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The vital role of the nation’s six million small businesses in helping the UK achieve its net zero goal by 2050 is being highlighted by the Small Business Saturday campaign, as Glasgow’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) draws to a close.
Allia is the first UK partner of EIT Climate-KIC to run a 6-month intensive Accelerator offering climate tech founders the opportunity to develop their startups and tackle the critical mission of the climate crisis. The programme team are looking to recruit startups that have innovative solutions demonstrating potential for scalable impact, be it in carbon removal, adaptation, an enabling technology or a relevant social or environmental enterprise.
Startups from all over the USA are invited to submit their application at Pitch2Scale. The Startup battle will reward and recognise the most interesting entrepreneurs as part of the two-day contest.
ROUND, an ordering app, launches its public phase of investment via the online platform Crowdcube. So far, the app has been able to raise £3.3m from experienced investors but looks for further investment to expand its business horizons.
US-based logistics unicorn ShipBob has announced a European expansion of 20 fulfilment centres as the firm looks to uncover the next unicorn consumer brands in the UK and capitalise on the continued ecommerce surge.
Commute Smart Week employee benefits expert Sodexo Engage has pulled together three ways HR professionals can support employees travelling to and from the office.
Paytech company WondaPay, has announced the launch of a payment solution platform for freelancers. Devised to help protect freelancers against delayed and lost revenue, and to help them build stronger working relationships with their clients, the FCA-regulated service with bank-level security acts as a financial intermediary between freelancers and their clients.
Investment in UK digital infrastructure could create 510,000 new jobs and add £70 billion to UK GDP over the next five years
New research by leading insurance provider Superscript, has identified the UK’s top 10 most entrepreneurial towns and cities.
Innovation hub, HOST, the Home of Skills & Technology, has secured a major contract, extending over three years, facilitated by the Manchester India Partnership, with the Indian government to support five high growth Indian technology companies with their expansion into the UK.
A student ‘task app’ that successfully connects businesses with over 180,000 students for paid work opportunities has secured an impressive £1.25 million in funding, after scaling its monthly revenue by 1900% over the last 18 months.
The post-mortem on Rishi Sunak’s Autumn Budget has focused on the politics of tax and spend, but I have heard very little discussion about an equally important question – where was the support for entrepreneurs?
SEON brings simple-to-deploy, advanced AI and digital footprint technology to world’s most popular ecommerce shopping platform
First global benchmark of gender diversity in fintech by findexable reveals systemic underrepresentation of women and investment.
As the world emerges from a period of pandemic-induced uncertainty, there has never been a better time for entrepreneurs to take their chance to innovate.
Grover has announced the launch of its first financial services product – the Grover Card – in a move to ramp up efforts to democratise access to tech while tackling e-waste.
Platform showcasing innovative financial products that are directly aligned to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been launched at COP26.
Without a doubt, the pandemic has changed our economy forever; and it may not have felt like the most obvious year to launch a business, but with Britons locked down entrepreneurial spirit seems to be inflated as 2020 saw a 12.3% increase in new businesses, the highest growth on record.
The latest data from XpertHR finds that almost all organisations (95%) are taking action to boost diversity and inclusion in recruitment – an increasingly vital way to demonstrate organisational values and commitments to diversity and inclusion.
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