Mike Peters, founder of UPL In 1976, Mike started his business selling pharmaceuticals in West Africa. By the end of the first year he had made £79,863 and had four staff. Over time [...]
What’s it all about? We had quite a good turnout at networking this week – to no surprise! Gaining newsroom insights from the like of Mary Murtagh is an incentive and a half! Did you [...]
This week we had three incredible, local entrepreneurs at our networking event sharing their journeys. We had Salma Chaudry from The Halal Cosmetics Company, Kieran Fletcher of Funda and Karen Livesey of Child Sexual Exploitation [...]
The new space This week has been a special week for the Propeller Team as we have officially opened our new incubation space! On the 4th Floor of the Media Factory, the Propeller Hub a [...]
You’ve decided to start freelancing whilst you study, you’ve got a plan, you’ve done your PESTLE and SWOT analyses and you think you can make a real go of it. You’ve got the means to [...]
Did you know that 8% of students throughout the UK work for themselves whilst studying? The average student entrepreneur makes £253 a month, which isn't bad for casual work! If you're looking for part-time work that [...]
Pragmatic. Logical. Charismatic. You’re pretty sure you could manage a business and do it properly too. It sounds like a lot of fun, but you don’t want to be tied to someone else’s dream – [...]
It doesn’t matter whether you’re working on research, writing a report or talking to clients: there’s always something else that you could be doing. The trouble is, that something else doesn’t necessarily help you get [...]
There are many reasons why we should be looking to build lasting relationships with local businesses. Once you stop treating local companies as competitors looking to steal your customers, you will find that there’s a [...]
As we mentioned in the last blog post, there are different ways to segment an audience, the most common being: demographics, location, behaviour and psychographics. When appropriate, it’s best to use a mix of all [...]
