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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 

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.

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

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

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.

Edinburgh based Touchlab raises $4.8m in Seed Round led by Octopus Ventures to give robots the power of human touch

The new funding comes from Equable Capital, a New York-based family office founded by Jonathan Smidt, a former partner at investment firm KKR

The on-demand webinars, which cover how to generate more cross-border sales and grow internationally, how to grow a sustainable e-commerce business, and how to create the ideal omnichannel customer experience, are now available here. With these webinars, courier service UPS wants to support e-commerce businesses in the evolution of their e-commerce activities under the hashtag #GoBeyond.

It’s safe to say that most organisations would like to improve their carbon footprint, reduce their emissions, and be more ‘eco-friendly’ and environmentally focused, but many don’t know where to start, or what that really involves. How much difference does it really make if one organisation turns down the heating in their offices, or encourages more staff to car-share on the way to work? 

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