{"id":37235,"date":"2017-11-10T16:29:14","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T16:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=37235"},"modified":"2017-11-10T16:29:14","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T16:29:14","slug":"business-schoop-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2017\/11\/10\/business-schoop-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Schoop to get \u00a3200,000 investment"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>InspireWales has invested \u00a3200,00 in the business app Schoop that makes communication between parents and schools more fluid.<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_37245\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 2668px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37245\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/schoop.jpg\" alt=\"photo of someone using the Schoop app\" width=\"2668\" height=\"2000\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37245\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/schoop.jpg\" alt=\"photo of someone using the Schoop app\" width=\"2668\" height=\"2000\" \/><\/noscript> Schoop App at work!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For parents, it can be infuriating if you are not made aware of trips, meetings or events at your child\u2019s school.<\/p>\n<p>Frustrated by the lack of communication from his daughter\u2019s school, Paul Smith created the app, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schoop.co.uk\">Schoop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Hamblin, the Sales Director of Schoop, explains why the app was created and what is in store for the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSchoop is a multi-lingual communications app designed for schools to further improve the way they engaged and communicate with their parents and school community,\u201d he says.\u00a0Using push message alerts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schoop.co.uk\">Schoop<\/a>, which is based in Cardiff, can send messages to schools, specific or private groups and individuals, Chris explains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe app has a news section for school letters, newsletters, videos, pictures, homework and more.\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Just recently, Schoop have been given \u00a3200,000 of investment from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirewales.com\">InspireWales<\/a> in order to further their business.\u00a0This investment will \u201callow us to escalate our UK school business with the intention of taking Schoop global when the time is right.\u201d Chris says.<\/p>\n<p>He adds, \u201cWe will be releasing new features to the app such as a payment system, parents evening booking facility and texts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirewales.com\">InspireWales <\/a>fund manager James Henderson has said that Schoop was an attractive proposition because it is an \u201cestablished and profitable business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As well as releasing new features, Schoop will introduce a new corporate specific app in order to increase their private sector clients and gain a larger organisation customer base.<\/p>\n<p>Currently the app has over 100,000 people using the app, Chris explains, and that this is sure to increase from the investment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are already in talks with schools from Dubai and the Cayman Islands,\u201d Chris says.<\/p>\n<p>He also states that Schoop is already in Thailand.<\/p>\n<p>Chris says that the future for Schoop is very positive.<\/p>\n<p>Because of the investment, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schoop.co.uk\">Schoop <\/a>will be able to employ a number of new staff for different roles within the business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>InspireWales has invested \u00a3200,00 in the business app Schoop that makes communication between parents and schools more 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