{"id":48590,"date":"2016-10-12T23:22:50","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T22:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/?p=48590"},"modified":"2019-06-30T11:48:32","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T10:48:32","slug":"peoples-champion-finalist-2016-qudini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-qudini\/","title":{"rendered":"People\u2019s Champion finalist 2016: Qudini"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Start-up name: <\/strong>Qudini<br>\n<strong>Founder: <\/strong>Imogen Wethered and Fraser Hardy<br>\n<strong>Started in: <\/strong>2012<br>\n<strong>Based in: <\/strong>London<br>\n<strong>Business description: <\/strong>Cloud-based queue, appointment and collections management system<\/p>\n<h3>Shortlisted category:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/app-of-the-year-2016-meet-the-finalists\/\">App of the Year<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>The Qudini story:<\/h3>\n<p>Founders Imogen Wethered and Fraser Hardy first developed the idea for Qudini after winning a hackathon in March 2012 which focused on solving queuing problems in retail stores and restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>After successfully going through the first Wayra cohort in London and then John Lewis&rsquo;s JLAB accelerator, <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2015\/56-qudini\/\">Startups 100-featured<\/a> Qudini was born.<\/p>\n<p>The cloud-based system acts as a digital queue, appointment and in-store collection management solution, enabling retailers and venues to improve their customers&rsquo; journey through the store for a monthly licensing fee, and in turn boosting customer retention and loyalty, improving efficiency and capturing valuable data.<\/p>\n<p>The system is used by a number of large companies across telecommunications, hospitality, home, technology and furniture to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>Clients include high street retailer House of Fraser; which deployed Qudini Click and Collect into its Buy &amp; Collect departments last year. The company claims this resulted in a 65% reduction in queuing time and a 20% increase in &ldquo;unplanned purchasing&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<h3>Why Qudini made our shortlist:<\/h3>\n<p>Qudini is solving an age-old problem for retailers across the board, helping them to retain valuable customers and boost their revenue. Already live in hundreds of stores across the UK, this is just the beginning for the start-up as it turns its attention to the global market.<\/p>\n<h3>Where to find out more about Qudini:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Website: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qudini.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.qudini.com\/<br>\n<\/a><strong>Twitter: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/qudini\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.twitter.com\/qudini<\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Start-up name: Qudini Founder: Imogen Wethered and Fraser Hardy Started in: 2012 Based in: London Business description: Cloud-based queue, appointment and collections management system Shortlisted category: App of the Year The Qudini story: Founders Imogen Wethered and Fraser Hardy first developed the idea for Qudini after winning a hackathon in March 2012 which focused on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63583,"featured_media":48808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finalists-2016"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>People\u2019s Champion finalist 2016: Qudini - Startups Awards by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-qudini\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"People\u2019s Champion finalist 2016: Qudini - Startups Awards by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Start-up name: Qudini Founder: Imogen Wethered and Fraser Hardy Started in: 2012 Based in: London Business description: Cloud-based queue, appointment and collections management system Shortlisted category: App of the Year The Qudini story: Founders Imogen Wethered and Fraser Hardy first developed the idea for Qudini after winning a hackathon in March 2012 which focused on [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-qudini\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Startups Awards by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/startupstowers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-10-12T22:22:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-06-30T10:48:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/Qudini-Profile.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"390\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Megan Dunsby\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@startupstowers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Megan Dunsby\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-qudini\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-qudini\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Megan Dunsby\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/#\/schema\/person\/71414082e08e42767b86aac67ad766de\"},\"headline\":\"People\u2019s Champion finalist 2016: Qudini\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-10-12T22:22:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-06-30T10:48:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-qudini\/\"},\"wordCount\":261,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-qudini\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/Qudini-Profile.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Finalists 2016\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-qudini\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2016\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-qudini\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-qudini\/\",\"name\":\"People\u2019s Champion finalist 2016: Qudini - Startups Awards by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-qudini\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-qudini\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/Qudini-Profile.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-10-12T22:22:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-06-30T10:48:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/#\/schema\/person\/71414082e08e42767b86aac67ad766de\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-qudini\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-qudini\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-qudini\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/Qudini-Profile.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/Qudini-Profile.jpg\",\"width\":640,\"height\":390},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-qudini\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"People\u2019s Champion finalist 2016: Qudini\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/\",\"name\":\"Startups Awards by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business\",\"description\":\"The UK&#039;s No.1 service for starting a business\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/#\/schema\/person\/71414082e08e42767b86aac67ad766de\",\"name\":\"Megan Dunsby\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3295d96d173c0ec87376e71f6c3586d5d495ab1beec516d87c31eabffbe132a6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3295d96d173c0ec87376e71f6c3586d5d495ab1beec516d87c31eabffbe132a6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3295d96d173c0ec87376e71f6c3586d5d495ab1beec516d87c31eabffbe132a6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Megan Dunsby\"},\"description\":\"Features and News Editor for Startups.co.uk\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/startupstowers\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/startupstowers\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/author\/megandstartups-co-uk\/\"}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"People\u2019s Champion finalist 2016: Qudini - Startups Awards by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-qudini\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"People\u2019s Champion finalist 2016: Qudini - Startups Awards by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business","og_description":"Start-up name: Qudini Founder: Imogen Wethered and Fraser Hardy Started in: 2012 Based in: London Business description: Cloud-based queue, appointment and collections management system Shortlisted category: App of the Year The Qudini story: Founders Imogen Wethered and Fraser Hardy first developed the idea for Qudini after winning a hackathon in March 2012 which focused on [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-qudini\/","og_site_name":"Startups Awards by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/startupstowers","article_published_time":"2016-10-12T22:22:50+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-06-30T10:48:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":390,"url":"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/Qudini-Profile.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Megan Dunsby","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@startupstowers","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Megan Dunsby","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-qudini\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-qudini\/"},"author":{"name":"Megan Dunsby","@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/#\/schema\/person\/71414082e08e42767b86aac67ad766de"},"headline":"People\u2019s Champion finalist 2016: Qudini","datePublished":"2016-10-12T22:22:50+00:00","dateModified":"2019-06-30T10:48:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-qudini\/"},"wordCount":261,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-qudini\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/Qudini-Profile.jpg","articleSection":["Finalists 2016"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-qudini\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2016","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-qudini\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-qudini\/","name":"People\u2019s Champion finalist 2016: Qudini - Startups Awards by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-qudini\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-qudini\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/Qudini-Profile.jpg","datePublished":"2016-10-12T22:22:50+00:00","dateModified":"2019-06-30T10:48:32+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/#\/schema\/person\/71414082e08e42767b86aac67ad766de"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-qudini\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-qudini\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-qudini\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/Qudini-Profile.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/Qudini-Profile.jpg","width":640,"height":390},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-qudini\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"People\u2019s Champion finalist 2016: Qudini"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/","name":"Startups Awards by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business","description":"The UK&#039;s No.1 service for starting a business","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/#\/schema\/person\/71414082e08e42767b86aac67ad766de","name":"Megan Dunsby","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3295d96d173c0ec87376e71f6c3586d5d495ab1beec516d87c31eabffbe132a6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3295d96d173c0ec87376e71f6c3586d5d495ab1beec516d87c31eabffbe132a6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3295d96d173c0ec87376e71f6c3586d5d495ab1beec516d87c31eabffbe132a6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Megan Dunsby"},"description":"Features and News Editor for Startups.co.uk","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/startupstowers","https:\/\/x.com\/startupstowers"],"url":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/author\/megandstartups-co-uk\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63583"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}