David Payne

Hiring your first employee should be about unlocking growth; the most successful founders follow deliberate, low-risk approaches. At BASE Bordon, we support early-stage businesses through their growth, including their first hire. Here is how to approach it to set your business up for success

As hybrid working becomes the norm, professional productivity centres on working smarter. For SMEs, the right workspace habits help improve focus and decision making. We’ve shared our practical workspace tips and productivity hacks designed for modern businesses operating in innovation-led environments.

You already know that our innovation centre is a great place to work, collaborate, and grow your business. But there is often much more happening behind the scenes than people realise. From the wider innovation network that we’re part of, to the flexible ways businesses can join our community, here are five things you might not know about our centre and the opportunities available to the companies based here.

For a long time, many R&D led businesses followed a familiar path: raise investment, hit milestones, raise again, and work towards an eventual exit.
That route still exists, but for many of the businesses we work with, it’s no longer something they can rely on in quite the same way.