Empowering NGOs in the digital age – Riga TechGirls launches an international upskilling program for NGOs

The world is rapidly galloping into the digital age. While industries across the board are eagerly embracing technology, there’s one sector that’s often overlooked yet wields an incredible impact on society – non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

BT joins line-up for Wales Tech Week

Wales Tech Week has unveiled BT as the partner for the summit’s Connectivity Zone, reaffirming its commitment to advancing digital transformation and innovation within Wales’s technology industry.

Elon Musk’s belief that wfh is ‘morally wrong’ shows he’s out of touch

You may have seen a recent interview that mega billionaire Elon Musk – owner of Twitter, Tesla, and SpaceX, and currently the wealthiest man on the planet – gave to CNBC, in which he branded remote working as ‘morally wrong’.

How businesses can engage cross-generational internal audiences

In increasingly fractured workplaces, where remote working is now an employee expectation, new research by 438 Marketing, which specialises in cultural transformation within businesses, has found that many employers are failing to engage with their internal audiences, within and beyond the day job, where poor comms and outdated use of technology are commonplace.

Supporting the Growth of Local Economies Through Flexible Workspaces

Flexible workspaces have soared in popularity in recent years, with their many benefits, such as the increased possibility of collaboration, streamlined scalability and the option to support hybrid working positioning them as a truly valuable resource for businesses of all scales. These flexible workspaces hold the potential to reignite urban regeneration, creating a mass wealth of benefits for both businesses and the local economy alike.

Electric Sheep secures funding to replace green screens with AI

Electric Sheep, an AI tech startup in visual effects (VFX), has announce the close of an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round of half a million dollars. The round was filled by AI focused VCs, led by Dasein Capital (US), and backed by Spatial Capital (US) and Look AI Ventures (Czech Republic).

Five essential skills for the marketer of the future

Thomas Peham, VP of Marketing at enterprise CMS Storyblok looks at the new skills marketers will need to acquire in order to futureproof their careers

 

Mitsubishi invests in Advanced Ionics

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has announced that it has invested in Advanced Ionics, a high efficiency, low-temperature water vapour electrolysis technology startup company headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Is tech the universal force for good?

The technology industry has developed in broadly three phases to date. The era of the nerds, the reverence, and now the tech-lash. But first, let’s rewind to an earlier simpler time.

Celebrating the Achievements of Women in Technology

The annual everywoman in Technology Awards, celebrating the most inspirational women working in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), are open for nominations for 2024 and have announced their new title partner, Bupa Global & UK.

Over a quarter of women have left their job after being made to feel uncomfortable

Law firm, Irwin Mitchell, has recently conducted a nationally representative study into the ‘trend’ of quiet firing. 

Embedded AI could add over $500 billion in value to SMEs globally

Enterprises that successfully embed AI across all business functions will see their long-term value spike, says Lee Chin Jian, Vice President at DAI Magister

Flying high: a Q&A with George Richardson, CEO of AeroCloud

George Richardson is the CEO and Co-Founder of AeroCloud Systems, a provider of operation automation software for small to medium-sized airports worldwide. Prior to his startup venture, Richardson was a young professional sports car endurance racing driver.

BDD secures £2 million to fuel expansion for clinical trials

Integrated drug formulation and clinical trials company, BDD has secured a further round of investment for £2 million to aid the company’s expansion in response to growing demand for both its patented drug delivery technology and specialist clinical trial services.

Support for UK fintechs with new FinTech Growth Fund

UK FinTech Growth Partners will launch the FinTech Growth Fund, the first investment fund of its kind focused on supporting growth stage fintechs as they scale.

Octopus Energy finds brokers negatively impact small businesses

Transparency about level of commissions, a commission cap, and an end to cold calls, are some steps that could be taken to bring the spiralling energy broker market under control, a new report by Octopus Energy for Business reveals. 

IT is the best sector to invest in, new study reveals

The study, conducted by InvestinGoal.com, analysed the consistency, reliability, and average returns of all sectors that the companies within the S&P 500 index are divided into to identify the most lucrative investment opportunities.

Labour scheduling in the time of a tight market

Demand for workers is higher than ever before − one in three employers struggled with staff shortages at the end of 2022. As a result, businesses seeking to increase retention and boost engagement levels need to ensure they are delivering flexible schedules that meet the needs of all employees.

Phasecraft raises £13 million to become first to reach practical quantum advantage

Phasecraft, a startup led by top academics developing quantum algorithms, has raised a £13 million Series A funding round led by Silicon Valley deeptech VC, Playground Global. AlbionVC also joined the round along with participation from existing investors Episode1, Parkwalk Advisors, LCIF, and UCL Technology Fund.

Football Star Bukayo Saka and Fiverr Launch Incubator Programme

Fiverr, the company reshaping global collaboration, has unveiled the next phase of its partnership with England and Arsenal football star Bukayo Saka, which centres around the launch of Ideatorr, a brand-new incubator programme.