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Sky Connect launches its full fibre capability, offering small businesses uniquely flexible ultrafast business broadband, Sky Connect believes small businesses deserve better: better service, better products and better technology

Fresh YouGov data reveals the nation’s dream and nightmare bosses

HumanForest creates its new Challenges Scheme to encourage sustainable wellbeing amongst its riders. These Challenges will measure three key metrics; CO2 saved, time spent outdoors and kilojoules of energy burnt

Figures show that forward thinking UK tech businesses lead the way in Europe when it comes to securing funding. The data reveals that companies operating in this sector raised a record-breaking £29bn this year – nearly double that in Germany and more than triple the amount in France.

All in one loyalty e-wallet app has over 250 brands signed up, including Sky, eBay, Selfridges and HelloFresh

69% of respondents in a survey conducted by Solopress in November 2021 said that the pandemic accelerated innovation within their business.

Electronics design and software team, Ignys who were also nominated for Start-up Electronics Business of the Year, have been awarded the highly prestigious Design Team of the Year award at Elektra – the electronics industry’s biggest ceremony in over 18 months. Fresh off the back of The AI Journal’s Global Excellence Awards, where Ignys scooped Small Sized Company of the Year, the Nottingham-based team took home this top prize.

Performance Management is a vital part of business success. It can often be neglected by hard-working, high-paced, multi-tasking business owners, but it is a key part of employment for any business and mastering it will help your employees to work at their best to grow your business. 

Over half of the UK’s small and medium size businesses have a positive financial outlook for 2022 despite increased levels of debt, reveals Legal & General research

Transformational small business data provider, Uplinq Financial Technologies (Uplinq), has now fully launched its service to customers and sales partners worldwide.

Effectively managing mental wellbeing at work is an area of growing importance for many business owners, as the impact of the last year and a half continues to take its toll on the employment market.

Disruptive food tech start-up provides unique investment opportunity as business sets sights on nationwide expansion and a £3m gross merchandise value in 2022

There’s more of an onus than ever for businesses to adopt greener practices and help to preserve the planet for future generations. The COP26 summit, along with the COVID-19 pandemic, has elevated consumer awareness of wider environmental issues and amplified the pressure on businesses to make conspicuous and meaningful changes.

Welsh technology firm BrandLab360 has launched ‘Maison Too Faced’ – a first-of-its-kind virtual reality shopping experience for Estée Lauder Companies brand, Too Faced

Solivus’ crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube has raised over £2.6m from over 1,000 investors

Startups in a good place with huge investment seen throughout covid-19 pandemic, with the second quarter of 2021 seeing a record amount of dollars invested

Growing anxiety amongst Britain’s younger workforce, as more report isolation and stress since the start of the pandemic. 

Digital Horizon has launched its capsule collection of digital clothing designed for the venture capital investor of the future. The limited-edition collection is available on OpenSea. Investors and partners of Digital Horizon will receive an NFT as a gift, with a limited number of additional NFTs of the collection available for the wider public to purchase. In addition, the collection can be tried on via Texel’s Telegram bot.

Kolabtree’s scientific freelancer Dr. Ahmed Elewa, discusses securing funding for his startup Colorna that provides a rapid OTC test for COVID-19, and his intriguing past research that includes studying how salamanders grow their arms back.

Koia, an investment platform which is bringing alternative assets to Europe, is announcing a $1.4m pre-seed round.