Monthly Archives: November 2016

Meet the dad who is taking on Lego

Nottingham-born environmental consultant Assim Ishaque is the founder of Simbrix, a toy company manufacturing colourful building bricks which connect together to create an endless range of two-dimensional images. Here, we talk to him about coming up with the idea and starting his business. 1. How did you come up with the idea and what were you doing before? Simbrix
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More than a third of millennials aspire to work for themselves

More than a third (39 per cent) of millennials aspire to work for themselves and own their own business – with half hoping to be their own boss by their late twenties (51 per cent), according to a survey. The study, by Opinium Research, finds that, for 61 per cent of those who want to
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Younger generation using sharing economy platforms for social benefit

Just 9 per cent of British adults used a sharing economy platform for a good cause in the last year, according to new research. The nationwide survey, carried out by TNS Global, gauges user behaviour in mainstream and social purpose platforms and, for the first time, assesses the level of appetite for social purpose platforms
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Chancellor announces national cyber security strategy

The UK must be able to retaliate in kind against cyber attacks, the Chancellor of the Exchequer says in the new national cyber security strategy. Philip Hammond adds that hostile ‘foreign actors’ are developing techniques that threaten the country’s electrical grid and airports. The warning comes within a speech describing how the government plans to
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UK SMEs need better advice to cater for disabled customers

From lifts and loos, to signs and websites, UK businesses could be missing out by not providing basic services to meet the needs of disabled customers, a market worth up to £212 billion, research from Barclays Business reveals. Nearly all (91 per cent) UK SMEs say their business does not currently have a lift if there
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Dragon on the hunt for Britain’s youngest tycoon

Budding young entrepreneurs will today go head-to-head as Peter Jones CBE announces the official start of trading for this nationwide enterprise competition in the hunt for Britain’s youngest tycoon, Tycoon in Schools. The competition is fiercer than ever before with over 2,000 schoolchildren taking part across the country. This year, it has expanded into primary
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