Everline Future 50: Britain’s Most Revolutionary New Businesses Revealed
Now in its third year, the Future 50 project, set up by Real Business in 2011, shines a spotlight on the UK’s 50 most disruptive early-stage businesses who find innovative ways to drive the UK economy.
The Future 50 Awards (that is annually sponsored by business loan website Everline) were held on 25th February in conjunction with Real Business at a party in Old Street – the hub of London’s start-up scene – where the results of the final 50 were announced by comedian Seann Walsh.
Over 200 guests, including MPs, journalists and former winners, attended the event at LSO St Luke’s, London, to hear about which of Britain’s organisations made it to the final 50.
Amy Carroll, Group Editor, Real Business, remarked: “This year, our mission to identify the UK’s 50 most disruptive early-stage businesses has resulted in uncovering a host of companies that we’re confident will feature strongly in the UK business landscape for years to come. Congratulations to all those who were shortlisted as well as those who made the final 50.”
It’s clear the UK is a hub of innovation, with a multitude of high-calibre entries, ranging from recruitment, to holidays, to funeral planning and more, all of whom show that small business are continuing to find inventive ways to drive the economy.
So, without further ado, here’s a list of Britain’s most cutting-edge, exciting new businesses, all of whom are set to challenge the norms and traditional thinking in their field.
appearhere – a marketplace for connecting landlords to tenants for commercial property.
Asset Match – arranges share transactions between interested buyers and sellers of established, private companies.
Boticca.com – a London-based retail website for jewellery and fashion accessories from a selection of up-and-coming fashion designers.
BuyMyWardrobe – provides a dependable online marketplace where individuals and businesses can trade pre-owned designer fashion.
Calls in Confidence – provides an independent, cost-effective, confidential and anonymous whistle blowing service.
Cambridge Intelligence / KeyLines – create innovative visualisation software which enables organisations to see the networks in their data.
CoinDesk – the de facto digital currency index and knowledge hub, providing digital currency news, prices, charts, guides and analysis.
CompareTheCoffin.com – supplies the best-value, best quality coffins and caskets direct to the public, together with a free funeral comparison service and Funeral Planning tool.
Contego Fraud Solutions – performs immediate due diligence and risk analysis on individuals and companies.
ECO Plastics – UK’s leading and highest quality reprocessor of recyclable materials.
EVRYTHNG – provide the dynamic, intelligent web identities for individual physical objects.
Funding Options – helps firms up and down the country to access business loans and to manage their cash flow.
Gousto – provides customers with all the ingredients in the right proportions to cook delicious meals at home.
Grabble – revolutionising the way people shop online.
Hiring-Hub.com – a ground-breaking online recruitment marketplace.
IO Technologies – a big data analytics technology company addressing the need for learning-based intelligent capabilities in the real time online display media market.
Jukedeck – enables users to create free, unique soundtracks for their videos
Kabbee – an app that ensures Londoners save money getting a cab.
Kykloud – delivering integrated asset management solutions for the mobile workforce.
LawBite – solution for businesses seeking affordable, accessible, straightforward legal services.
liftshare.com – the largest car-share network in the UK.
LOVESPACE – help customers live a bigger life, one box at a time.
Loyalzoo – offers independent retailers a loyalty app to replace loyalty cards.
Mainstage Travel – the leading clubbing and festival holiday operator in the UK.
Moni – the new way to send money home from your mobile.
Motoriety UK – manage all aspects of admin, ownership, and maintenance in one secure online space.
Movebubble – a pioneering peer-to-peer community marketplace for long-term residential property lettings.
Paddle – the quickest way to securely pay online and on mobile web.
Parkopedia – allows drivers to find the closest parking to their destination, tells them how much it will cost and whether the space is available right now.
Paythru – the market leading mobile payment specialist.
PrivateFly – the fastest growing aviation booking service for private jet charter and private aircraft hire.
proversity.org – aims to develop the next generation of “Massive Open Online Courses” (MOOCs) that are reshaping the education sector.
Quill – meets the world’s almost voracious demand for digital content.
Rainbird – an innovative AI engine platform that allows anyone to capture their knowledge and publish it.
Realeyes – allows brands, publishers and agencies to make profitable marketing decisions by measuring human emotions via webcam in real-time.
Reevoo – help clients harness the Voice of the Customer and put it to work across the purchase journey and the entire business.
Revector – global provider of mobile anti-fraud and revenue protection services.
Screenburn – a Facebook video-on-demand platform enabling the sale of film and television from a Facebook page.
ServiceTick – enables clients to learn how their customers feel about them in real-time and is now used to drive board-level service strategy.
Sign Solutions – Britain’s leading provider of communication services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing people.
Skimlinks – gives online publishers myriad ways to effortlessly and automatically earn.
Tabl – a peer-to-peer social dining platform that turns private houses, apartments and other spaces into informal, pop-up eating establishments.
The Chapar – a luxury personal shopping service for 19-60 year-old men who can’t get to the shops.
The Mobile Vet – helps the elderly/infirmed access veterinary care for their pets and, by removing the need for surgery trips, significantly reduces pets’ stress levels.
The Social Ad group – making social advertising pay.
TyresOnTheDrive – a regional mobile tyre fitting service, bringing the expertise of the garage to a customer’s place of work or residence.
Versarien – employs innovative technology and patented manufacturing processes to develop advanced engineering solutions.
Virtual Huddle – allows customers to quickly and easily collaborate visually to communicate with your fellow collaborators effectively in a virtual environment as if you were in the same room together.
Wazoku – enables customers to capture good ideas via easy-to-use idea software and innovation management tools.
Yecco – provides a free-to-use tool for families with a member in need of care, whether that’s a child with autism, elderly person with dementia or an adult suffering from depression.
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