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Douce Delight
Douce is very much a family concern - each member of the Benton family is involved in different aspects of this lifestyle brand. Founded by Phil Benton in 2015, when they started out in a 1960 Airstreams, offering high quality hair salon treatments in an innovative environment.
Fitzbillies Fly with Funding
Mention the name Fitzbillies to anyone living in Cambridge or who has studied at the University and you will be greeted with smiles of fond recognition and praise for their iconic ultra-sticky Chelsea Buns. The company has been in the city for over 100 years and now has a café, a coffee shop, a second branch and an artisan bakery.
Cambridge GaN Devices are Bringing More Sustainable Power to the Global Market and Creating Jobs
Cambridge GaN Devices was established, according to Founder and CEO, Dr Giorgia Longobardi, “To bring to market a material and a power device that is much more sustainable whilst preserving nature, which is one of the most valuable things we have. We want to bring this innovation into everyday lives for a more sustainable future.” Dr Giorgia Longobardi, Founder and CEO.
Funding for Flexilabels
With a commercial background in computer sciences and a Masters degree in Website Design & Development, Assad Gilani worked for about 5 years, for a toner refurbishment and then an insurance company as web developer after he moved from Pakistan to the United Kingdom in 2006.
Cyber Security 101: Top Tips for Keeping Secure
Cyber threats are constantly evolving, and it is vital that you are aware of the most common tactics cyber criminals are using, and at least have the baseline measures in place to help detect and prevent them.
Cambridge Tech Company Gets the Edge on AI
It’s been a year since InferSens raised its initial investment round and first joined the Growth Works community. Bev Hurley, Strategic Lead for Growth Works caught up with Dr Jana Voigt, CEO of the Cambridge-based Edge AI sensor technology company, to find out what’s been happening since.
Out and About Across the Region
The Growth Works team have been busy attending and throwing events across the region!
Value Propositions – The Sales Perspective
A Value Proposition is a carefully crafted statement articulating how your products/services solves your prospects’ problems or improves their situation; what value your products offer in terms of specific benefits and quantified value, and why your prospects should buy from you, not your competitors.
Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling
Sally Baker, co-founder of Wondrous, the branding, creative and digital marketing agency, talks to Growth Works about the challenges she faced in taking her business through growth phases and gives her tips for how she overcame them to achieve their growth trajectory.
Top 5 IP Tips for SMEs, Entrepreneurs, Start-ups and Scale-ups
Dr Rachel Daniel is a is an IP Specialist at IP21, which takes a holistic consultative approach to IP advice to ensure that strategic planning, rights registration, portfolio management and enforcement are always aligned with ultimate commercial objectives, and it utilises its long heritage of successful practice in this field and its culture of continuous improvement to deliver best practice IP services.
Going Digital: What Does it Mean and How Can it Help Your Business Grow?
In this blog, we aim to demystify what ‘digital’ actually covers, and provide some easy ways for you to add digital skills and resources to your business. Many of the ways to do this are absolutely free, just requiring some of your time.
Successful Entrepreneurs’ Best Kept Secret
Babita Devi spills secrets after working with hundreds of successful entrepreneurs on what could be stopping your business growth.
