Umi hotels and web agency 2am have released a new accommodation booking engine which enables users to book a room from their smart phone and helps independent hotels compete against larger industry players with greater online visibility. BookItWith is a secure online booking system that has been seven months in the making and is now [...]

London businessman, Steve Lowy, is in the running to be crowned Entrepreneur of the Year in the nationwide Nectar Business Small Business Awards, which will be judged by one of the stars of hit BBC TV show Dragon’s Den, James Caan. Steve, who set up umi hotels, has been short-listed to the last five entrepreneurs [...]