Oxford Street: Vacancy rates back to pre-Covid levels as Euros and Olympics to give London a tourist boost June 5, 2024 Just two per cent of units across Oxford Street are now either vacant or let to “low quality” retail units, in the latest signal recovery is underway at London’s biggest shopping district.
The King’s Award June 4, 2024 | Sponsored The King’s Awards for Enterprise are the pinnacle of achievement for British businesses. Unlike some awards, recognition here is based solely on merit, not on participation fees or advertising. Each of the companies named as winner has been through a rigorous screening process before the judging panel awarded the Royal Warrant, which previous winners (to [...]
The rise and further rise of The Adaptavist Group June 4, 2024 | Sponsored Simon Haighton-Williams, CEO of The Adaptavist Group, wonders if his companies’ software is used in Antarctica? It’s a reasonable meditation given that the group has grown so rapidly in recent years that they now have more than 23,000 customers across 166 countries, representing more than half of the Fortune 500. Founded in 2005 as Adaptavist, [...]
365 Finance revving up for greater growth June 4, 2024 | Sponsored Headquartered in Camden, 365 Finance is revolutionising the SME lending model with its unique technology, Rev&U™. The fluctuating fortunes of their customers’ businesses can now be mirrored in their repayment plans – so when business is slow, repayments are low; when business is booming, they pay a little more. On one side, Rev&U™ removes the [...]
FACT reap due rewards for diligent growth June 4, 2024 | Sponsored Since their foundation in 1983, FACT have become globally recognised for protecting the intellectual property of the film and TV industry and, more recently, the sports rights sector. It has been said that the best organisations and teams always build from a position of strength and that’s precisely what FACT have done. Their credibility comes [...]
King’s Award heaven for Carmageddon makers June 4, 2024 | Sponsored There’s some irony that the makers of one of the most controversial video games ever conceived has won the UK’s most prestigious accolade for international trade. Stainless Games was founded by Partrick Buckland in 1994, and that game, Carmageddon — described as a title that defined racing games—put them on the map a few years [...]
Another royal award but no complacency at Preqin June 4, 2024 | Sponsored Being awarded one Royal Warrant is a feat, but receiving another two awards in just eight years is exceptional – and that’s what privately held London-based investment data company Preqin has achieved. Many businesses describe themselves as ‘global leaders’ and winning two Queen’s Awards in international trade in 2016 and 2019 and now their first [...]
InfoTrack on track for further growth June 4, 2024 | Sponsored Those who have bought a property, or are in the process of doing so, are likely to be familiar with the arduous journey in having names placed on deeds. Think of the conveyancer though, who has multiple challenges to overcome and many people to deal with. For the buyer and seller there can be pain [...]
International prize givers become prestigious prize winners June 4, 2024 | Sponsored Jeremy Stern is a different kind of entrepreneur, one who believes in integrity, honesty and simplicity, and these values are at the heart of the company he founded in 2002, PromoVeritas – the global promotional compliance specialists. Following a successful career in marketing, Jeremy saw a gap for a service that could bridge creative marketing [...]
This is Sparta Global. This is tech talent’s future June 4, 2024 | Sponsored There’s a huge shortage of emerging and diverse talent in the UK’s tech sector, yet only 19% of UK tech workers are women, 30% lower than in all other jobs and only 15% are from ethnically diverse backgrounds, despite the sector expanding at three times the speed of the rest of the UK economy. “The [...]