The beginning Co-founders Sue Rao and Bozena Grzelak met whilst working together at a language school on Oxford Street, London. There, they gained a great deal of experience and insight into the workings and running of language schools and one evening, whilst studying for their master’s degrees, they had a “Eureka moment” and decided to … Continued
Operating across the globe, Buydefinition source, ship and deliver their exclusively online products to customers worldwide. Looking for a space to grow from A relatively small team, Buydefinition were initially looking for a small office on a budget. However, this changed as the team expanded their range and they started looking for more flexible offerings. … Continued
Chip Shortages Global semiconductor chip shortages showed no sign of easing, creating geopolitical tensions between China and America, and hitting technology companies’ bottom line. So integral are semiconductors nowadays they help power cars, washing machines, computers and phones, propelling worldwide semiconductor revenues to $448bn in 2020. With the sooner than expected role out of COVID-19 … Continued
Meet one such deep-tech company, Sphere Fluidics; originally spun out of the University of Cambridge in 2010 by Frank Craig to develop technology that enables cutting edge research and accelerates biopharmaceutical drug discovery. The patented picodroplet technology is specifically designed to increase the chances of finding rare molecules or cells that can lead to a … Continued
The So & So Arts Club, like many other theatre clubs, was impacted badly but is pushing through the challenges of COVID-19 with the support of the London Business Hub, empowering them to carry on. A vision The So & So Arts Club was founded eight years ago with a vision to form a broad community of people from across … Continued
Newable Finance, a brokerage dedicated to finding finance for SMEs and property backed businesses, has partnered with Haast, a property development software company. Haast helps property developers manage projects and associated finance. Haast have built a software platform that automates the entire development process. On completion of answering a short questionnaire, Haast will build a … Continued
In 2020, Newable acquired JCA and we’re proud that the largest independent manufacturer of coffins and caskets to the UK funeral market are now part of the Newable family. This acquisition was driven by a proactive decision by Newable to invest in environmentally focused business, to which JCA is a market leader, alongside their business … Continued
J.P. Morgan have identified a pressing need to provide a better understanding of the role of women in business, and have commissioned a report in partnership with Beauhurst to identify and celebrate the United Kingdom’s high-growth, female-powered businesses that are changing the economic landscape. Their report on the Top 200 Female-Powered Businesses analyses the 6,085 … Continued
London Calling The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is set to relax its rules for high growth companies to list on its bourse to better compete against rivals in New York and Europe, and grab a share of the booming market for Special Purchase Acquisition Vehicles. The change in rules are set to allow founders to … Continued
The month also saw the group secure £10m from British Business Investment’s Regional Angel Programme. Closing these six deals in March saw a “record level” of angel participation according to Newable Ventures Director Sanjeev Gordhan who comments: “Such strong levels of participation in the early stage investment market bodes well for the Fund and angel … Continued