I-MAGAZINE hears the view of Kieron Goldsborough, Managing Director of creative communications agency Press Ahead on creativity in business. I believe that creativity needs to be in the heart of business and its leaders, it is something that stems from the boardroom right through to every employee.  I am a firm believer in creative solutions…

Tell me more about Crowberry Capital? Crowberry is an early-stage Venture Capitalist fund which invests in technology start-ups across the Nordics. We are passionate about technology and invest in people that build cutting-edge global technology companies. We ultimately believe that the best companies are designed and built for people. The Crowberry team has managed over…

Amid the ceaseless barrage of media noise over the cost-of-living crisis, rocketing fuel prices and the conflict in Ukraine, it’s easy to forget that, at the centre of it all, is the health and wellbeing of millions of people. We may feel blessed that we’re not fighting daily for our lives in the middle of…

Several well-known African start-ups have successfully gone through the DAI Magister Academy, a customised, free service aimed at helping early-stage start-ups that are poised for success. The Academy was founded in the summer of 2022 by DAI Magister, a boutique investment bank offering full advisory services for transactions within the climate, fintech, tech-enabled commerce and communications sectors.…

The last three and a half years have been like no other in living memory. The UK has experienced an unprecedented period of economic uncertainty; a global pandemic followed by soaring interest rates, rising energy prices and a cost-of-living crisis which has made it harder than ever to run a successful business. At the beginning…

Over the last few months, we’re seeing more and more buyers ‘show up’ well prepared and ready to transact before a target begins any M&A process. In many cases, especially for quality targets in key sectors, we’re seeing multiple buyers appear around the same time. We think this trend is driven by several factors that…

The Future of Boards study aims to understand the shifts in governance and leadership which enable organisations to align business success with sustainability. This will combine existing academic and practitioner research with insights from board directors and key stakeholders across a range of jurisdictions. The aim is to produce practical, evidence-based, internationally relevant recommendations to…

Having a robust credit control process is key to business survival and growth. Thanks to Know-it, there is an effortless and painless way to ensure your business gets paid Businesses up and down the country have, for too long now, suffered issues with late payments and arduous credit management processes. Driven by my determination for…

Tell us about how you came to establish your business, and how it has evolved over the past decade. Eco solves problems for businesses. We started out about 12 years ago offering dry ice blasting services, and have evolved over the years into a multifaceted firm operating in different sectors across the UK. The key…

Arguably, the most challenging part of investing is holding your nerve and remaining invested when markets become turbulent, or the economy starts to weaken. We fear we will lose everything, and it seems as if the market will continue to go down forever. Moreover, when the market is volatile, it is constantly in the headlines,…

“There is one and only one social responsibility of business—to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game,” Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman wrote in 1970.[i] The leader’s job, according to Friedman, is to maximize profits (within the bounds of…

Tell us about Social Chain, what is it and when did it begin? Social chain is a social media marketing agency that helps brands understand how they harness the power of social media. At Manchester Metropolitan University, I enrolled on a Business Management course but soon quit to follow my dreams of becoming an entrepreneur.…

Capitalism’s Resilience Capitalism has been one of the most resilient forms of organising our societies and our economies for centuries. Its resilience stems from its ability to adapt to the times. We have had feudalism, mercantilist capitalism, industrial capitalism, consumer capitalism and, the era from which we are now emerging – financialized capitalism. Communism, which…

What does ‘purpose’ really mean in the business context? How can companies go about identifying what their broader social or environmental values are, ensuring these are authentic and actionable? Purpose is becoming so widely used and misused as a word that it’s in danger of losing all meaning.  But a clear purpose is useful, in…

There is an SAS saying that how we learn from our successes and failure is what allows us to improve, and this is what I’ve focussed on in my new book, Business Leadership Under Fire. This book is the guide I wish I could have read earlier on in my career, drawing on the benefits…

Much like the use of the word ‘unprecedented’, itself, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the world around us and how we live was entirely unprecedented. The initial economic impact was stark, with the British economy shrinking a record 20.4% in the three months to June 2020, while the shift to remote working fundamentally…

Founded in 1934 with a focus on kitchens in its native Italy, Boffi is today recognized as a global design brand for the home and contract markets, known for its innovative blend of modern aesthetics and traditional craftsmanship. A conversation with Boffi CEO Roberto Gavazzi. When you entered Boffi in 1989, the company was a…