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Poetry and meditation help power new research

Combining poetry and meditation may help to discover new angles on the world, by enabling researchers to take an unorthodox approach to data collection and analysis.

NURSING SEES LOWEST YEAR-ON-YEAR PAY GROWTH IN 2022

In the face of the cost-of-living crisis, nursing jobs in the UK are seeing wage growth of just 2.9% year-on-year according to new analysis from global hiring platform Indeed.

How spectrum thinking informs sound investment decisions

Investment professionals know that 99% of the time, identifying a good investment opportunity begins with identifying a good company. But, qualitatively, what makes any particular company “good”?

Less than a month until entries for the Hustle Awards 2023 open!

The Hustle Awards 2023 entries open on the 30th January!

Why the UK is still the best place for innovation, but needs to take risks

The OECD announced recently that the UK is facing the worst downturn of any advanced economy and that GDP will fall by 0.3%. The economic outlook might not be great but that doesn’t mean the innovation outlook is as bad.

Why more female founders are turning to crowdfunding

It’s widely reported that female founded businesses get less funding than male. Research from the European Investment Bank revealed that female entrepreneurs secured only one percent of venture capital investment last year.

Prioritise strengthening security to limit cyberattacks

Businesses are unintentionally expanding their threat surface as hybrid working becomes the norm and more organisations migrate to cloud services.

Will UK Budget in March spark pension exodus?

UK pension holders will increasingly be seeking to move retirement funds overseas as fears grow about the Budget in March, predicts the Investment Director of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory, asset management and fintech organisations.

Clinical trials platform Ascension-Q lands £250,000 round

Ascension-Q, the clinical research operating system, has secured £250,000 in a pre-seed round led by early-stage focused venture capital firm Jenson Funding Partners.

Fight Scout app raises $50k seed funding to scale app

Fight Scout has announced that it has raised $50,000 in seed funding to scale its app that connects users to the combat sport community within minutes.

LSE launches £50m accelerator for “social unicorns”

100x Impact Accelerator, a new £50m global initiative dedicated to shaping a new generation of “social unicorns”, launches its first call for applications. Based at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), 100x aims to nurture high-potential social enterprises, enabling them to achieve positive impact on the scale of billions.

Global response needed for Dry January for employers with overseas staff

Dry January is now a global event, which requires a global response from employers with overseas staff.

SEON PREPARES FOR BUSY 2023 WITH NEW KEY HIRES

Fraud prevention company, SEON, has announced the new hires of Ben Ortman as its new Global VP of Sales and Andrew McAllister as its new VP of Customer Success. The new additions reaffirm the company’s commitment to continued growth in 2023.

‘Peak opportunity’ in Q1 is when investors could be rewarded

Economic ‘peak opportunity’ is likely to be late Quarter 1 for most major developed economies, and when investors might be rewarded for taking the plunge, predicts the CEO and founder of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory, asset management and fintech organisations.

EVERYWOMAN AWARDS 2022 WINNERS

Eight extraordinary women from across the country have been unveiled as the 2022 winners in the UK’s leading programme for female entrepreneurs.

Revealed: The top cities to start a business in 2023

Recent years have been challenging for small businesses, with an estimated 20% increase in insolvencies in 2022, and nearly 400,000 businesses closing between 2020 and 20211.

Recession is small businesses’ main concern, with a quarter predicting their company will shrink in 2023

Concerns around recession, inflation, and high operating costs are causing distress to UK small businesses as they enter this year, according to new SME Outlook 2023 research from iwoca – one of Europe’s largest small business lenders.

That’s a wrap! CES was back, larger than before

CES 2023 concluded yesterday with innovative product launches that will help to solve many global challenges.

Lili for Life unveils lamps to help dyslexic people read with greater ease

Winner of the USA TODAY award in the Best of Tech category at CES 2022, the French startup Lili for Life is back at CES this year.

Arbe Releases 360° Radar-Based Perception, the first AI based Integrated Analysis of Complete Vehicle Surroundings

Arbe Robotics Ltd. (Nasdaq: ARBE) (“Arbe”), a global leader in Perception Radar Solutions, today announced its latest release, a 360° Radar-Based Perception that pushes the boundaries beyond imaging to provide an integrated analysis of the complete vehicle surroundings in long range. The surround data captured by a suite of Arbe’s perception radars, which leverage AI to identify, classify, and track objects in 360°, is processed in real-time to create a full free space map around the vehicle, as well as an analysis of the evolving hazards sensed by the radars.