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Futurebuild is setting the stage for the construction industry to come together and share innovations in our joint goal of net zero. Taking place from March 7th to March 9th at London’s ExCeL, it will see creative startups and SMEs given the chance to share their pioneering ideas and products working to make net zero possible. The event is a unique opportunity to witness ground-breaking change first-hand, so we have put together five ways in which you can make the most out of Futurebuild 2023.

Quite an event, that was! Discover the highlights and takeaways from this year’s unmissable E-Commerce Berlin Expo, where industry giants gathered to showcase their latest ideas, products, and services.

Now in its fifth year, World Summit AI Americas will return to Montréal on 19th and 20th April 2023 and once again bring together global AI leaders from enterprise, big tech, startups, academia, law, government and investment to tackle the most burning AI issues and set the global AI agenda.

Elite Business, the publication dedicated to inspiring Britain’s SMEs, is celebrating 10 years of entrepreneurship with livestream panel discussions at the UK’s top business expos.

On Saturday 11 March Brighton & Hove’s most established independent coworking community, PLATF9RM, is back for their fourth annual Kickass Women event celebrating the achievements of the inspiring women in our community and beyond.

The phenomenal rise of online marketplaces in the last several years has seen eCommerce become a key strategic consideration for practically every retail business. Those wishing to launch, grow and reach new audiences need look no further than huge online marketplaces such as Amazon, eBay and many more.

Hear ye, hear ye! Startups Magazine’s second event of 2023 will commence on March 29th, 2023 in the glorious seaside town of Brighton! Get tickets HERE.

Storyblok has released a survey of 6,000 consumers and 500 business leaders at medium sized ecommerce businesses across Europe and the US on the website features that influence their purchasing decisions.

Ahead of International Women’s Day Raffolux, the UK’s leading digital raffling platform, shares that the UK has seen the biggest increase in the number of women on boards since 2016. The company analysed data from the annual FTSE Women Leaders Report to reveal that the UK experienced a +12.5% increase in the number of women on boards between 2016 and 2021. The increase is the largest seen in a list of similar countries.

According to the CBI, UK job vacancies are reaching record highs, currently at 147% of the February 2020 average. In those three years, an estimated half a million people of working age have left the UK labour market, and more than three-quarters of UK businesses say that access to labour is threatening UK competitiveness. Denis Dorval, Vice President of International, JumpCloud, highlights how to bridge the digital skills gap with new tech investment.

After being in Colombia for the first time last year for an incredible successful 2022 edition, BIME returns to Bogota once again to host the first 2023 edition.

UK care-tech startup Milbotix Ltd announces an investment round to complete the development of SmartSocks that track signs of stress and agitation in people with neurocognitive diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.

New research released today by Ricoh Europe reveals a disconnect between employer and employee perceptions of the workplace experience.

With only a few days until The Workspace Design Show returns to London’s Business Design Centre, on 27-28 February 2023, here is a taste of what to expect. The show brings together striking features, a thought-provoking programme of talks featuring a whole host of speakers, from developers to architects and their blue-chip clients, along with accomplished exhibitors showcasing the latest workplace interiors innovations. All of this incredible content aligns perfectly with the show’s theme, Destination Workplace: Places Where People Want To Be.

Step Conference 2023, the leading technology festival for emerging markets, kicks off its 11th edition today. It is presented by Dubai Internet City, a member of TECOM Group PJSC, and powered by Tap Payments.

From hundreds of entries across every sectors, Altnets has been ranked 35th overall in the Elite Business 100 (EB100). The Brighton-based telecoms supplier will celebrate at an awards evening on March 17th in London and be included in the EB100 digital guide and online directory, with a viewership of over half a million people.

Technology industry leaders have been invited to Parliament for a special debate on the UK’s digital skills crisis.

Women founded more than 150,000 new companies last year despite a more challenging economic environment. The resilience of female entrepreneurs is underlined by data which shows that female founders started more firms in 2022 than ever before. The figures are published today in the Rose Review Progress Report 2023, which sets fresh goals to provide record levels of support for female entrepreneurs and drive up the numbers of female angel investors.

Espria, a leader in digital workspace solutions, is taking its expertise across the country with the most advanced technologies in security, document solutions, communications, automation, and more as their Optimise IT event goes on the road.

New research has revealed that Manchester is the gaming capital of the UK.