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By securing equity investment from The Start-Up Series competition, Ed Bird has created a sustainable fashion eyewear business with a social conscience. Now, he's focused on the business' next funding round
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The Start-Up Series competition is back after a month's holiday, giving your business a chance to secure up to £250,000 in equity funding
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Matthew Cushen, co-founder at Worth Capital, discusses how despite technology's impact on all businesses, the heart of the business challenge remains the same
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Wearable brain imaging technology tells you when your alertness is dropping and it’s time to take a break. Think of it as PPE for mental performance
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ONE Essentials is a new kind of fashion brand, where you recycle your purchase by sending it back to the manufacturer. Carrie Davies shares her vision for ethical retail
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Nearly a quarter of the time spent fruit picking is trundling produce back and forth to collection points. Fox Robotics uses robots to help workers spend their time more productively
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In a world increasingly reliant on handheld devices for deliveries and stocktaking, The Preference Hub helps enterprise-level businesses keep tabs on them
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Unizest solves a problem for the millions of foreign workers and students who come to Britain each year, all needing a UK bank account
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£1.14 million in SEIS and EIS funding has been invested into recent winners of The Start-Up Series competition, delivered by Worth Capital in partnership with Small Business
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How important and challenging is it for company founders to assess a Seed EIS investment manager?
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Matthew Cushen, co-founder at Worth Capital, explores the opportunities and dangers of starting a business now, during a pandemic
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Matthew Cushen, co-founder at Worth Capital, and Andy Davidson, founder at Nova, explore the importance of a diversified portfolio when seed investing.
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Matthew Cushen, co-founder at Worth Capital, explains why entrepreneur's embracing scarcity is attractive for investment
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Matthew Cushen, co-founder at Worth Capital, and Andy Davidson, founder at Nova, explore the risk of investing in Seed EIS funds.
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Your business could save money on CBILS repayments by refinancing for an RLS loan – Funding Options tells us how
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Andrew Walsh, founder of AW Repair Group, takes a look at some of the key issues that small businesses face as they scale up
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Andrew Walsh, founder of AW Repair Group, explains why you need to invest in your branding – even if you're a small business
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Brij Thankey, CEO of Precision FM, explains how taking focus away from the numbers and putting it on his team has benefited his business