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Startup life can be full of ups and downs with founders facing all kinds of hurdles along the way. However, one thing that you can always count on within the startups world is community. Without the insights and advice from the people who have been there and done it, people would just be making the same mistakes over and over again.
Hiring new talent is the most unexpected challenge faced by entrepreneurs when running a small business, according to research.
CEEZER, the B2B marketplace for carbon credits, closes a €4.2m round, led by Carbon Removal Partners with participation of Norrsken VC and with existing investor Picus Capital.
Orbit Startups, a new program from venture firm SOSV, has named the 10 startups chosen for its inaugural cohort. The startups have each received initial funding of about US$150,000 together with an intensive program that supports their growth across emerging and frontier markets.
Freedom Business Summit 2022 is a premier online summit for those looking for ways to explore new horizons for building location-independent lifestyle, mitigate geopolitical risks, and take their freedom back.
KeyZell begins a private pre-sale through a Token Generation Event to continue advancing in the development of its KEYZELL OPS project. TheK2Z Utility Token project will issue in this private phase a maximum of 200 thousand tokens and 2,000 NFT.
A new initiative is being launched to support UK-based MedTech SMEs and innovators to help collaborative companies and organisations to complete clinical or technology trials successfully.
Radiology technology startup Hexarad has completed its Series A funding round with an additional raise of £2.2m. This is in addition to £2.3m Hexarad raised in 2021, bringing the full raise to £4.5m.
Sustainable parenting platform, YoungPlanet, has recorded a 45% increase in app sign-ups during the six weeks of their latest awareness campaign, CirculaTED, which saw an intrepid teddy bear travel the length and breadth of the UK to raise awareness of the circular economy. The app is used by families across the UK to give and receive pre-used children’s items for free, helping parents to prevent unnecessary landfill waste.
On September 6, 2022, the 12th global edition of the World Cloud Show – Qatar will convene experts in Cloud & Data Center technologies, alongside enterprises. Santiago Bañales López, Dr. Antonio Sanfilippo, Dr. Ahmed Darwish Elsayed, and other eminent speakers will address the audience to discuss the need to investigate the possibilities of cloud-based solutions in Qatar.
The latest economic forecasts predict stagnated growth across the UK economy next year and a recent survey has found that three-quarters (75%) of SMEs are pivoting in response to existing economic difficulties.
MicroGreens has been named the winner of the JA Europe Company of the Year Competition in the business category, after competing it out with Europe’s best young entrepreneurs in Gen-E 2022, the largest entrepreneurship festival across Europe.
A new study by Remote has surveyed 10,000 individuals across five nations to reveal what employees value the most when it comes to ‘work perks’, and how these differ across locations, industries and generations. You can view the full story here.
Mickey, a technology startup that brings the trading of physical commodities online, has announced it has joined forces with MaterialsXchange (MX), a B2B eCommerce and digital marketplace that matches lumber buyers and sellers across the United States and Canada through its online platform.
We are extremely proud to announce the Finalists of the 2022 Women’s Business Awards and excited to see our very own Rachel Boswell listed for the Customer Excellence Award!
More than 700 speakers and 160 startups are taking part in this eighth edition, which will be held on 5th, 6th and 7th of September in Salamanca and will be attended by the European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Ms Mariya Gabriel. The event is part of the CYL-HUB project, which is financed with more than 1.3 million euros by the EU Next Generation funds, channelled by the Junta de Castilla y León with the support of the main institutions in Salamanca, such as the City Council, the Diputación and the University of Salamanca. The attendance of more than 2,000 people has already been confirmed, with very active participation.
This year’s most inspirational British small businesses have been revealed by the Small Business Saturday campaign, as it marks its ten-year anniversary with a call for the public to support small businesses in the community and shop small.
Justhome, the next-gen home financing startup, has raised €3.3m in a pre-seed funding round led by Target Global.
World’s fastest growing business events and consulting firm, Trescon, has now set its footprint in the demand generation space with Demandify Media, based in Pune, India and a divisional office in Miami, United States. The team at Demandify Media will leverage its years of experience in serving clients with services ranging from business strategy, events, content marketing, and interactive experiences, among others.
Fantastic female entrepreneurs across the UK are being encouraged to apply for a place in a line-up of Britain’s 100 most impressive female business owners.
