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The severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, and necessary Government restrictions to curb the spread, has thrown millions of the UK’s small and medium sized businesses into a period of uncertainty, and in many cases, hardship. The Government has announced a series of sweeping, comprehensive and extraordinary measures for businesses to help them weather the storm
Africa is a land of innovation! For several years now, initiatives have been multiplying to publicise the dynamism of this continent full of future. From Futur.e.s in Africa organised in Casablanca in collaboration with Cap Digital to EDF’s Pulse Africa competition, African technology is seducing by its ability to break codes and propose effective solutions to current issues.
According to new research from Small Business Britain and BT Skills For Tomorrow, UK small businesses are moving more of their services online for survival as the sector looks to take its first steps towards recovery.
A new smart employee app, called Blink has officially launched. Over the past 15 months, Blink has been developed and deployed in partnership with organisations including Stagecoach, Domino’s and the NHS to empower and protect frontline and key workers inside their organisations.
The global pandemic is creating huge uncertainty for people, businesses and livelihoods in the UK. To support those who are looking to better understand the new government financial support that is available and how it can help them, Jim Harra, Chief Executive and Permanent Secretary of HMRC, will be participating in a LinkedIn Live interview and Q&A hosted by Emily Spaven, UK Editor of LinkedIn News, on Thursday 21st May at 3pm BST.
The Institute of Coding (IoC) is partnering with social inclusion enterprise, Sisterhood, to host a free virtual workshop and inspire young women to turn their passion for social good into a career that sees them at the forefront of change.
Arieli Capital has signed a cooperation agreement with Ramat Negev Regional Council and Ramat Negev Industries, for the establishment of an ag-tech innovation centre to take advantage of the region’s achievement in turning the desert into an unmatched agricultural success story.
Plans to create a UK Lawtech research and development (R&D) environment – the Lawtech Sandbox – have been announced by LawtechUK, a government-backed initiative delivered through a collaboration between Tech Nation, the Lawtech Delivery Panel and the Ministry of Justice.
On 29th April, 2020, the Red Herring judging panel announced the winners of its competitive Top 100 Europe Award. Inspekto, the German-Israeli company founder of the Autonomous Machine Vision category, was one of the companies to receive the prestigious recognition, which celebrates the achievements of visionary enterprises and their potential to revolutionise their respective industries.
The banking platform that consolidates multiple cards and accounts into one smart card and even smarter app, Curve, has announced that its premium Curve Metal card and great benefits are now available to its customers in the European Economic Area (EEA).
Mental health startup, Flow has become the highest scoring free depression treatment app in the ORCHA App Library. The inclusion means that many NHS trusts and healthcare professionals, who have their own bespoke App Library using the ORCHA platform, can now include Flow in their library and directly recommend it to their patients to reduce symptoms of depression – particularly during the current coronavirus pandemic.
LuggageHero is bucking the trend by showing that investing in travel startups is not over during these uncertain times surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.
To help small businesses and their advisors manage revenue, profit and cash flow, Xero has announced availability of its improved financial reporting tools.
A deep-learning medical imaging analytics company, Zebra Medical Vision, has announed its fifth FDA 510(k) clearance for its Vertebral Compression Fractures (VCF) product. The company’s latest AI solution automatically identifies findings suggestive of compression fractures, enabling clinicians to place patients that are at risk of osteoporosis in treatment pathways to prevent potentially life changing fractures.
As this week is Mental Health Awareness Week, and with the current climate and today’s way of living massively changing over the past few weeks, prioritising mental health is more important than ever.
Sky Media, the advertising sales arm of Sky, today launches its AdSmart SME support scheme, the SME100. The £1 million fund will provide 100 businesses with TV advertising campaigns via AdSmart to support them during the difficult times.
As part of the EU’s collective efforts to tackle the COVID-19 crisis, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) is announcing the launch of the ‘EIT Crisis Response Initiative’.
As countries in Europe begin to ease some of the Coronavirus-related restrictions, the UK government has announced it will begin to follow suite. From Wednesday, the national population can take unlimited exercise outside and people who cannot work from home should return to the workplace, avoiding public transport.
As investors look beyond the pandemic, Clim8 Invest – the app that offers everyone the opportunity to have a positive impact on climate change through sustainable investment – has reached £1.35m in pre-launch crowdfunding from 1,200 investors. This exceeds its crowdfunding target by more than 300% and makes it one of 2020’s most successful raises on the Crowdcube platform.
After weeks of lockdown, start-ups across the UK are beginning to ask: ‘What next?’ As many prepare to return to workplaces and look to bring back employees back to work this is likely to be one of many questions they have. Here, in a special feature, Harper James Solicitors’ provide the answers to nine problems many start-ups may be facing as they look to the future.
