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Scottish startup serves up an ace in tennis for the disabled

Founded by former tennis professional Collin Powers, Ellyra is a VR tennis simulator created to allow those previously excluded from tennis because of social, economic or disability reasons to enjoy training, playing, and competing in the game.

Fintech Week London industry review addresses explosive growth and rapid decline in funding and valuations

Partners sought to collaborate on investigation into how to protect and support the fintech industry through market volatility

Konfir launches its instant employment verification platform for the UK

Konfir, which recently raised £1.6m, launches the new platform at a time when one in five UK workers are likely to change jobs in the next 12 months

Cirotta stops phone hacking and data privacy invasion in its tracks

Cirotta, an Israeli startup specialising in advanced smartphone anti-surveillance technology, announced the launch and availability of its anti-hacking phone cases, creating a physical security barrier between cybercriminals and the data on a smartphone.

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We are giving away 2 tickets to this year’s Hustle Awards and a bottle of champagne! You have three chances to win as we will be giving away a pair of tickets each week throughout July.

Employers can help with the cost of living – without giving pay rises

The soaring cost of living will be affecting many employees in numerous ways and having a detrimental impact on their health and wellbeing. In fact, research has found that 72% of those seeking debt help say debt makes them ill and 77% of employees say that money worries impact them at work. However, there are steps that employers can take to help employees make their money go further.

Exchange startup support scheme on the hunt for next generation of tech trailblazers

Exchange, has opened applications to find its fourth cohort of tech entrepreneurs who are disrupting and leading their fields. The tech start-up support scheme has seen its members scale, raise millions of pounds in funding, create hundreds of jobs, and win a series of national awards

PP Control & Automation launches PP+ to help bridge ‘valley of death’

A UK manufacturing outsourcing specialist is aiming to help domestic businesses cross the well-publicised ‘valley of death’.

Content creator platform building steady incomes and connecting with new audiences

The multibillion-pound industry of beauty vloggers, game streamers, fitness influencers, newsletter writers, podcast producers, and social media stars who make up the ‘creator economy,’ was around well before the pandemic, but since 2020 the economy has flourished, seeing more people than ever seek out and invest in digital tools to promote their new creative projects.

Protecting your business when a cybersecurity incident strikes

Ensuring that businesses are properly prepared to react to a cyber attack, and to secure assets and data afterward, is entirely dependent on the proactive steps businesses take in advance so they can respond to such an incident quickly and efficiently. James Tamblin, BlueVoyant UK President discusses how to protect your business when a cyber incident strikes.

Profitability vs. growth: the key for a technology company to survive

It is no secret that the technology sector is not going through the best of times. We have seen several unicorns make drastic decisions about their businesses, announcing layoffs and exiting markets in which they were present in order to reduce costs and preserve their liquidity.

Only a quarter of accountants offer cash flow support to SMEs

Accounting firms are missing a key opportunity to adopt Open Banking to help meet the needs of small businesses facing a cash flow squeeze, according to a report by iwoca, one of Europe’s largest small business lenders, and AccountingWeb.

Business leaders reject 4-day working week amidst worsening economic landscape

Vistage has released its quarterly UK SME CEO Confidence Index for Q2 2022. The study reports that the SME business confidence index hit 77 points, a 22% decrease since the last quarter.

Recycled active-swimwear range empowers women with freedom of adventure

La Bom, the Spanish/British sustainable swimwear brand for all active women, launches today in the UK and with the company launch it showcases a collection of active ready, fully recycled ECONYL swimwear.

Silicon Valley Pioneer ‘Drishti’ Wins IERA Robotics Award 2022

This year’s ‘Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Robotics & Automation’ (IERA) goes to Drishti, a video analytics company based in Mountain View, California.

Live Tech Games scoops a hat trick at National StartUp Awards

Midlands-founded startup Live Tech Games, now based in London, has been awarded three awards at the Midlands final of the illustrious National StartUp Awards.

UK gets first hydrogen electric truck with landmark Tevva launch

Electric and hydrogen truck pioneer Tevva is to make history today by launching the first hydrogen fuel cell-supported heavy goods vehicle (HGV) to be manufactured, designed and mass produced in the UK.

Collision Brings Tech Startups Access to Investors, Partners and Mentors

Among mainstream technology companies, the Collision Conference in Toronto may well have an identity problem but for 1,500-plus startups from Canada and around the world, Collision is both a well-known and highly impactful entity.

Dublin Tech Summit: The big trends and takeaways

If you have not been over to Dublin before, you may not be aware what a hub it is, not just for technology, but also for budding entrepreneurs and the startups community. That is why the Dublin Tech Summit is Europe’s Fastest Growing Tech Conference and full of insight and talent.

Tech Nation launches new data-driven growth platform

In light of data outlining the challenge ahead for UK tech, Tech Nation launches its Growth Platform to guide over 6,000 UK tech startups and scaleups through their scaling journey at speed and creating more UK success stories, marking a new chapter for Tech Nation.