British sports and custom apparel company Y1 Group has acquired university clothing specialist Redbird Apparel in a seven-figure deal, creating a combined business generating more than £7.5 million in annual revenue. The deal, announced on Tuesday, brings together two founder-led companies that each began with a few thousand pounds drawnContinue Reading

A strong software development team is not necessarily a large one. The better approach is to match the team’s skills to the product, give people clear responsibilities, and fix technical bottlenecks before adding more headcount. There is still strong demand for software talent. The U.S. Bureau of Labour Statistics reportsContinue Reading

There is a striking paradox at the heart of small business logistics in the UK. The shortest journeys  the ones covering the final one to five miles between a local depot, a shop, or a tradesperson’s vehicle and the customer’s door  are consistently the most expensive, the least efficient, andContinue Reading