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Is a four-day work week right for you?
One of my colleagues, wrote a blog post in 2019 about a four-day work week. His article, though written two…
Are ghost kitchens here to stay?
As we have come out of lockdown this month, it’s only fair to start reminiscing about what we’ve gone through…
How can employers can promote the value of their online benefits schemes?
I regularly hear from owner managers and senior management that they have tried benefit platform solutions for their employees (some…
Polestar June 2021 Pilot
At a friend’s wedding 20 years ago we were inside Falmouth castle whilst a football match took place between the…
ESG and your business
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations are becoming increasingly important factors in company valuations and their investment potential for all…
2021 Trends in the Consulting Sector
One of my favourite aspects to being at Polestar is working on proposals for prospective clients. This is a task…
Polestar May 2021 Update
I saw a great picture of a black pot talking to a black kettle on Facebook this week – something…
The recovery will be digital
Paperless technology has seen a dramatic rise in demand and we all know why. As we have worked and schooled…
The IT/business process outsourcing renaissance
After a year of Covid-induced spending cutbacks, global demand for IT and business process outsourcing (BPO) has surged in the…
Manufacturing & industrial marketing insights for 2021
The majority thing market in is high priority, but does this really feed through to action for many within the…
The Coolest Business Analytics Companies Of The 2021
Here at Polestar we are looking at how we use data, interact with each other and analyse what we have….
3 Lessons Healthtech can learn from Fintech
The rapid digitisation and decentralisation of legacy finance happened simultaneously and was only exacerbated by the lockdown measures of the…
Climate scientists: concept of net zero is a dangerous trap
Today is Earth day – Please read our blog to see what we at Polestar have been doing to reduce our…
Polestar’s Earth Day 2021 report: Improving but could we do better?
Earth Day is upon us once again, bigger and better than in previous years. As reported by the MD of…
The Pilot – March 2021
March has been a mixed month for us here at Polestar. We completed the sale of People Value to an…
People Value – Case Study
People Value is a well-performing Human Capital Management (HCM) business built on a solid technology platform, with quality recurring revenues…
Polestar Pilots People Value to a Successful Exit
Polestar, the full-service Corporate Finance boutique, is pleased to announce the successful sale of People Value, the employee recognition and reward…
Is test and trace really the most wasteful public spending programme ever?
When one of my kids said Test and Trace had cost £37,000,000,000 I thought I should fact check this obviously…
The Pilot – February 2021
February – What a month! A semi-frozen economy, the frozen wasteland of Texas, 20 million people vaccinated in the UK…
2021 digital health predictions – an expert’s view
Technology advancements in healthcare are always an exciting topic with there being significant untapped potential to improve health ecosystems globally….
4 Predictive Analytics Tools You Should Know About Right Now
Business intelligence software is getting smarter every day — using algorithms, artificial intelligence and machine learning to better understand our…
Software to help drive real estate carbon reduction.
Sustainability data can be complex when managing real estate assets. It can show many interesting patterns and insightful trends about…
Business Services Q420′ Valuation Spotlight
This report spotlights the UK Business Services sector for Q4-2020, aggregate sector valuations and private market activity. We have summarised…
COVID drives e-learning growth
It is well documented that learning providers must now deliver courses online. According to a report by Future Market Insights…
City of London Remains THE destination for Europe’s traders
America and Europe have both emerged as key beneficiaries in the reshuffling of trading destinations post-brexit. Despite some traders making…What’s next for remote working?
The pandemic has meant that many businesses have been forced to adopt different working models, largely in the form of…
Vaccine Storage Wars
As a society we have come a long way since the year since COVID so dramatically entered our lives. After…
China – Opportunity and caution
China presents British firms with almost unlimited opportunity, but that opportunity is fraught with difficulty and requires very careful navigation….When will you dine out again?
As lockdown continues, restaurants have had to innovate to generate cash and remind consumers their brand is still alive. How?…
Q420′ Manufacturing Public and Private Snapshot
UK Manufacturing continues to follow a V shaped recovery as key sectors of the economy re-open evidenced by strong data…
3 Digital Marketing Trends for 2021
Digital marketing in 2021 will prove more relevant than ever – join us as we look at 3 important trends…
The Pilot – November 2020
Remember, Remember this November Well what a November, I mean – no fireworks night with mulled wine, lost children, toffee…
Software and Technology UK – Mid-Market Private Transactions Snapshot December 2020
Polestar brings you the first of our insights into the UK mid-market software and technology sector. This report provides a…
Three reasons live chat can help you grow your business
I was extremely surprised to learn that live chat had been around since the 1970s, especially given that the adoption…
The Contactless Revolution
There has been much talk off a post-Covid world where employees increasingly work from home and consumers shift their shopping…
Reverse Robinhood
Robinhood, as we know him, was a philanthropist who robbed the rich to give to the poor. Today, it’s a…
How do retail business adapt to the new norm?
Covid has become the catalyst for significant change with the pandemic applying more pressure to the already struggling high street….
Views from the CFO’s Office
Few people in the world, let alone the c-suite, expected to face a more devastating challenge than 2008’s financial crisis….
The Digital Banking – a Facade?
Across the globe commercial banks all seem to be singing from the same song sheet. Uttering hopes of a new…
Supermarket Deliveroos
Deliveroo has ridden the Covid wave. Whilst lockdown increased the volume of takeaways, an opportunity festered behind the scenes: supermarket…
Thriving through innovation
It has been over 6 months since Covid-19 was first reported in Europe and with certainty on a viable vaccine,…
Is Chiken Licken right? Probably not
This week I spent a couple of days in London, I got on to an empty train, witnessed an desolate…
Retention and motivation of your workforce…
As a recent study from CV-library shows, 59.7% of professionals aged 25-34 and 44.9% of workers aged 18-24 years old…
The Pilot, August 2020 – Back to school? Hopefully for HM Treasury
‘Back to school’ means different things to different people. For my youngest, it means seeing his friends at school for…
This is the time to Complete your Board
In August 2020, as much as any time in modern history, the world is full of unforeseen or unknown terrors…
CBILS and beyond
Businesses need cash at the moment whatever their shape, size or background. The old adage that cash is king has…
Is building resilient businesses more important that ever?
With the world becoming increasingly integrated, the global pandemic has shown the significant fragilities within our supply chains that have…
Maximise profits with excellent employee engagement
There is a trend of employers playing a greater role in their employees’ financial, physical health and mental well-being, which…
‘Fit as a butcher’s dog’ Boris building Britain
The UK Construction sector is a significant contributor to UK economy, employing over 3.1 million people and accounting for over…
Energy & Positivity in the face of adversity…..
Given the circumstances that have impacted people, friends, family and businesses around the globe, you can’t fail to admire the…
Adaptation – the key to trading through COVID-19
As we all know, technology has been fundamental to businesses in adapting to the COVID-19 outbreak. Government restrictions continue to…
Coronavirus: The Black Swan of 2020
Here is a note that we sent to Sequoia founders and CEOs earlier this week to provide guidance on how…
Riding the wave of activity in the visual effects space (VFX)
With the battle raging between major corporations (think Disney, Netflix, Amazon et al.) to capture audience interest, control the content…
Our primary offering…now with added analytics
Semafone, the leading provider of data security and multi-channel compliance solutions for call and contact centres, this week announced Intelligence+,…
Amazon’s new drone delivery seeks to revolutionise the way we buy products
In 2013 Jeff Bezos promised delivery drones within five years. Six years later, Amazon’s CEO Worldwide Consumer, Jeff Wilke, is…
Data holds key to the future of marketing
Imagine a world where companies stop spamming us with useless emails about offers we don’t need! Too good to be…
Rethinking supply chains in a time of uncertainty
So many of Polestar’s clients share the confusion over Brexit and supply chains. So, I thought I would see what…
A brand is the most important piece of real estate in the world, the corner of your mind
Here at Polestar we love brands and seeing how people go about building them by getting them to stick in…
PE firm launches new business with simultaneous investments
We are often told by Private Equity firms that they wish to invest in new fast growing tech sectors but…
Traditional businesses turning to tech m&a to stay competitive?
Bridgestone’s acquisition of TomTom has increased its offering to include telematics services. Having started life as a tyre producer, it…
The age of digital marketing
Rapidly increasing popularity and adoption of e-commerce has forced companies to turn to digital marketing to build an online brand…
Is a plastic tax the best route to sustainability?
Following the outcry of public support, the government is looking to introduce a new tax on ‘bad plastics’ in a…