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JFD unveils the 2022 finalists FOR Les Margaret Awards and invites the public to vote for their favourite finalist for the first time

According to research from GRiD, the industry body for the group risk protection sector, employers feel a greater responsibility for supporting staff across the four key areas of mental, physical, social, and financial wellbeing as a result of COVID-19.

Five innovative tech companies with founders from diverse ethnic backgrounds have been awarded SETsquared Bristol’s Breakthrough Bursary to join the acclaimed University of Bristol tech incubator.

GEN UK, the non-profit organisation that represents GEN Global to support the entrepreneurial ecosystem across the UK, has today appointed women in business champion, Helen Martin Gee, as a Non-Executive Director.

The last few days have left most people in fear, upset and distress. It is heart-breaking to see what is happening to the country and the people of Ukraine, and the priority for most at the moment is safeguarding as many Ukrainians as we can.

A revolutionary new recruitment platform promising to improve the inclusiveness, experience and accuracy of hiring for both candidates and employers is set to disrupt the $88bn global recruitment market.

Research from the B2B software search website has found that cyberattacks are on the rise across the UK, yet it is revealed that few SMEs are taking sufficient action to prevent this.

Trabzonspor is the second Turkish Süper Lig club to officially partner with Capital Block, making Turkey a football NFT hotbed 

Digitopia, a digital maturity consultancy, headquartered in London, has today announced that it has launched the Metaverse Readiness Index (MRI), becoming the first consulting service to guide enterprises as they enter the metaverse. With interest growing around the virtual world, Digitopia’s MRI will enable businesses to accurately measure and benchmark progress on their metaverse journey.

70% of decision-makers in London believe their businesses could improve ability to drive growth via data if it had more of the right experts in place

KnownOrigin have focused on acquiring investment from Web3 investors including blockchain innovators, crypto investors and prominent NFT collectors who share their vision for the NFT space

ExtraCare Charitable Trust the not-for-profit developer of homes for the over-55s has teamed up with a robotics company in a bid to revolutionise the mobility market.

Nosso, a fintech helping parents invest and plan for their children’s financial futures has announced it has raised $2.8m capital in a round led by Octopus Ventures.

Flux, a digital receipts and offers platform – has announced that more than one million money-savvy customers are now using its services in the UK. 

With energy prices skyrocketing, Solivus use of ground breaking ultra-thin solar film fitted to commercial rooftops could generate half the UK’s electricity

Businesses across the world have been and continue to face extreme financial difficulties as a result of COVID-19. Amongst those struggling the most are charities; the very organisations built to help those in need.

GREAT Britain and Northern Ireland will be represented by a host of innovative mobile companies at Mobile World Congress (MWC) and Four Years From Now (4YFN) 2022 next week in Barcelona. The theme for this year’s event is ‘Connectivity Unleashed’ and centres on advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT), as well as the implementation of 5G.

After opening two production facilities in the UK, within the last year, Metalchemy Limited, a fast-growing green startup that is on a mission to become the world leader in food storage solutions by replacing current petrochemical synthetic plastics.

Integrated-payment platform for multi-day travel businesses exceeds its pre-COVID gross transaction volume in 2021, marking the business’s top-performing year since its beginning in 2016

Pioneering social enterprise, the Growth Company, has launched a new national proposition, GC Business, aiming to play a key role in the UK’s business support ecosystem.