Go Global

July is already coming to an end, and if you are lucky (like some of us at TextMaster!), you’ve already left or will soon go on holiday. And, yes, we have all deserved a little rest after this intense half-year that was full of changes in the e-commerce and international development sector. But it’s always good to stay up to date!

We’ve already devoted a blog post to business culture and the challenges that await companies around this issue when they develop internationally (read it here). Today, based on a study carried out by Christine Congdon and Catherine Gall for Steelcase and published in the Harvard Business Review, let’s take a look at the different types of business culture that exist across 11 countries.

All good things must come to an end… and so must the World Cup! After almost a month of competition and a lot of surprises, the final game will take place this Sunday 15th at the Loujniki Stadium in Moscow (starting at 4pm BST).

Summer’s here, so that means it’s time for Music Festivals! Instead of giving you a potted history (not very exciting for a blog post), we’ve decided to offer you a selection of the most innovative, original and effective start-ups in Music Tech, as we have before for other sectors. No bum notes – GUARANTEED!

It had 28 members on Thursday 23 June and awoke on Friday 24 June 2016 with the prospect of losing one of those 28. On that day, after their vote in a referendum, 52% of the British electorate had officially recorded their desire to exit the European Union, thus potentially sealing the fate of thousands of national and international companies. Two years on, doubt and uncertainty still reign in the UK: so, should companies leave to pre-empt the inevitable, stay and suffer the slings and arrows of transformation, or set up in business because, despite the Brexit, the opportunities are still there?