Running a Business
Finding Funding for Innovative Startup Businesses
We are aware of the issue for many first time entrepreneurs of knowing what sources of funding are available and how to go about getting them. For businesses with high startup costs, or where product development is needed, lack of appropriate funding often means businesses don’t get started at all. Once possible funding sources have been …
5 Great Digital Skills Resources for Startups and Small Businesses
Last week we published our research on startups and digital skills, BamGoogled: Digital skills among newly registered businesses. The report highlighted that while digital skills are bad among small businesses they are worse among newly registered businesses. The report showed that the vast majority of new businesses being started in the UK lacked the skills …
Many Startups Dependent on Google Adwords
Our BamGoogled: Digital skills among newly registered businesses report highlights the lack of digital marketing knowledge and skills among early stage startups. One of the key findings was that less than 10% of startups know what they need to do to get ‘organic’ traffic onto their website from Google, social media and other sources. A …
Less than 10% of Startups Budget for Online Marketing
One of the first challenges most startups have is finding their first paying customer. Not long after that the challenge normally becomes finding enough customers to become profitable. Doing this is going to require a marketing effort of some kind whether that is going to networking events and trade shows, handing out flyers or advertising …
95% of startups don’t understand SEO
The Company Warehouse work with hundreds of new startups businesses each week. We provide newly registered businesses with a range of guides and information on topics including accounts, tax, branding and marketing. One of the most popular topics is our guides on ‘How to Get On Google’. This is something most startups know they should …
The Digital Skills Gap For Startup Businesses
A number of reports published in the last year looking at digital skills in small businesses, and in the general workforce, but very little work has been done on early stage startups. The Company Warehouse have been looking at newly registered businesses and how their digital skills compare with established small businesses. Our new study …
75% Increase in Buy to Let Company Formations
An analysis of company formations carried out by The Company Warehouse in the last week has seen a rush in property based company formations – up 75% compared to this time last year. Tracking data over the last three days, The Company Warehouse has seen a growing trend in the creation of property company formations …
Micro-Businesses Show Biggest Productivity Growth
The latest productivity figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that the greatest increases in productivity since 2008 have been among micro-businesses. The ONS define micro-businesses as ones with between 1 and 9 employees. These businesses account for 19.83% of all UK business but if you also include businesses with no employees that …
UK Startups are stalled by skills shortage and access to finance
The Institute of Directors (IoD) have published findings this month that indicate that entrepreneurs around the UK are struggling with accessing finance and hiring skilled workers for their businesses. The IoD conducted the very first IoD 99 network survey which has confirmed that startups around the UK are all facing these problems, with inevitable detriment …