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...
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