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Top 11 Start-up Industries

With a recovering economy and changing consumer needs, there is an expected steady increase in new businesses
By IBISWorld Industry Analyst Brian Bueno

As seen in the ABA Journal

The US unemployment rate remains stubbornly high at 8.5%, and policymakers have sought to expand access to capital in efforts to encourage business investment and job creation. In September 2010, the...
 

NEW RADCLIFFE COLLECTION FROM IMPERIAL BATHROOMS OFFERS EXTENDED OPTIONS

Imperial Bathrooms has unveiled Radcliffe - a new timeless bathroom collection that successfully fuses classical elegance with modern design and boasts an extended range of options. Featuring a distinctive and strongly sculptured edge in a gleaming white finish, Radcliffe is suitable for both modern and period interiors and is testament to the design capabilities of this leading British bathroom...

lunch! nominated for Best Trade Show award!

lunch! – the UK’s premier trade event for the out of home food and drink industry – is hoping its winning streak continues into 2012 after picking up a prestigious Best Trade Show nomination for this year’s annual Exhibition News awards.

Since its launch in 2008, lunch!, which is organised by Brighton-based Diversified Business Communications UK, has enjoyed growing industry prominence and support.  2011 was a...

Strong international presence at Natural & Organic Products Europe 2012

Visitors to this year’s Natural & Organic Products Europe trade show at London’s Olympia on 1-2 April will enjoy an increased opportunity to expand their international ranges, with exhibitors from over 26 different countries now confirmed.

As the UK’s only dedicated annual industry event, Natural & Organic Products Europe offers a unique proposition for international manufacturers and suppliers looking to...

NelsonHall launches Social Media Outsourcing program

At last, objective analysis of Social Media Outsourcing opportunities & vendor capability
In his recent report, 'Targeting Outsourced Social Media Services', NelsonHall's Thomas Whittle uncovers the facts and real state of affairs in Social Media services on a Business to Business level. While the current market for social media outsourcing is at an embryonic stage, the market still presents a significant...

New speakers and sponsors announced for camexpo 2012!

camexpo – the UK’s only dedicated professional CAM show – will celebrate its tenth anniversary event this autumn with two new big name industry sponsors.  Today’s announcement by the show’s organiser, Diversified Business Communications UK, sees Revital – the UK’s largest independent health product retailer – and The Complementary Therapist Association (CThA) confirmed as brand sponsors of the Keynote Theatres and...

Natural & Organic Products Europe 2012 announces initial exhibitor list

Momentum continues to build for this year’s Natural & Organic Products Europe – the UK’s only dedicated natural and organic products trade show, with the release of its initial exhibitor list.  With just two months to go until the two-day show opens at London’s Olympia on 1stApril, over 7,500 professional industry buyers are expected to attend Europe’s biggest showcase of natural, organic, Fairtrade, free-from and...
 

GLEN DIMPLEX BOILERS LAUNCHES ‘MERCHANT FRIENDLY’ DELIVERY SERVICE FOR UNVENTED ...

Following the successful launch of Aquastore – the new range of high performance unvented cylinders recently unveiled by Glen Dimplex Boilers – the company has rolled out a new and improved delivery service exclusively for independent and national merchants that eliminates the need to stock the cylinders and has no minimum order requirement.

From placing an order for Aquastore on day one, Glen Dimplex Boilers now...
 

LEC MEDICAL CALLS FOR URGENT CHECKS AS SERIOUS FAILINGS IN HOSPITAL REFRIGERATIO...

Following a recent Sky News investigation that has uncovered serious failings surrounding the security of medicines and controlled drugs in British hospitals, leading manufacturer of medical refrigeration - Lec Medical – is calling for an urgent security check on refrigeration throughout all hospitals, pharmacies and practices.

Not only does the Sky News investigation report that a third of NHS trusts surveyed had...
 

The Seven Deadly Sins

Although Cardinal sins like gluttony and lust have a fiery fate for offenders, they’re quite the industry moneymakers
By IBISWorld Industry Analysts Josh McBee and Agata Kaczanowska

Whether through personal religious studies, music, artwork or film, most people are familiar with the vices that make up the “seven deadly sins,” or Cardinal Sins. While the origination and descriptions vary from source to source,...