Mindstone, an AI training platform and global community focused on practical AI applications, has partnered with Templar Advisors, a communications coaching and training firm specialising in financial services. This collaboration will grant Templar’s extensive client base access to Mindstone’s AI Competency Programme.
Traditionally, HR and Finance departments have felt that their objectives are at odds: one focused on employee wellbeing and the other on cost savings. However, beyond the bottom line lies a profound truth: employee wellness is the bedrock of sustained business success.
Control is often seen as a good thing for businesses. Particularly where there’s so much at stake, including customers, employees, revenue, products and more. But it’s a term that lives or dies by its definition.
Roboteam is launching the second batch of its acceleration program for tech startups in September 2024. This program is free and designed for sole non-developers and even developers themselves who want to establish their own business but lack funding and co-founders. The first batch took place last year and helped founders from 5 different countries to launch their ideas.
Bluechain, the EIS-certified fintech transforming payments and receivables, has experienced remarkable growth in 2024, building on a robust performance in 2023. With a surge in users, transaction volume, and revenue, Bluechain has launched an opening funding round to fuel its next growth phase.
In 2023, the Labour Party promised that if it won the election, small businesses would be at the heart of its agenda in government. Days after coming into office it has already announced plans for a £7 billion wealth fund to ‘unlock investment’ in the UK, with reforms set to be made to the British Business Bank to help improve funding for startup businesses.
Innovative payment solutions provider Ryft has announced a new partnership with Future Ticketing, a next-generation software solution for ticketing companies.
Innovative tech companies like Google revolutionised the workplace with office amenities such as pool tables, bean bag chairs, and entertainment areas, which have gradually become a mainstay in workplaces around the world.
Monumo, a tech startup blending advanced AI with traditional engineering to reimagine the electric drive unit, has secured £750,000 in funding from Innovate UK, a part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
HR leaders and wellbeing professionals should implement practical strategies to combat summer burnout and alleviate anxieties about taking paid time off (PTO) throughout the year. This guidance comes from Sonder, an early intervention platform focused on employee health, safety, and wellbeing, which aims to shift companies from a reactive to a proactive and preventative approach in supporting their staff.
The journey from a humble garage startup to a sustainable business is fraught with challenges – most startups don’t survive their initial years. While challenges like funding or product-market fit are common hurdles, a critical – and often overlooked – factor is lack of a clear vision for what they want their business to be in the future.
Zoom has introduced Zoom Docs, an AI-first collaborative document solution designed to enhance productivity and seamless teamwork within Zoom Workplace. Powered by the generative AI assistant, Zoom AI Companion, Zoom Docs is available at no additional cost to help streamline various work processes.
There are subtle ways you can work out what someone who might want to buy your SME is really thinking, says Clive Stanley of Warwickshire-based M&A advisors, Acqius.
Despite the UK’s headline inflation rate decreasing from 11% in 2021 to 2% in June 2024, businesses are not resting easy. In a recent survey by consulting firm The Hackett Group, procurement leaders identified inflationary pressures on profit margins as a major concern for 2024. For startups, protection against market volatility is critical to ensuring longevity and growth.
As the Paris Olympics is well underway, athletes from all over the world have prepared to compete at the highest level. It takes skill, dedication, and perseverance to be a gold-standard winner, as the British cycling team demonstrated during the London 2012 Olympics.
John Schulman, a key figure in the creation of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, has announced his departure from the company to join Anthropic, OpenAI’s primary competitor. Schulman’s exit marks the latest in a series of high-profile departures from the prominent AI company in recent months.
Muon Space, an end-to-end space systems provider specialising in mission-specific low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations, recently completed a successful Series B funding round, raising $56.7 million.
Axevil Capital’s mobile app is breaking down barriers for venture capitalists and aspiring investors. The app enables users to quickly invest in companies that analysts have thoroughly vetted and recognised, read all necessary information about every startup, and monitor reports. You conduct the entire process and documentation electronically, directly from your phone.
Towergate Health & Protection has emphasised the need for employers to actively address the issue of loneliness, which affects 20% of employees worldwide, according to Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace report. This report highlights that one in five workers experience daily loneliness, calling for robust health and wellbeing support from employers.
PHINXT Robotics, an AI-driven robotics software company, has secured £2 million in an oversubscribed funding round. This round was led by Sure Valley Ventures and included participation from Ada Ventures, Heartfelt, and Atlas Ventures.
