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“I never felt different from my male colleagues until I got pregnant. When I went on maternity leave, I felt guilty about not contributing to my former business’s targets – and coming back to work was even worse. It made me feel angry for being a woman,” shared one of Sweep’s employees at our gender parity workshop on International Women’s Day. 

It’s no secret that embracing digital is essential for businesses that want to stay relevant and competitive. That’s why, by 2021, 89% of all companies had already adopted a digital-first business strategy or planned to do so.

For decades, we’ve imagined a future where artificial intelligence gives everyone superpowers. Now it’s finally here, it’s up to us to figure out how to use it for good.

Starting a new business can be a daunting experience. There are plenty of things that can go wrong, and it can feel risky to step out in faith.

The climate crisis is a serious concern for most of us. According to the ONS (Office for National Statistics) three in four adults (74%) report feeling very or somewhat concerned about climate change.

The last couple of months have been some of the hardest for the small business owners and entrepreneurs I work with.

Almost three years since the first Covid restrictions were introduced in the UK, the impact of those unprecedented days on businesses, workers and the workplace continues to play out, even as new economic turmoil has emerged.

Last week, the business revival series took place on March 21-22 at the Excel Centre in London. Safe to say, Startups Magazine has spent a lot of time at the Excel Centre over the last few weeks!

Bobby (Oshobugie) Idogho is the Co-Founder and CEO of digital transformation specialist Radically Digital. Nigerian-born, he moved to Ireland at the age of seven. After school, he graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a degree in Management Science and Information Systems Studies.

I’ve always been a hustler. I was an ambitious teenager full of dreams and initiative, and I always knew I was destined for more than just school, an office job, a promotion, a mortgage and two holidays a year.

Sam Holland spoke to Mohamed Chemloul, VP Customer Application Support at NXP Semi Conductors about NXP’s events, programmes, and other commitments to both engage with and learn from startups and other small businesses and customers.

Founders don’t need me to tell them they’re in the midst of a difficult operating environment. Global venture funding slumped 35% in 2022. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, US-China tensions, the pandemic, and associated global supply and energy crises, underpin a difficult macroeconomic setting for business.

The gaming industry is huge, with products that range from big-budget console titles to app-based games and even online casino titles.

With the recent rejection of the menopause bill by the UK parliament, a discussion into women’s health in the workplace has opened up on a larger scale than ever before.

Apple rolled out an update to its iOS 16 to fix two major security flaws in February, urging users to upgrade now to avoid cyber threats. It’s not the first time the tech giant has issued security warnings this year, with owners of older Apple models also being urged to upgrade their settings. With hybrid working here to stay, many teams are using their personal devices for work. But what does this mean for business security?

The aim of most startups is to achieve success locally, nationally and, finally, internationally.

Working from home has been largely viewed as the norm ever since the last lockdown was lifted.

Can you start-up alone?

Every day, hundreds of patients receive the life-altering news that they’ve been diagnosed with a chronic neurological condition. Right now, a colossal 14 million Brits are living with Dementia, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s Disease, and statistics show that 1 in 6 people will be affected over the course of their life. The high prevalence of these conditions means that most of us know someone – a friend, colleague or family member – with a brain disease, and we’ve seen the devastating impact first-hand.

Casual games have proven to be the “Trojan Horse” of user engagement and adoption of new technologies and platforms. When the iPhone first launched, the popularity of gaming on the device caught Apple by surprise. It was (and is) the number one app category. Hyper-casual games have dominated the app game charts for years. When Facebook launched to a wider audience than college campuses, it was casual and social games that helped them breakthrough to wider audience demographics that became crucial to their future.