Yesterday we reported that there has been an unexpected rise in the number of EU nationals forming UK limited companies since the Brexit vote. Most commentators have been saying that Brexit was bad news for startups so when we looked at the figures we had expected to see a big drop in startup activity by …
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Unexpected Rise in EU Citizens starting businesses in the UK post Brexit
As a company formation agent we monitor trends in UK limited company formations. From our previous research we knew that around 11% of the directors of newly formed UK companies are EU citizens. We were therefore keen to discover what effect Brexit would have on UK company formations numbers. We were pretty sure that we …
All our websites now come with HTTPS as standard
We are now putting all websites we build for our clients onto HTTPS. We are doing this for all of our web customers for free using the Let’s Encrypt scheme. At The Company Warehouse we primarily build websites for new startup businesses. For most new businesses having a strong online presence is essential to establishing …
The Company Warehouse Recognised as Online Marketing All Stars
The Company Warehouse have been named a 2015 Online Marketing All Star Award winner by Constant Contact, one of the world’s leading providers of online marketing tools. John Orlando, chief marketing officer at Constant Contact has said that “Our All Stars are leading the way, showing us the difference online marketing can make for a …
What is really driving the growth in new UK companies?
We recently blogged about the reports that appear on an almost weekly basis about the number of new companies being formed in the UK. Most of these reports use the same dodgy stats to announce that there are a record breaking number of new businesses starting in the UK. This is normally trumpeted as a …
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5 Startup Scams to Be Wary Of
Startups are as vulnerable to fraudulent activity as the most established businesses, in fact they’re arguably more so. The process required to get companies registered with Companies House and properly set up to begin trading makes them a prime target for scammers who are using increasingly sophisticated methods of deception. Many scams involve criminals pretending …
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Which Party Should Startups Put Their Trust In?
With the general election looming ever closer, the political parties are fighting tooth and nail to try and convince undecided voters to pledge their support to them on polling day. One of the demographics that have been a focus for virtually all of the campaigns has been the country’s small business owners. Widely agreed to …
6 Numbers Every Business Owner Needs to Know
We’ve all seen it on Dragon’s Den. The sight of budding entrepreneurs squirming in front of the panel as they try to recall the financial information about their fledgling businesses that will go a long way to determining whether they secure investment or not. But it’s not just your prospects for receiving a cash injection …