Starting your own business can be daunting, you’re bound to face a time where you want to ask questions, get some guidance or see what other people are doing. There are a number of good resources out there, here we have put together a selection of our favourites. smallbusiness.co.uk smallbusiness.co.uk (SB) is a knowledge hub, […]
Apps – Little Brother Watching You?
Anyone who has read George Orwell’s classic dystopia 1984 knows what Big Brother means. Anyone else has probably heard the term – if nothing else in relation to the experimental tv-show bearing the same name. ‘Big Brother is watching you’ has become something of a catchphrase of our society – and it is becoming increasingly […]
Public Houses : A British Institution Going Downhill
The last few decades have seen a rapid decrease in the number of pubs around our fair isles. A fresh report from Camra, Campiagn for Real ale, suggests that as many as 31 pubs close down every week. And the total number of pubs is at an all-time low – 54 490 across the UK. […]
Let’s Talk About the Sandwich
The Great British Sandwich We all know them, those oddly uniformly looking triangular pieces of bread with some indistinguishable filling and – if you’re lucky – a few green bits (1 of your 5 a day!). Every shop has them, ranging from the humble cheese and pickle to the more flamboyant chèvre, pear and walnut […]
A Dying Breed: Bustling High Streets
Back in the day, the high street was the place to go. It was a place for specialist shops with knowledgeable staff, and anyone looking for quality products went there to do their shopping. This was before the digital age, and the remise we have experienced in the last couple of decades is partly to […]
Nationality-Free Technology
There’s no denying that we truly live in a global village, with all of the world’s major cities thriving as cultural and ethnic melting pots. Every day in London, we can look around us and appreciate the rich, vibrant tapestry of peoples who have come from near and far to inhabit this bustling metropolis. The […]
Why British Summer Staycations are Awesome
Much like British cuisine, British summers have quite a poor reputation, both in the UK and abroad—dreary, drizzly days spent cooped up indoors are what usually come to mind. As a result, most Brits tend to hop across to Europe for summer holidays spent on Portuguese, French and Spanish beaches, rarely giving a thought to […]
Should Your Employees Bring their Kids to Work?
It is a little-known fact here in the UK that ‘Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day’ is an actual day that is recognised in the United States on the fourth Thursday of every April. In fact, Canada also has the Take Our Kids to Work national programme in which Grade 9 (Year 10) […]
Is London Really an Unfriendly City?
Everyone knows the usual stereotypes about city living: people are unfriendly, hostile and cold. This immediately conjures up the image of Londoners sitting on the tube, crammed together but no one saying a word or making any eye contact whatsoever. Some even argue that this type of isolation and anonymity is the beauty of living […]
Why the UK Needs Small Independent Businesses
At Loyalzoo, we love small businesses; in fact, our digital loyalty app was designed to encourage people to embrace the small and independent businesses in their neighbourhood, and to get small local business owners to build a stronger sense of community. Support your local businesses We know the decades of heavy marketing from big corporate […]