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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.

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.

iDenfy, the global identity verification and fraud prevention service startup, joined forces with VIAINVEST, a licensed investment platform that offers investment opportunities in global lending markets. iDenfy will maximise security for VIAINVEST by providing an AI-powered ID verification service.

Fresh Relevance has shared insights from their research into the cross-channel behaviour and attitudes of online shoppers in the UK. It suggests that brands should think twice before pushing promotional content on social media channels.

Data from the Intuit QuickBooks Late Payments Bulletin1 reveals that the ongoing issue of late payments among small businesses is persisting, hitting small businesses’ cashflow at a time when the cost-of-living crisis is intensifying.

Women’s Business Club will host its 10th annual conference and awards in Cheltenham on the 5th of October. The aim of the event is to inspire, empower and celebrate women in business whether they are starting out on their journey, are already established SME businesswomen or are employed women building a career.

The happiest people in the world come from the Nordics, so it’s only natural they’ve cracked the code when it comes to the happiness of the elderly!

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.

Flexible workspace provider LABS and Camden Council announce that a second group of local entrepreneurs will be provided fully funded workspace to help support the growth of their businesses.

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.

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.