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Community News
Airbnb and Jamii offer financial support to Black British entrepreneurs this winter
Research conducted by Jamii, a UK start-up and discovery platform for Black creators and makers, has found that Black business owners nationwide are suffering as a result of the looming recession – with 83% of those surveyed concerned about where the UK economy is going, and a half (50%) believing they will not be able to financially survive.
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Community News
Caleño teams up with Thursday to prove you don’t need alcohol to fuel your fun
Ever wondered if you really need alcohol to have the confidence to approach that person at the bar or dance like no one’s watching?
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Article
Entrepreneurs and their succession: It’s time to talk
Building a business succession or exit strategy can be one of an entrepreneur’s best investments. But in practice, traditional succession approaches can be complex. Succession and exit often depend not just on business value, but also on financial wealth and its ability to support the founder’s ...
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Community News
“Don’t underestimate the importance of recruiting the right people and choosing the right people to partner with in business” – Mark Esho MBE
Meet Mark Esho MBE the disabled entrepreneur, motivational speaker and best-selling author of his autobiography – I can I will – a story of struggle, hard work, hope and success.
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Article
How you can do Black Friday sustainably
James Mellan-Matulewicz, Design Expert and Creative Director at sustainable wallpaper brand, Bobbi Beck, has released comments on how retailers can manage their sustainability efforts and still offer customers the deals they’ve come to expect.
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Community News
Caleño teams up with Thursday to prove you don’t need alcohol to fuel your fun
Ever wondered if you really need alcohol to have the confidence to approach that person at the bar or dance like no one’s watching?
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Community News
Lee Chambers inducted into Black Cultural Archives
Huge congratulations to Lee Chambers, founder of Essentialise Workplace Wellbeing, and the Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2021 Service Industries Entrepreneur of the Year, as his induction into the Black Cultural Archives this week as part of a cohort of 40 Black leaders.
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Community News
Honest Burgers teams up with Uber Eats to encourage Brits to be more honest!
Honest Burgers, co-founded by Great British Entrepreneur Awards judge Tom Barton, is teaming up with Uber Eats in their latest campaign – to get brits telling some ‘tasty truths’.
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Article
Starling Portrait Series: Just Like Me books – the little business making BIG changes
More often than not, business is about looking at how things have been done before and having the courage and imagination to reinvent the rules. That’s what Anne Boden did when she created Starling Bank, a digital bank for personal and business current accounts. Starling was born out of her determination to give customers control over their money and provide a real alternative to the banks of the past. Starling strives to be fast, friendly and supportive – just like a murmuration of starling birds.
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Community News
Meet Andrew Douglass the man tackling disability inclusion
This year, we’re delighted to support social enterprise, Parallel, as one of our charity partners, to help spread awareness of the amazing work they are doing to support the disabled community and disabled entrepreneurs, through their annual Purple Sock Day.
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Article
Celebrating black-owned businesses this Black History Month
This Black History Month is the perfect time to shine a spotlight on some of the incredible black-owned businesses in the UK, and their founders – to encourage more people to be aware of who they are buying from, and why it matters!
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Partner Announcement
Out-of-Home at Home Grown with JCDecaux
Ahead of the 2022 Great British Entrepreneur Awards, we’re teaming up with JCDecaux to present you ‘Out-of-Home at Home Grown’, an exclusive event that brings together like-minded entrepreneurs for a day of networking.
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Community News
Anne Boden MBE joins the Great British Entrepreneur Awards as keynote speaker
With just a month to go before the 10th annual Great British Entrepreneur Awards, we’re excited to announce that Starling Bank founder and CEO Anne Boden MBE will be joining us on stage as this year’s keynote speaker.
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Article
How to build an effective wellbeing strategy that actually works
The covid-19 pandemic accelerated a lot of change, especially in business. As businesses had to introduce new technologies and change their structures, there were many positives and negatives that came from the situation
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Community News
Success is in The Mind podcast signs huge partnership with Virgin Atlantic
The award-winning podcast Success Is In The Mind has really taken off!
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Community News
Research finds that 66% of business managers are uncomfortable talking about money worries with their employees
New research conducted by the Great British Entrepreneur Awards judge Chieu Cao, CEO of Mintago found that the majority of managers within UK businesses do not feel well equipped or comfortable in helping their staff through the cost-of-living crisis – which is needed at this time.
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Community News
Roger Woodall and Wellity explore the rise of mobile phone addiction and how it affects wellbeing
The Great British Entrepreneur Awards judge, founder and CEO of Dodge, and Eventful Entrepreneur Podcast host, Roger Woodall, teams up with Great British Entrepreneur Awards alumni and workplace wellbeing service, Wellity Global in a podcast episode to discuss the rise of mobile phone addiction and its effects on people’s wellbeing.
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Community News
Penny Appeal donates food bags to students in a bid to end holiday hunger
Adeem Younis, Great British Entrepreneur Awards judge and founder of Penny Appeal is supporting students in Bradford as part of their Holiday Hunger Programme.
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Roundtable
Digital Marketing v Traditional Marketing: Is one better than the other?
Marketing is a key part of any business model. It creates brand awareness, puts you in front of your consumers, and plays a huge role in generating sales, so it’s really important that your business is being marketed in the right way for you.
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Community News
3D vitamin manufacturer Nourished is helping over 1,000 children in the UK at risk of food insecurity
The Great British Entrepreneur 2020 Midlands Disruptor of the Year winner, Melissa Snover, discusses her business’s latest partnership with the public health nonprofit Vitamin Angels UK, the cost of living crisis, key pillars to fundraising success and the belief that everyone should have access to nutritional support now more than ever.