarm waking you in the morning or that last minute Whatsapp to a friend before you go to bed - the smartphone is central to most people’s lives. And now we’ve seen the...
Welcome to 60 seconds with... where we interview a great business every month. This month, we met with WeGotTickets.comCEO and co-founder, Dave Newton, to get the low-down on his best business...
Every day is both precious and pressured for a young adult living with life-threatening illness. The long grind of diagnosis, treatment and recovery takes its toll on the individual and their family.
Partnering with small businesses may be in PayPal’s DNA, but our technology is equally at home in the stores of larger, more established retailers as well. For example, global eCommerce consultancy,
Welcome to 60 seconds with... where we interview a great business every month. This month, we met with GardenSite.co.uk's Partner, David Coton to get the low-down on his best business advice and...
Halloween is closer than you think and, as Game of Thrones fans will tell you, winter is coming. As the clocks go back, UK shoppers will spend more time on after-dark, online shopping. Already, 1...
"These days, people want more than to just walk into a box that sells clothes,” explain Jake Patterson and James Wright, co-founders of surf lifestyle retailer Watershed. Which explains why...
This month, upstart watchmaker and PayPal business Omologato launches its James Hunt Official Chronograph, honouring the famously maverick Formula 1 champion. It’s a milestone for founder Shami...
Thyngs, the mobile proximity platform, has announced the addition of PayPal to its payment options for charities taking cashless mobile donations via its platform. Thyngs will add PayPal as a new...
We know running a business is time-consuming and you don’t always have time to call up to ask or search the web looking for help with your PayPal Business account. So we’ve developed some...
With 400 high street shops and an active presence on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, TheWorks.co.uk has become part of our everyday. The retailer – which sells toys, games, crafts, stationery...
Overseas exporting is estimated to be worth £43.7 billion[i] to British businesses by 2020. However, for small businesses who are looking to establish an international presence, getting started...
Welcome to 60 seconds with... where we interview a great business every month. This month, we met with MH Star UK's Area General Manager, Arvind Panchmatia to get the low-down on his best business...
Partnering with small businesses is in PayPal’s DNA. For years, we’ve been working closely with hundreds of thousands of the UK’s most innovative, enterprising companies – offering faster,...
PayPal are working with KRCS to help support the Nottingham Street Food Club within the Intu Victoria Centre, Nottingham, which launched at the end of April 2017. An industrial style setting with...
Welcome to 60 seconds with... where we interview a great business every month. This month, we met with BorrowMyDoggy's founder and CEO, Rikke Rosenlund to get the low-down on her best business...
Last Monday and Tuesday, PayPal attended Retail Business Technology Expo (RBTE) 2017 at London Olympia (May 8-9) in the UK. RBTE is Europe’s fastest growing trade event for the retail and...
Welcome to 60 seconds with... where we interview a great business every month. This month, we met with Prezzybox’s founder and MD, Zak Edwards to get the low-down on his best business advice and...
At PayPal, we understand that staying on top of everything when you’re a small business owner can be enough to give you sleepless nights. Invoices, payments, refunds, withdrawals, customer...
“It’s really hard to imagine not being able to put a sock on a child” explains Mel Thomsett, but this was the challenge that inspired her to start her business. After her son was diagnosed...
Welcome to 60 seconds with... where we interview a great business every month. This month, we met with Looking4Parking’s commercial director, Martin Mansell to get the low-down on his best...
While 2016 proved to be a year of surprises, both at home and abroad, it was also an extremely successful one for British business, especially if you happen to be one of the UK’s 5.4 million...
Welcome to 60 seconds with... where we interview a great business every month. This month, we met with Lash Inc.'s founder and owner, Louise Tierney, to get the low-down on her best business...
Jaguar drivers can now use their car’s touchscreen to pay for fuel with PayPal through a new cashless payment app at Shell service stations in the UK. Rather than using a card at the pump, or...
New research from PayPal UK, Google and OC&C Strategy Consultants has revealed that mobile shopping is growing faster than anyone could have predicted. The Mobile Mandate report is based on an...
Wondering how you can expand your business internationally? Looking to discover what customers in other countries are buying? There’s a world of potential customers out there, just waiting to...
Welcome to 60 seconds with... where we interview a great business every month. This month, we met with Depop's CEO, Maria Raga, to get the low-down on her best business advice and highlights in a...
In today’s busy world, convenience is king. Successful businesses need to adapt their services to ensure that from the first moment to the last, everything is tailored to enhance the customer...
Hi Ted, how was the trip? Life changing. Personally and professionally it pushed me all the way and to be honest even now, a few months later, the sheer enormity of it all is still processing. So...
Meet Luis, who works as part of our communications team in Dublin as a Creative Designer. Luis used his PayPal sabbatical to take a trip which had been in planning for over a decade. A trip which...
Our latest study has revealed that many small British businesses are missing out on sales by limiting the number of ways they can get paid by customers. Stuck in the 20th century We spoke to 2,000...
One year on after Tempcover integrated PayPal, we caught up with their CEO, Alan Inskip, to see how they were getting on. PayPal (PP): Tell us a bit about your business. Alan Inskip (AI): We are...
As more people expect to pay for goods and services without cash, many businesses have adapted quickly to cater to this. Whilst shops and restaurants offer a variety of payment methods, many taxis...
This July marks one year since PayPal started publicly trading on the NASDAQ stock exchange as an independent company again. Or put another way, it’s our first anniversary! The traditional theme...
Distinctive Chesterfields is a furniture company known for its hand-crafted sofas, from its fabric Chesterfield sofa to its brown leather bestsellers. Founded in 2006 by husband and wife team,...
On Wednesday evening in a packed room at the Hilton Park Lane, digital pioneers and influencers from both the public, private and non-profit sectors gathered to find out who would triumph at the...
Aisling! You made it ! Congratulations — how was your experience? It was absolutely incredible; a different world. It was such a culture shock. I was really taken aback from the moment I arrived...
Hi Paola! What do you get up to at PayPal? Hi! I am the Leader for the EMEA Senior Customer Service group in PayPal (ICA). My team supports other internal customer departments as well as the...
Internet Fusion is a UK-based online retailer specialising in sports clothing and equipment. Founded by action sports enthusiasts Ian Bristow, Martin Brailsford, and Dominic Scott, the company...
Skippering a dinghy solo around Ireland on the icy Atlantic and Irish Sea, Ted Sargent, a Manager of Global Employee Communications, is in for the sail of his life in just a few days, all for a...
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