Monthly Archives: March 2021

This lawyer has worked on deals with major brands like Vitamin Water and Siggi’s Yogurt.

Amazon Hires an Army to Defend Itself on Twitter

by Michelle Jones • March 31, 2021 • 0 Comments

Amazon deploys a Twitter army to help defend itself amid claims of poor worker treatment.

What days will banks open at Easter

by Entrepreneur en Español • March 31, 2021 • 0 Comments

Branches within supermarkets and shopping centers will operate on a regular basis.

How Being an Outsider Helps You Disrupt Industries

by Maria Brito • March 31, 2021 • 0 Comments

Sometimes you’re better off outside the inner circle.

How your rural business can get a £3,500 boost for better broadband

by Anna Jordan • March 31, 2021 • 0 Comments

Originally written by Anna Jordan on Small Business
Vouchers worth up to £3,500 will be available for rural small businesses to help cover the costs of installing gigabit broadband.
The next round of the UK Gigabit Voucher Scheme will launch on Thursday April 8 2021. From then, you will be able to check whether your premises is eligible to get a voucher, find a list of eligible suppliers and see which of those are active in your area. Please note that vouchers are only available through suppliers who are registered with the scheme.
What is a gigabit connection?
One gigabit is the same as 1,000 megabits and in order to get broadband at gigabit speeds, you need a full-fibre connection.
Will I be eligible?
Businesses will be asked to self-certify that they are a small or a medium-sized business. This means that your business must have:

Up to 249 employees and annual turnover no greater than £36m and/or
An annual balance sheet not exceeding £18m

You will asked to provide evidence of this status.
How does it work?
Once you’ve registered with your supplier they will request a voucher from the Government. You’ll then get an email asking if you’re happy to proceed. Your supplier will get to work on delivering

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How this London bakery found new revenue streams during lockdown

by Timothy Adler • March 31, 2021 • 0 Comments

Originally written by Timothy Adler on Small Business
Converted into a mini bakery, Alexandre Bettler’s spare bedroom was full of 25kgs bags of flour, fridges stacked on top of one another, with flour dust everywhere. In 2016, Alexandre Bettler decided to open his very own bakery business.
Bettler, a graphic designer, became interested in breadmaking as a hobby while studying at the Royal College of Art. He saw it as a means of communication (the French word for bread, “pain”, comes from the word “copain” or friend).
He began delivering his handmade sourdough loaves by bike to local friends in Walthamstow, East London. Soon he was delivering to local restaurants. Bettler realised he had outgrown their spare room and he opened the doors of artisan bakery Today Bread back in 2016. Not only was it a bakery but it had a 40-seat café as well. Soon, his bakery was selling up to 300 loaves a day.
Then the pandemic hit in March 2020.
Bettler was forced to close his doors and pivot to an online delivery service and takeaway almost overnight to keep going.
Thankfully, Square enabled him to get up and running as an online business within two days.
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