Founded in Wales in 2017 by Mandy Powell and Kelly Davies, The GoodWash Company makes luxury vegan hygiene products, supporting those in need and enabling people in their communities to look after their environment. Maddyness spoke to cofounder Mandy Powell to understand how they are coping during the COVID-19 pandemic.
13.05.2020
Bought By Many, London-based pet insurance provider, has received £78.4M growth equity investment from US-based FTV Capital and existing investors.
13.05.2020
Are you an entrepreneur? Maddyness has created a true kit of different steps to follow in creating, growing, and even selling your own startup. From hiring to protecting your brand and moving on to financing your innovation, you will find tips and good practices so that you can easily find your way in the entrepreneurship labyrinth. In this article: several recommendations about your employees’ social security.
13.05.2020
Moving anywhere right now is something we don’t need to put too much thought into, it’s either a jog around the block or taking the dog to the local park – no sitting! Yet, as with all things, the threat of COVID-19 will diminish and us entrepreneurs, perhaps more than ever, be ready to spread our wings and take to new destinations in search of market expansion.
12.05.2020
Free2, a new financial services brand for the over 55s market, completed a milestone £305M fundraising round with NatWest Markets and a major European special situations fund.
12.05.2020
Blackfinch Group announces the launch of the #ISOLATIONINTERN platform in partnership with investment industry firms and universities to enable specialist talent acquisition under COVID-19 Restrictions. The initiative aims to supercharge early-stage companies and help keep this vital sector of the economy on track.
12.05.2020
A board of directors is a legally required entity that is responsible for making a company’s most critical structural, financial, and directional decisions. At the very inception of a company, the early startup stage, the board consists of the founder or co-founders, and that’s it. But soon — very soon if the startup is successful in raising money — that board will expand.
11.05.2020
Formerly a tool for mums to find new mum friends, the Peanut app has evolved into a social network now used by 1.6M women on a range of topics, from pregnancy and parenthood to marriage and menopause, and everything in between.
11.05.2020
The financial services industry has traditionally found it very difficult to serve the disparate and fragmented SME marketplace. But we believe that the combination of traditional financial providers and new entrants focused on data and analytics means that SMEs will finally get the financial services they deserve.
11.05.2020
Founded by Randa Bennett and Patricia Salume, London-based fintech startup VeeLoop has solved the payment problem experienced by volunteers when shopping on behalf of vulnerable people during the COVID-19 lockdown.
11.05.2020
Since March 25th, award-winning luxury Welsh wash brand The GoodWash Company has donated more than 3,800 emergency wash packages and soap to all NHS trusts in Wales, food banks and even King’s College Hospital in London.
09.05.2020
According to research conducted by the World Economic Forum, cybercriminals are using the time during COVID-19 lockdown to launch cyberattacks.
09.05.2020
With the prospect of holidays and getaways being disappearing, Andy Hibbert needed to respond quickly to reinvent his car-sharing business Car & Away, a service that was operational at Gatwick and Bristol airport allowing motorists to rent their cars out while they went on holiday. And so Karshare.com was born amid the COVID-19 crisis.
08.05.2020