Monthly Archives: March 2018

VCTs and EIS remain popular and valuable for businesses and investors

In 1897, the great American novelist Samuel Clemens, (better known as Mark Twain) visited London as part of a round-the-world speaking tour. Whilst there, a rumour began to circulate that Twain had become gravely ill, followed by a rumour that he had died. One leading American newspaper, so the story goes, actually printed his obituary
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Using the data in your business to boost profitability

The ‘fourth industrial revolution’ – begun with the arrival of digital infrastructure in the late 90s and now led by cutting edge tech in the form of IoT, AI and machine learning – means almost all organisations are now big data organisations. According to IBM, around 99 per cent of data in the world today
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Five common traits that successful cryptocurrency traders have

Come 2018 and welcome to the CryptoCurrency age. Ever since the Bitcoin burst onto the scene in 2009, it has certainly revolutionised the way we see currency forever. People are flocking to purchase with what is the future of money as we see today. The market cap of Crypto Currency has skyrocketed from a few
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Five tools used by corporations to improve marketing performance

No large enterprise starts out that way, so what can smaller businesses learn from corporations about effective marketing? One factor to pay close attention to is how technology is used to reach an intended audience more efficiently. Here are a few tools that have been successfully utilised by big businesses to improve performance and grow
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When is off-the-shelf software a better fit?

There are many benefits to having a custom made software application, but it is not always the best investment. There are lots of business scenarios where existing, mass-market products do the job so well and so consistently that there is no real need to create the same functionality in a custom solution. Generic applications can
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Fresh face: Research suggests businesses owners are getting younger

Setting up your own business is a younger person’s game as new research reveals that the average age Brits decide to go it alone is just 27. The analysis by cloud accounting software company, Xero, found that entrepreneurial spirit is getting younger, revealing 20 as the age that younger business owners (18 – 34 yo)
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