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Mirthy wins runner up in £1m tech to Connect Challenge

The Tech to Connect Challenge was launched in the summer of 2019, in order to develop early-stage ideas for technology that enable more or better interactions between people. The challenge looked for the most innovative ideas, helping them turn these ideas into prototypes that have the potential for real change.

Supporting employees through the COVID-19 pandemic

Whether you employ a handful of employees or your team has seen exponential growth over the past few years, knowing where you stand in the coming weeks and months in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t crystal clear.

UK’s tech industry will hold strong

The UK’s tech industry, the fastest growing sector in the UK, will maintain resilience despite the Covid-19 outbreak, according to new analysis from global recruiter Robert Walters.

COVID-19 and contractual obligations: What to look for

With the outbreak of COVID-19 there is increased concern around next steps for businesses, particularly regarding the impact this could be having on supply chains and contractual obligations that need to be met. As the situation evolves and disruptions are becoming commonplace, there is every chance that you may need to find alternative means of carrying out your contractual obligations.

Reusing smart phones will save over 530,000 tonnes of CO2

The environmental cost of owning the latest phone is huge. CO2 produced by the manufacture of smartphones is predicted to reach 125 megatons in 2020, and by 2040 will account for 14% of all CO2 emissions.

Women Owned: Women’s Worth

The celebrations continue for International Women’s Day this weekend with the ‘Women owned: Women’s worth event, which is designed to empower communities all across the world. Hosted by Charisma events, this event is designed to encourage everyone to come together in honour of International Women’s day – females, males and non-binary – everyone is welcome to discuss key issues around business leadership and financial tips to help bring success.

UNLEASH Spring 2020 suspended due to COVID-19

UNLEASH has announced the suspension of their upcoming event UNLEASH Spring, London ExCeL, that was due to take place on 24th-25th March, because of health concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.

Australian business visa company launches to help UK businesses

The Australian Business Visa Company, has been founded specifically to help UK companies considering their options for international expansion to Australia. With a trend of nearly two in five businesses looking to leave the UK, and Australia receiving over 30,000 personal visa applications each day worldwide and expecting a 50% increase in the foreseeable future ABV co. is well placed to assist UK businesses looking at new options.

How to work from home without losing your mind

As coronavirus continues to spread, more people are being encouraged to work from home in the coming weeks and months. If this isn’t something you’re used to doing, the prospect probably invokes one of two feelings. Either you’ll be looking forward to a break from commuting and queuing for the kettle, or you’ll be horrified at the thought of enduring your own company all day, every day.

British start-up encourages others to apply for world leading environmental competition

Today nearly 2 billion people do not have reliable access to clean water, and by 2030, according to the UN, that number will rise to half of the world’s population. Access to clean affordable drinking water represents probably our planets greatest resource issue.

Only 8% of founders are female – WHY?

An accompanying survey of 2,100 people also uncovered that over half of Britons would prefer to work for a startup than a large corporation, regardless of the risk. The research was undertaken by the team behind global affiliate network, in the wake of the launch of its Access programme, that allows startups and entrepreneurs to access the affiliate channel.

Over 50% of women would consider digital if they knew how to retrain

The Institute of Coding (IoC), a government-supported initiative designed to respond to the UK’s digital skills gap, recently hosted its second annual conference at the IET Savoy Place in London. At this two-day event, new research from the IoC and Deloitte was shared that provides powerful insights into the factors that motivate women to study and work in the digital sector.

Almost half of UK employees want to start their own businesses

According to a survey conducted by Holvi and YouGov of over 1,000 full time workers, sole traders, freelancers and small business owners, almost half (47%) of full-time employees would consider starting their own business.

Scaling sustainable businesses

For more than 25 years I’ve been helping new things come to life and scale from within the heart of a large corporate and more recently, working with startups and smaller companies to help them grow.

Commercialising sustainability for business and the planet

It’s openly recognised that environmental destruction is going to be devastating for 100s of millions of people globally and it’s already showing its effects. Awareness of the moral implications of sustainability issues for current and future generations has increased dramatically, owing to the types of campaigning that’s occurred. However the commercial opportunity of this has yet to be realised by business

Making sustainability commercial

In 2018, I joined business mix as a COO and like many startups it’s been quite a journey. Since then I’ve been lucky to be part of a great team that’s driven the business to a global scale, accessing innovation from London, Singapore, Israel, India as well as across South East Asia.

The UK’s emerging cleantech supercluster

The last 12 months has seen an unprecedented surge in the geopolitical urgency of the climate crisis. Greta Thunburg, Australian wildfires and Arctic warming has a created a tipping point in public perceptions of the climate crisis.

A little bit about Business Mix

As a proud partner for Startups Magazine, Business Mix is an innovation consultancy based in Shoreditch in London and Singapore, and has supported the magazine for sometime now. 

The concept of guanxi: top takeaways

China’s rapidly growing economy has gathered much interest about the practices and philosophies that support Chinese business. This intrigue is mainly derived from the West. The nature of globalisation for Chinese multinational companies (MNCs) has also significantly affected European economies and societies. In light of this, this piece intends to explore the Chinese concept of guanxi and how this can aid better business relations.

CerbAir announces a €5.5m round of financing

CerbAir offers complete Anti-Drone solutions to secure sensitive sites and events against malicious drone use. With a number of detection and counter-measure systems already installed around the World, the French leader in Anti-Drone systems announced the conclusion of a 5.5 million € round of financing.