Finding the right small business funding can be a game-changer, whether you're launching a start-up or scaling an existing business. But with so many options available - grants, investors, crowdfunding, and alternative finance - it’s essential to choose the right funding source for your needs. In this guide, we’ll break down different funding types, explain how to find investors and highlight opportunities such as government grants for businesses. By understanding your option

Lilies are one of the world's most popular and recognisable flowers, with thousands of varieties to choose from. Full of meaning and significance they have been cultivated for centuries, with the Greeks and Romans growing them for both ornamental and medicinal purposes.  Associated with purity and innocence, Lilies also symbolise unity and peace.

Su Whale shares her tips on using alliums in floristry work and advises how to avoid the smell of onions!

It has been some years now since the use of floral foam was banned at RHS Chelsea Flower Show, (although Agrawool is accepted) and with...

Su discovers forget-me-nots coming up everywhere and explains how best to use them in floristry.

New for 2025 are two stand-out exhibits not to be missed.   Farewell Flowers  For the first time at Chelsea there will be a display of...

With more and more online retailers offering flower deliveries, it can be really tough to stand out in a crowded online market as an independent florist. But fear not, using Google Ads can be an effective way to help your florist website capture the attention of potential customers searching for flowers and flower deliveries online. Google Ads allows you to create ad campaigns that not only generate clicks to your florist website but also help to convert those visitors into p

There were four competition classes specifically for professional florists and students in training at this year’s Harrogate Spring...

One of the most beautiful and delicate of spring flowers, the Poppy Anemone is a seasonal favourite.

Both evergreen and deciduous, Viburnum is a popular shrub for landscaping and is also used extensively in floristry. It’s in the spring though that one of the prettiest of the group takes centre stage, and that is Viburnum opulus,  also called the Guelder Rose or Snowball tree.  V. opulus  is unmistakable with its large, nodding, spherical heads, made up of lots of tiny, lime green flowers. A deciduous plant, in its natural habitat it can grow up to 5m, although florists reco

The brief, "Swords & Sorcery: Fantasy Heroes" certainly sounded challenging, but nine floristry colleges from across the north of England...

Waste. It may not be the most glamorous subject, but it is certainly an important one. From cultivation to packaging and residual...

Colleagues who are pregnant have both employment law and health and safety protections afforded to them under UK law. As an employer you are duty bound to support pregnant colleagues ensuring both their employee rights are addressed and that their health and safety is assured. Failing to protect the health and safety or denying the rights of a pregnant worker or a new mother is grounds not only for a hefty financial penalty or employment tribunal but can also be grounds for a

Visiting Chelsea this year? Then head to the Great Pavilion where the well-established floristry competitions will be found. There...

Great advice from Aldermore Bank on how to ride out the current financial storm and set your business up for a more secure future.