Jonathan Symcox

Editor of tech publications @BCloudUK and @TechBlastUK. Innovation, startups and people. Occasional Barnsley FC nonsense. [email protected]

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"Taking the scraps as a mum is a bit s***."

A mother always puts herself last - or “takes the burnt food”, as Hayley Roberts put it.

The founder of Distology says she wanted to find something for herself as well as her kids.

Watch the episode in full:
https://t.co/3zzteLHo7y

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✨ Revealed: #RetailTech 50 for 2026 ✨

Readers & judges decide 50 firms blazing tech trail for #retail & #eCommerce.

👇ranking & profiles for
@pimberlypim
Zyntrix
@Leasingdotcom
HubBox
OnBuy
@fulfilmentcrowd
SnapDragon

Many thanks to our judges 🙏

https://t.co/hOGh8HC7kY

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From arch-enemies to best friends - this is the @ConductrLtd story.

Peter Cliff & Jos van der Steen tell The Naked Founder podcast how they went from seeing each other as threats to building a £26m business together.

Watch in full:
https://t.co/v3I12fBlom

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✨ Revealed: #EdTech 50 ✨

Readers & judges decide 50 firms blazing trail in education & training.

👇ranking/full profiles for
MathsWatch
Tapestry
@vivifyvenues
@getapplatch
@myHappymind_
Peerscroller @yipiyap
@chalkieai
@NearLifeTech
Desq
Aptem
@synap

https://t.co/yXk0qlNqCf

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Why does Gabriel Erinle get up at 4.29am?

Gabe is building GAME FM while wife Jenny homeschools their four children.

Amid diving, gymnastics & parkour, he finds time for football & the gym!

He talks rising in the good half of the hour, work-life balance & middle child syndrome

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This year #Ramadan and #Lent fell on the same day - & Gabriel Erinle is observing both.

The GAME FM founder chose a pub for this interview before he realised he would be #fasting!

It brings him incredible mental focus once he's gotten over the physical tiredness and cravings.

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Candy's Cupcakes is 'killing it' on TikTok Shop with its #ValentinesDay products.

Founder Candice Bannister says the short-form video channel now accounts for 30% of its business, with dedicated presenters six days a week.

It now sells 200-300 of its 'cake in a jar' every day

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Candice Bannister began selling cakes from her home kitchen with a day one budget of just £300.

Now Candy's Cupcakes has 20 staff, a TikTok Shop and is turning over £2m a year.

Candy shows off her 'cake in a box' which fits through your letterbox & went viral during lockdown.

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Padel is the new golf!

Powdr founder Joe van Gelder says fast-growing sport #padel is his oasis when not working on his #startup or ferrying his kids around...

"It's like @GarethBale11 - #RealMadrid, Wales, #golf!"

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£7.8m revenue with TWO STAFF?!

SmartFlows founder Karl Percival says it proved faster to build its own virtual developers than hire them.

He considers the future of work - and society itself - ahead of the impending avalanche of #AI

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#AI Sym workers don't take holidays... or cost you a salary, or tax... they are loyal... and work whenever needed.

Karl Percival, founder of SmartFlows, 'employs' 250 of the Syms his firm has created - and it has only two human staff... the co-founders

#founderfriday

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🗳 VOTE NOW - #FinTech 50

Readers & judges to decide 50 firms blazing a trail in finance & payments.

The ranking is supported by S&W, which supports fast-growing FinTechs & founders with services across accountancy, tax and advisory.

Have your say 👇

https://t.co/xQWFZeyoee

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✨ Our #InsurTech 50 for 2025 ✨

Readers/judges decide 50 firms blazing trail in insurance.

👇 ranking & full profiles for
@GenasysTech
@peppercorn_ai
@GigasureLife
@McKenzie_Int
@Pikl_UK
@intelligentaiuk
@optalitix

Many thanks to our judges 🙏

https://t.co/rQ2W45qnUQ

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🗳 VOTE NOW in the #InsurTech 50!

Readers & judges (see below) to decide the 50 firms blazing a trail in #insurance.

• Janine Hirt, @InnFin
• Melissa Collett, @Insurtech_UK
• Paddy Goodlet, @KPMG
• @JonathanSymcox, BusinessCloud

Have your say 👇

https://t.co/XPaxhEm5yi

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✨Revealed: #PropTech 50 for 2025✨

Readers & judges decide the 50 firms blazing a trail in #property.

👇ranking & profiles for
@street_platform
@fu3eOfficial
@smartchameleon
Spring
@lettingproperty
@Housr_Coliving
Helpthemove

Thanks to our judges 🙏

https://t.co/hnOF7qICzZ

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✨ Revealed: Our #HealthTech 50 for 2025 ✨

Readers & expert judges decide the 50 firms blazing a tech trail in healthcare.

👇 the ranking & full profiles for
@cera_care
@CareLineLive
helfy
@EolasMedical
@neupulseuk
@pcmis
@SignifyResearch
@holly_health

https://t.co/pIz3doEvYB

[Jonathan Symcox @JonathanSymcox]

@Cex you've lost a customer of 15+ years.

You sold me 3 games which, when I traded them back in weeks later, you refused owing to scratches.

You were happy to sell them to me though?!

+ issues with different stores not able to see receipts. What's the point of a membership?

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✨ Revealed: Our #PropTech 50 for 2024 ✨

Readers & expert judges decide the 50 firms blazing a technology trail in property.

👇 the ranking & full profiles for
@fu3eOfficial
@CloudfmUK
@The_Depositary
@arbnco

Many thanks to our expert judges 🙏

https://t.co/CoyMZKV9ll

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🗳 VOTE NOW in the #InsurTech 50!

Readers & expert judges from @InnFin, FinTech Strategy, @kpmguk & BusinessCloud will decide the 50 firms transforming insurance with technology.

The ranking is supported by @sputnikdigital - have your say 👇

https://t.co/XPaxhElxIK

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🗳 VOTE NOW in our 2024 #PropTech 50 ranking!

Readers & an expert judging panel will together decide the 50 companies blazing a tech trail in #property from the 127-strong shortlist.

Have your say 👇

https://t.co/U4tzn0OpNK