Valentine’s is Business as Usual for SME Spouses
With Valentine's Day on the horizon, The Blacknight SME Awards carried out a survey this week of the spouses and partners of SME owners. The results confirm that entrepreneurship can be challenging for couples, while family support is seen as an essential
Podcast: Compost, Lost Lobsters and Silly Traffic [Audio]
Blacknight CEO Michele Neylon and I got together in his office on Friday for our first podcast chat of 2016 - and it's been a busy year so far. Michele brings us up to date on his
Cake Café’s Ethical Business Makes a Story for Social Media [Video]
The Cake Café in Dublin is a business built around a story: a message of sustainability and environmental responsibility which underpins everything they do, and gives them lots to talk about on social media, as well as
Blacknight SME Awards: Mr Crumb [Video]
Mr Crumb won the B2B SME Growth Award at The Blacknight SME Awards. It's a family business which began supplying breadcrumbs and then progressed into stuffing and other value-added products. Growth has been driven by exports and now
Blacknight SME Awards: Fernhill House Hotel [Video]
There were lots of family businesses at The Blacknight SME Awards, and we were reminded that families are part of communities, which they contribute to and benefit from. The winner of the Community Minded Business category was Fernhill House
Blacknight SME Awards: L Mulligan Grocer [Video]
"That's the thing about an SME: you work with people; you don't work for people", says Colin Hession of L Mulligan Grocer. First things first: it's not a grocer; more of a craft beer and gastropub dining
