How will corporation tax change under Making Tax Digital?

As part of ‘Making Tax Digital’, an initiative to make tax administration more effective, the UK government is opening a consultation for the design of a digital platform for filing corporation tax

Social Impact: Embedding social impact into the heart of business

By partnering with social enterprises, businesses can accelerate growth and ensure their operations include a positive humanitarian and environmental impact

Climate change: Managing the ‘Green Line’ to address climate action

Traditionally, the top and bottom lines of a business are its most important metrics. But companies need to start treating their “green line” – the measurement of their environmental efforts – with just as much importance

The circular economy: Enabling the transformation to circular business

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Five landmark Kickstarter projects

Total pledges to the popular crowdfunding platform, Kickstarter, have just passed the $1bn mark. We take a look back over some of the site’s most significant projects to date

Kickstarter co-founder Yancey Strickler accepts prize for Best Overall Startup of 2013 at the 7th Annual Crunches Awards

From space enthusiasts to singer/songwriters, Kickstarter has attracted many budding businesspeople since being founded in 2009. Yet the last 12 months has proved especially lucrative, with more than half a billion dollars pledged.

In total, 5.7m people have shown their financial support for a Kickstarter project, which range from small to strange to globally ambitious. Some, however, are more significant than others. Do you recognise any of these five?

1. Pebble

Goal: $100,000

Pledged: $10,266,845

Successfully funded: May 19, 2012

Pebble Technology Founder Eric Migicovsky at TechCrunch in 2013

Pebble Technology’s path-breaking E-Paper Watch smashed its goal overnight, as individuals across the globe rushed to pledge their precious dollars to the highly customisable, iPhone and Android compatible smartwatch project.

2. GoldieBlox

Goal: $150,000

Pledged: $285,881

Successfully funded: October 18, 2012

GoldieBlox Founder Debra Sterling (L) and Senior Director of Sales Strategy and Planning at Cisco Lori Sussman speak at the Pennsylvania Conference For Women 2013

Debbie Sterling’s own female-friendly construction toy and book series, GoldieBlox, resonated with thousands upon thousands of backers, as the San Francisco-based entrepreneur sought to inspire girls the way Legos and Erector sets have inspired boys.

3. Amanda Palmer

Goal: $100,000

Pledged $1,192,793

Successfully funded: June 1, 2012

Singer/songwriter Amanda Palmer performs at the Paradise Rock Club

The musician and singer/songwriter Amanda Palmer decided to break away from major record labels for her new album and resorted instead to Kickstarter. The project was an unparalleled success and received upwards of $1m from her fans.

4. Lowline

Goal: $100,000

Pledged $155,186

Successfully funded: April 6, 2012

Delancey Street in East Village, New York City, the site of the world's first planned underground park — Delancey Street in East Village, New York City, the site of the world’s first planned underground park

Organisers at the Delancey Underground look set to transform an abandoned New York City trolley terminal into the world’s first underground park, using solar technology, natural lighting and innovative design techniques.

5. ArduSat

Goal: $35,000

Pledged: $106,330

Successfully funded: July 15, 2012

Created by space enthusiasts for space enthusiasts, the ArduSat takes pictures of the earth from above

Created by NanoSatisfi, the ArduSat miniature satellite boasts all manner of advanced analytics and photography capabilities, which it employs whilst travelling over the horizon at 18 times the speed of sound.