This, the sixth year of the Daily Mail’s Aphrodite Mumpreneur Award, is clearly unlike any other. As Covid-19 ravages the world, and with UK consumer spending shrinking by more than a third, it’s the resilience and creativity of small business that may well help Britain weather the storm. So this year’s awards are little different. … Read more
Robbie Allen is founder of The Thriving Box Co, which was launched on 28 April Freelance marketing consultant Robbie Allen has helped keep a number of small businesses moving through lockdown by launching a gift box service allowing them to keep selling their products. While many independent stores still face the pressures that have come with … Read more
They said this French ski resort could never work… but 60 years later La Rosière is thriving (and the pistes never get crowded!) During the Sixties La Rosière’s first ski-lift, called the Poletta drag, opened Since then, the French resort town on the Italian border has continued to grow And with a 1,900-room Club Med … Read more
It is hard to find a silver lining in the coronavirus crisis, but what is make-or-break for many business sectors – including travel, tourism and hospitality – might turn out to be a chance for others. With many people working from home, there is a huge opportunity for businesses that offer anything from online gaming … Read more
California schoolteacher Brittany Bruley was elated when she discovered she was expecting her first child earlier this year – and shocked a few weeks later at Easter time when an ultrasound revealed she was carrying twins. Multiples don’t run in either her family or her husband’s, and the babies were conceived naturally. She waited until … Read more
Researchers in Antarctica uncover a thriving ecosystem of microbial life in an underground lake 2,600 feet below the surface, hinting at how life might have evolved on Earth Scientists traveled to Antarctica to study enormous underground lakes The team collected samples from a lake more than 2,600 feet below the surface Though there was no light … Read more