Monthly Archives: October 2017

Money, money, money! It’s a crowdfunder’s world

One of the most challenging aspects of getting a business off the ground is funding. You can attempt to venture down traditional avenues to raise the money needed, but if you’re new to entrepreneurship, the odds of being able to secure funding through these channels is pretty slim. In fact, 60 per cent of start-up
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How to ease the transition from education to the workplace

The number of people applying for UK university places fell by more than five per cent last year, with a rise in young people choosing alternatives such as apprenticeships and internships. Interestingly, this year has also seen a 19 per cent increase in employers choosing to take on apprentices rather than graduates. Apprenticeships and traineeships
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Living for the cash machine – Happiness and wealth in the UK

A new study from Marbles looks into the correlation between happiness, anxiety, cost of living, and disposable income across the UK to map out the effects of one on the other. Comprising several maps to cover different comparisons, it offers a visual guide to how finances relate to emotional state, as well as the wealth
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