Kerry Murray of Pins and Ribbons: Why I am closing my shop

Fine furnishing maker Kerrie Murray set up her online store Pins and Ribbons in 2007 before opening a bricks-and-mortar store in her hometown of Cleveland in the North East of England. Six years on and she has decided to shut-up shop and focus on her ecommerce offering. I caught up with her to find out why.

Q&A: Denise and John Peesegood of The Groomed Man

Denise and John Peesegood, founders of men’s grooming website The Groomed Man describe how redundancy kicked off their business empire, why there are drawbacks to being an ‘online-only’ store and why jumping in with both feet is often the best way to start a business.