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Women’s Equality Day represents an important celebration of the progress made in the push for gender parity. However, on this day, we must also consider the significant imbalances that continue to exist within the working world – particularly within the largely male-dominated technology sector.
As one of the fastest-growing industries in the UK, vacancies in the tech space are booming: companies and government programmes are racing to fill the digital skills gap.
As part of its Global Youth Initiative, Nestlé have launched the Nestlé Youth Entrepreneurship Platform (YEP), a digital platform for young innovators and entrepreneurs who want to learn new knowledge and skills, test an idea or grow their businesses, in areas ranging from food science and technology to the development of products and services – including regenerative agriculture and sustainable packaging.
More than half of Brits admit they get frustrated if they have to wait more than five hours for a response from a brand’s customer service, highlighting the demand for an always-on culture.
UK small businesses are navigating slowing sales growth, increasing payment waiting times and persistently soft jobs results, according to the latest data from Xero, the global small business platform.
Founded in 2012, Gousto, is a UK recipe box provider delivering eight million meals per month. Initially set up with the idea of reducing food waste, over time the company has expanded its definition of sustainability to include areas such as packaging, carbon emissions, and healthy outcomes, with an overarching goal for every meal to leave the world better off.
thirdweb announces its Series A led by Haun Ventures, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Shopify, Polygon, Protocol Labs, Shrug VC, Joseph Lacob and other industry leaders.
Leading European PropTech venture capital firm, Round Hill Ventures, backed by Round Hill Capital, is investing in German PropTech startup, Erste Hausverwaltung, to help sustain growth in the property management platform which has doubled in size over the past year. The funding will be used to develop new technology software and solutions for German property managers.
Right now competitor research within the FinTech and Finance industry is hard.
Children and teenagers affected by the conflict in Ukraine are to be given a helping hand thanks to a computer game designed to help them deal with the things they have experienced in a war zone.
Following a successful trial in 2020, the service is now available across the UK. Partnering with CarTrawler, users can browse and select hire cars through the Uber app and Uber users will be able to enjoy £10 off the Uber trip to help get them to their vehicle.
The Data & Marketing Association (DMA) announces its new Digital Marketing Strategy Skills Bootcamps, funded by the Department for Education (DfE) through its Skills for Life Programme.
As work life has gradually returned to pre-pandemic normalities, Lem-uhn reveals that searches for ‘how to be happy at work’ have increased 105% in the past three years
Axerve, a European payment hub, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Viceversa, a European data-driven fintech platform, to offer its E-commerce customers Viceversa’s innovative Revenue-Based Financing formula for accessing capital.
Sook, the UK’s flexible pop-up space operator, continues its mission to reinvigorate the high street and shopping centres across the UK, by simultaneously opening three new pop-up spaces in Leeds, Birmingham and Southampton on 9th September 2022.
A first of its kind co-creation challenge will take place in Munich this November, which aims to expose startups to collaboration and strategic partnership opportunities with one of the global leaders in the hygiene and health sector.
WellGiving, a platform designed to improve the health and wellbeing of employees through fitness and fundraising, has uncovered several major challenges faced by CSR leaders according to its recent report.
As Miami’s office market continues to witness strong demand and benefit from an influx of new businesses, Mindspace has signed a lease for 435 workstations spread across the entire sixth floor at The Gateway at Wynwood. Mindspace, a global boutique flex office operator, will occupy in excess of 30,000 square feet at the recently completed Class A office building located at the intersection of the iconic Wynwood and Midtown Miami neighborhoods. Mindspace Gateway is scheduled to open in spring 2023.
Building on its year of hypergrowth, Brite Payments has appointed Jan Plasberg, formerly CTO of SOFORT and VP Engineering at Klarna to its board, highlighting the company’s commitment to technology innovation in support of its upcoming market expansion plans.
Seedrs, a private investment platform with over £2BN in investments recorded to date, has launched the Seedrs Venture Partner programme, a new curated community for VCs, accelerators, ecosystem builders and serial entrepreneurs.
