Is your home office cybersafe?

Recent studies show around 40% of Brits work from home, spending an average of 1.5 days at their home office desks.

Is your home office making you sick?

Sick building syndrome is an elusive health condition – we have a limited understanding of it, other than its core symptoms and that it’s most commonly developed by poor office environments.

Why microlearning is the driving force in edtech

In a world where change is the only constant, the demand for agile and effective learning solutions has never been greater. This reality is why EdTech embraces microlearning to satiate the appetite for knowledge through engaging learning experiences. The question is, how? What makes microlearning so effective?

Bootstrapping your way to business success

It’s become almost de rigueur to see entrepreneurs talk about landing an angel investor, their latest funding round or a crowdfunding campaign. Modern businesses have more financing opportunities open to them than ever before, but this can leave a lot of would-be entrepreneurs thinking the only way to success is through outside investment.

Skills Bootcamps can encourage upward social mobility, says employment charity

The employment charity, Generation UK, has released its first Social Impact report, which demonstrates how Skills Bootcamps can improve the job prospects and the lives of three million UK people who are out of work.

National Inclusion Week: Top Tips for Startups

In an increasingly interconnected and diverse world, the value of inclusivity cannot be overstated. It is the foundation that vibrant and thriving communities, organisations and societies are built.

In Good Company launches platform to revolutionise ethical consumerism in London

In Good Company, a tech-for-good startup committed to promoting ethical, sustainable, and socially-conscious businesses in London, has announced the official launch of its new web platform, now available to the public at ingood.app.

KYC startup Togggle wins TechChill Milano Fifty Founders Battle and 10,000 EUR, no strings attached

Togggle, a KYC startup from the UK, has been crowned the winner of the Fifty Founders Battle at TechChill Milano, 2023. The Fifty Founders Battle received 316 applications from 39 countries, making it the most international pitch battle in TechChill history, with applicants from the USA and Canada to Indonesia and Ghana.

FuturePlus Partners with Expect to Reduce 500 Megatonnes of Carbon by 2030

Sustainability and ESG management and reporting platform FuturePlus is working with AI-driven Climate Action Platform Expect AI, to solve the complexities of carbon accounting and data accuracy across all industries, and in businesses of all sizes. Expect’s mission is to reduce carbon by 500mt (megatonnes) this decade – the equivalent of 22 years’ worth of annual emissions from a company like Apple Inc.

A Step-by-Step Security Plan for Startups

Cyberattacks pose a serious risk to all businesses, particularly startups. We often hear of larger organisations falling victim to cyberattacks, but startups are desirable targets for threat actors too. Unfortunately, they are often unaware of the looming risk posed on them by the ever-growing threat landscape.

Rightcharge welcomes raft of new hires

The electric vehicle charging company Rightcharge has appointed automotive industry veteran David Betteley and business growth experts Grethe Skundberg and Julia Stent to its board, to further accelerate its UK operations and set sights on international expansion.

The art of balancing leadership and management in a startup

Thought leadership concerning startups often discusses the need for both effective leadership and management. However, it can be difficult to understand the differences between leadership and management and how to correctly balance the two of these facets. Startups often face many unique challenges and adaptable leadership and highly-skilled management skills are essential for facing these challenges.

Lack of cyber education leaves businesses exposed

Employees are behind a widening gap in the cybersecurity of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) a new survey released today reveals, as over three-quarters of SMEs’ C-suite and senior managers admit they have no confidence their teams are operating their own devices securely.

Report finds data compliance woes still haunt fintechs

Based on industry research it conducted during Sibos, payments and transaction data management company, Intix, has announced new findings that examines the biggest challenges facing financial institutions when it comes to compliance, regulations, and gaining actionable insights from transaction data.

New platform to simplify startup investment and foster deeptech growth

INTEMA, a venture fund and consulting company based in Luxembourg, renowned for its AI and deeptech proficiency, is introducing The INTEMA Platform.

Hexagon’s Sixth Sense Announces Nine Startups to Transform Manufacturing

Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division has announced the nine manufacturing startups chosen for its third Sixth Sense cohort. The selected companies were chosen from a highly competitive pool of hundreds of applicants, distinguishing themselves with groundbreaking solutions addressing critical manufacturing challenges, with a focus on sustainability and digital reality.

13 startups join Discovery Spark life science programme

Thirteen life science startups have been accepted onto Discovery Park’s new business support programme and competition, Discovery Spark. The eight-week Discovery Spark programme will equip the early-stage companies with the necessary skills to catalyse their business growth plans and gives them the chance to win a business support package worth over £100,000.

Unicorn startup competition: applications open

Sigma Software Group launches the UNICORN Startup Competition for startups from Ukraine and the EU. The contest is structured to guide startups through different stages, offering an intensive two-week program to support dynamic interaction.

Vagaro and Liberis Team Up to Offer Beauty and Wellness Merchants Personalized Access to Finance

Vagaro, a comprehensive business management platform for the beauty, wellness, and fitness industries has officially launched a partnership with Liberis, a global embedded business finance platform, to offer revenue-based finance to more than 220,000 service providers.

Surge in eco-conscious small businesses hits record high

Set against a year of erratic financial challenges, research from Novuna Business Finance reveals that small businesses remain steadfast and resolute in their commitment to being green.