More often than not, business is about looking at how things have been done before and having the courage and imagination to reinvent the rules. That’s what Anne Boden did when she created Starling Bank, a digital bank for personal and business current accounts. Starling was born out of her determination to give customers control …
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I’d been excited to get stuck into Anne Boden’s new book Banking On It ever since I placed my pre-order. Anne is an entrepreneur I admire greatly and one that I have the privilege of working with. As many of you will know, Starling Bank is the headline partner for the Great British Entrepreneur Awards …
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Small business owners are feeling overwhelmingly more confident about their prospects for 2021 following the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines, according to research by the Great British Entrepreneur Awards and Starling Bank. The study of 500 SMEs found that 70% of small businesses owners are feeling more confident, suggesting the rollout of both the Pfizer and …
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In a blog post on Starling’s website, founder Anne Boden wrote how the bank is breaking barriers and breaking even, becoming the UK’s first digital bank to make a profit. Five years ago, I stood in front of numerous investors to outline my vision of a new sort of bank. It would be a technology-led bank …
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The number of people launching businesses in the UK has risen by more than 5% since last year, despite the hugely challenging conditions facing firms, according to analysis of ONS data by digital bank Starling. The surge in entrepreneurialism is evident in nearly every part of the UK, with Wales seeing a huge 99% increase …