Finding My Story Cedric is part of our award-winning French Telesales team located in Dublin and has been consistently recognised as one of the outstanding performers in his field. Here he takes...
You may be hearing and reading more and more about “cross border trade.” It has become a hot topic in the online business world, and with good reason. In November, we revealed that 86.4...
Meet Loic, a member of our French Telesales team. Loic has been with PayPal for two years and in that time has grown to be one of the top performers in his area. Making connections and taking...
Meet Aisling, part of our Talent Acquisition team in Dublin. Aisling is about to embark on an adventure of a lifetime: A journey on foot to the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro. Hi Aisling, so-...
For many years, PayPal has been re-imagining and re-inventing money. We’ve helped shoppers swap their leather wallet for their digital one and made it possible for the world’s businesses to...
PayPal is New Money. None of that old-fashioned paper stuff - just an easy, fast, and safer way to pay and get paid. Safer and more protected Shop with peace of mind knowing PayPal Buyer...
PayPal is New Money. It’s the fast, simple, more secure way to pay and get paid. Pay on websites Shop with confidence at millions of places worldwide. Get the PayPal app Send money almost...
PayPal is New Money. It’s available to all not just a privileged few. If you are 18 years or older, follow these three easy steps to get started. 1. Sign up with just an email address and password.
At PayPal, we’re always working to build better experiences that take the pain out of payments. For developers, integrating payments into their app can be complex and one of the last things they...
Founded in 1890, Bells Shoes is a family-run premium footwear retailer based on the edge of England’s Peak District. What began as a local community shop in Buxton has today grown into a...
These days shopping takes place online, in apps and in store, and mobile devices are at the centre of it. One out of four transactions on PayPal is mobile, and Forrester Research predicts mobile...
Here are our top reasons why our nation's taxi drivers should be celebrating the cashless revolution. Less cash, more sales Cashless payments are not just good news for passengers who don’t...
Founded in 1984 as a small shop in the Northern Ireland village of Ballynure, Chain Reaction Cycles has grown to become the world’s largest online bike shop. With annual sales of £140 million...
Braintree and PayPal launched One Touch™ just eight months ago and have seen tremendous growth and adoption of a seamless checkout experience. In just over six months, more than 10 million...
Edinburgh Woollen Mill (EWM) is British retail group known for its traditional knitwear. However, as well as the Edinburgh Woollen Mill brand, the retail group owns: Peacocks, Jane Norman, Ponden...
Goodwin & Goodwin is a custom sign maker, hand crafting unique installations from light up letters to neon signs. It was founded in 2009 by husband and wife team Paul and Viviane Goodwin, who...
Small business owners are already prepping for the Christmas holidays, as there are many shopping occasions from now through January including Black Friday, Christmas, New Year and Boxing Day to...
Founded in 1913 by the accomplished outfitters Ralph Hawes and George Frederick Curtis, Hawes & Curtis is a well-known Jermyn Street shirt-maker. The brand has been acclaimed by aristocracy and...
Click Souvenirs is an online souvenir shop which sends London-inspired gifts and accessories – from Big Ben clocks and Double Decker bus models to Union Jack jewellery and handbags - to...
PlushForums hosts online communities for businesses and groups of all sizes – from farmers to film-makers. The business was born when former web product manager, Adrian Flitcroft, saw an...
Apple today launches Apple Pay in the UK. A lot of people are asking what this means for PayPal. The answer may surprise you. PayPal has long been a pioneer of mobile payments. Our founders had...
Urban Village Chocolates is an artisan chocolate company based in St Margarets, Twickenham. Founded three years ago by former PR professional Deborah Newbury, Urban Village Chocolates combines...
Back in March, we announced the new Near Field Communication (NFC)-enabled PayPal Here card reader. The good news is that you can now register your interest to buy the device, so you’ll be among...
Charlie Moo’s is an online home-made party supplies business. From cake fillers to felt crowns, it provides everything needed to throw a top notch children’s party. The business was born when...
This month, the Danish government revealed its plans to scrap the law that obliges businesses to accept cash as a form of payment. From next year, any retailer operating in the country will be...
Finery is a new British womenswear brand aimed at bridging the gap between high-street retailers and cutting-edge fashion designs. Launched in February 2015, the label offers carefully curated,...
BattleHack London was packed full with alumni hackers including past champions of 2013 and 2014. Developers from England, Romania, Spain, Berlin and Poland united into a total of 45 teams for a...
Tempcover is an online short-term motor insurance company based in Fleet. Chief executive, Alan Inskip, founded Tempcover in 2006 after identifying a gap in the market for a cost effective,...
At PayPal, we talk to lots of small UK businesses and hear a great deal about the challenges of expanding their business to customers overseas. From developing an international website to setting...
Last night, we hosted our first Start Tank Demo Day to celebrate the end of our first cycle of Start Tank London, which launched in October last year. After a rigorous application and interview...
Made with Love is an online cosmetics store, offering beauty products made with 100% natural, raw and vegan ingredients. The company was founded by Leigh-Anne Morrell whilst she was pregnant with...
Cash used to be king. Once, no one went shopping without a wallet or purse stuffed with banknotes. But the way we shop and pay is changing fast. We expect to be able to use our favourite ways to...
We’re excited to see growth in startups, but we also recognise that the first few years can be very challenging for a young business. This is one of the reasons why we’re extending our...
Booking Live is a specialist online booking software provider. The Bristol based company, founded in 2008, has grown exponentially over the last seven years. It has expanded its team from 2 to 12...
Bellezza Italiana is a family-owned business based in Wigan. The business works with popular Italian brands such as Felce Azzurra, Cleo, Malizia Uomo, Vidal and Aquolina to import high-quality...
Devon based ASH Ironworks was established by master blacksmith Andrew Hall in 1986. The business creates high-quality, decorative ironwork, such as sculptures, lighting and wall art. They also...
Light Republic is an independent, state-of-the-art photography studio in Epsom, Surrey. They produce creative images of families and present them as bespoke wall art to hang in the home....
D.I.Y Beads is a travelling mobile bead shop, which sells its colourful array of beads at fetes, fairs and festivals throughout the year. We spoke to owner Kate Seagraves to find out more......
They decided to plant it with maize and then created a maze in the crop, which local families could come and enjoy over six weeks during the summer. We caught up with Siân on running her own...
According to UKTI research it’s over 11% more likely that your business will survive if you make sales overseas. If you sell directly to your customers (and 90 per cent of businesses do) you...
Tilly creates easy to follow guides to sewing your own clothes, designed for those who have always wanted to give dressmaking a go but don’t know where to start. She started by blogging her...
If you are interested in how to start selling internationally, PayPal has recently launched a great range of hand-picked partners and offers to help cut the cost of selling abroad. As well as...
Small businesses are the lifeblood of the British economy. But seven years after the start of the credit crunch, many of them tell us they’re still struggling to get funding. According to the...
Breaking down on the roadside is bad enough at the best of times! The situation only gets worse when you realise you don’t have enough cash to pay for that new part you need from roadside...
Shoppers at Westfield London, Shepherds Bush, can now use the PayPal app to pay for car parking with their smartphone. It’s the first time people in the UK have been able to pay to park with...
Brothers Tom and Michael Ashworth started NuBlue in 2005 straight out of university. They wanted to improve their customers’ online presence through website design, development and web hosting....
How many hours have you spent counting cash? Whether you run a small shop that does it daily, or a mobile trader who makes a weekly run to the bank, dealing with cash takes time. And time means money.
Gavin Green believes that what you put on your skin is as important as what you put in your mouth. Trained in how to blend organic products, he was frustrated trying to find high quality male...
You may have seen that UK buyer protection has been extended to now cover services, digital goods, travel tickets and other intangible items. If you pay for one of these items using PayPal and the...
Last weekend saw the inaugural Makegood Festival, a pop-up market place that launched the creative brands of the future. The event was the brain child of the School for Creative Startups, one of...
To mark the launch of the Makegood Festival which opened today at the Old Selfridges Hotel in London, we are taking a closer look at some of the fantastic textile designers exhibiting at the Festival.
With summer fast approaching Scottish Bed and Breakfast The Shepherd’s House’s season is well under way. On the east shore of Loch Lomond in Scotland, Jenny and Chris Townsend offer their...
Happy Easter from PayPal! Easter and chocolate go hand in hand, so this week we caught up with chocolatier Choco Passion UK at their busiest time of year. Choco Passion UK sell hand crafted...
Ti-Springs sells titanium shock springs for your mountain bike. Founder Scout Gregory first started using PayPal last year when he set up the business, so he could take payments from countries...
ET Games, of Dragon’s Den fame, produce handmade wooden games. The company was started on a shoe string by David Harvey in 2009, with Ben Lewis joining that Christmas. The pair now sells into...
Contemporary lace artist Louise West has been using PayPal for the last two years to support her business. She develops designs from traditional bobbin lacemaking techniques, including individual...
Perfect 10 Mobile Beauty offers a wide range of beauty services in the comfort of the client’s own home. Operating in London, their highly trained therapists come to the house with all the...
Cupcake and cakepop company Cupcake Planet saw an increase of deposits paid on the spot of 800% when they started using PayPal Here. In our latest Small Business Spotlight, which profiles some of...
We're introducing a new regular spot to the PayPal UK blog. PayPal has enabled tens of thousands of small businesses to sell both online and offline, and every couple of months we'll be nominating...
Greedy Goat Ice Cream was established in 2011 by four friends with a love of food. The plan started when we realised there was a lack of delicious food that isn’t full of horrible stuff. And so...
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