By Michael Baxter, Fresh Business Thinking In the post Civod-19 world, should government resort to electronic money printing press to resuscitate the global economy? In short, will it be time for helicopter money?
Posted on 9th April 2020 .
Raising investment in challenging times, with Julia Elliott Brown These are very worrying times, the current Coronavirus situation will affect each of us differently. I’m sure you’ll be wanting to know what is going to happen in terms of your prospects of raising investment right now. It may well be that raising capital is an […]
Posted on 9th April 2020 .
Julia Elliott Brown is the CEO and Founder of Enter the Arena, the UK’s leading equity fundraising expert and specialist coach. With 20+ years commercial experience developing and building high-growth start-ups. Today, she’ll be running a free webinar for entrepreneurs discussing ‘raising investment in challenging times’. In this webinar, Julia will deliver a masterclass on […]
Posted on 9th April 2020 .
A new app helping Welsh traders reach consumers in the fight back against the coronavirus has been launched. By creating a digital shop window, iTown enables consumers using the app to see what products are on offer locally in businesses such as corner shops, butchers, fruit and veg outlets, bakers, and food takeaways. Free to […]
Posted on 9th April 2020 .
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is going live on the HMRC portal on 20th April. We caught up with Lucy Cohen, co-founder of Mazuma, the UK’s leading Online Accountants for small and micro businesses to find out what that means businesses need to do to be prepared: Lucy writes that: To claim, businesses will need: ePAYE reference […]
Posted on 9th April 2020 .
Almost a third of businesses in the Midlands and the North of England are at high risk of collapse due to COVID-19 impacting on their supply chain, according to a recent report from Durham University Business School. The report reviewed over 1.7 million businesses in these geographical areas, spread across 99 different sectors, and found […]
Posted on 9th April 2020 .
Disney’s new video streaming service has reached more than 50 million subscribers since its launch five months ago. Disney+ is the dedicated streaming home for movies and shows from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic, and more. As part of Disney’s Direct-to-Consumer and International (DTCI) segment, Disney+ is available on most internet-connected devices and […]
Posted on 9th April 2020 .
UK job board Totaljobs has published its latest research examining the shifting emotional behaviours of UK workers during the unprecedented COVID-19 outbreak. The majority of workers are understandably experiencing fears for their health (87%), while the troubling wave of recent job cuts and furloughs has left two-thirds (67%) concerned about job security. This nervousness, coupled […]
Posted on 9th April 2020 .
By Michael Baxter, Fresh Business Thinking The number of new cases of Covid-19 in the UK are “not accelerating out of control,” says Angela McLean, top government scientist, at today’s government press briefing.
Posted on 8th April 2020 .
Consumers all across the world are comfort buying more luxury goods online to help them get them through the Covid-19 crisis, tech firm Emarsys reports.
Posted on 8th April 2020 .
The Arts Council for England is making £160 million of emergency funding available for those organisations and individuals that make up our arts, museums and libraries. They have also changed the funding requirements for individuals and organisations currently in receipt of our funding. Chief Executive of The Arts Council for England Darren Henley says that ‘under […]
Posted on 8th April 2020 .
Starling Bank is introducing the Connected card, a second card that customers can connect to their existing account and give to anyone they trust to pay for groceries and other essential items on their behalf. The Connected card has been designed to help personal account customers who are self-isolating during the coronavirus emergency and are […]
Posted on 8th April 2020 .
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