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Candidates need clearer interviews too
A strong interview answer is not just a story. It is evidence of judgement, action and impact.
Candidates are facing a harder hiring market.
Lolly: achieved 25% YoY growth with strategic marketing support
It's Lolly, a hospitality technology innovator, needed sharper focus to scale — fractional Marketing Director Mark Pearson (Eastern Counties) helped narrow its target markets, clarify messaging, and align strategy with the company's vision, delivering consistent 25%+ year-on-year growth.
AI will not fix hiring teams that still run weak interviews
AI can make hiring faster. It cannot make a weak interview process fair, structured or evidence-led by default.
AI is already changing how internal recruitment teams work.
Sona Insurance: Creating a Strategic System for Sustainable Growth
Sona Insurance, an independent broker, had grown through word-of-mouth alone — no CRM, no marketing history, no in-house infrastructure. Fractional CMO Stephen Rumbelow built a complete demand generation system from scratch, delivering a 265% increase in organic and direct website visits in four months.
How to interview when the role will change before the person starts
In a startup, you are not only hiring for the role in front of you. You are hiring for the role it may become.
Startup roles rarely stay still.
Award-winning cybersecurity: how FullProxy increased revenue by 135%
FullProxy, a Glasgow-based cybersecurity consultancy serving healthcare, financial services and critical infrastructure clients, had strong technical expertise but no strategic marketing capability. A Fractional CMO rebuilt its positioning from "reseller" to "trusted advisor," delivering 135% revenue growth year-on-year.
Growth in 2026: What Really Works (and What's Holding SMEs Back)
SME growth isn't being held back by lack of effort — most leadership teams are already busy. The real blocker is fragmentation: misaligned priorities, patchy data and disconnected marketing activity.
Brand building in 2026: a practical guide for SME leaders
Brand is often treated as a design exercise. This guide argues it's a commercial one — the clearer and more consistent a business is about who it helps and how it delivers, the faster it sells, prices with confidence, and grows.
How to build an AI roadmap for SMEs: a practical guide for 2026
Most SMEs don't fail at AI because the tools are wrong — they fail because they never built a plan. This guide sets out a practical, staged approach to AI adoption, starting with data foundations and ending with scaled, governed use across the business.
Stop hiring heroes but build a repeatable interview system instead.
A scaling company cannot rely on heroic judgement. It needs repeatable evidence.
Every founder wants people who can raise the level of the company.
Rainmaker – ILM Level 5
The Rainmaker – ILM Level 5 programme is an accredited leadership development programme designed for experienced managers who want to enhance their strategic leadership capability and drive organisational improvement.
The programme supports leaders to:
Gonville Hotel Welcomes Exciting New Era with Radisson Individuals Celebration
Gonville Hotel was delighted to celebrate an exciting milestone as we officially joined Radisson Individuals, marking the beginning of an exciting new chapter for the hotel.
Launch of new AI Academy to help businesses unlock growth
Cambridgeshire Chamber of Commerce launches new AI Academy to help businesses unlock growth through artificial intelligence
Crossing the Blood-Brain Barrier: Why Natural Transport Mechanisms Are the Smarter Route
Most biologics and even small molecules fail to cross the blood-brain barrier, leaving CNS drug delivery a persistent bottleneck. Isogenica's latest short video looks at why researchers are turning to the brain's own transport systems as a more promising path in.
Solving LNP's Liver Problem: Why Targeting Is the Next Frontier in RNA Delivery
Lipid nanoparticles have powered the RNA medicine revolution, but their default tendency to accumulate in the liver limits use beyond hepatic disease.
Cambridge South train station opens
Making everyday life, travel and work easier while unlocking new opportunities for innovation and growth.
Exonate appoints Olav Hellebø as Chief Executive Officer
- Appointment of experienced executive forms part of the Company’s strategy to build momentum across its proprietary platform and therapeutic programs targeting retinal diseases
- Company is preparing a Phase IIb clinical trial of lead candidate EXN407 for diabetic eye disea
Why Most UK Businesses Are Wasting Money on Off-the-Shelf E-Learning
Every year, thousands of UK businesses purchase an off-the-shelf e-learning library. A few months later, the completion rates are embarrassing, the content feels generic, and nobody can quite remember why they bought it. Sound familiar?
Precision matters: Guardtech and DryR leading the way for controlled environment provision when things get seriously tight
East Anglian contamination control specialists Guardtech are collaborating with dry room experts DryR to strengthen their overall delivery of advanced cleanroom and dry room facilities across a wide range of high-tech sectors
London Climate Action Week: Nigel Topping keynoted as deep tech founders pitched at Cleantech Venture Day
One of the flagship events at London Climate Action Week, Cleantech Venture Day London took place on Monday 22 June at KPMG’s Canary Wharf office.
Making Tax Digital for income tax - slow start for HMRC
HMRC has reported a low initial registration level for its new Making Tax Digital for income tax regime.
ARU receives £4.8m to boost innovation in the NHS
The NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme has already helped launch 691 start-ups.
New Sidney Altman building officially opens at Babraham Research Campus
BioMed Realty UK has today officially opened the Sidney Altman Building at the Babraham Research Campus, unveiling a state-of-the-art facility designed for the next generation of life science innovation.
Legacy lease structures could put retailers at risk, says leading accountants Price Bailey
The legal dispute between London’s Brent Cross shopping centre and John Lewis, could lead to increased rental fees for retailers, says leading accountancy firm Price Bailey.
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