Baking ESG into business: golden shares explained

Tony Chocolonely, the ethical chocolate brand, recently hit the headlines for introducing a ‘golden share’ mechanism to their business to protect the company’s ethical strategy.

How to Use AI to Enhance Customer Experience in Fintech Apps

I will surely not throw a “news bomb” here by saying that venture capital fundraising marketing is going through a bad patch. Yet, some statistics never hurt.

Intix welcomes Kurt Florus as Chief Technology Officer

As part of its ambitious growth plans and ongoing global hiring process, data management product company, Intix, has announced the appointment of Kurt Florus as the company’s new Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

Google brings its medical LLM to support people during pregnancy, maternity, and beyond 

Soula.care, an AI-powered maternity care solution for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, has partnered up with Google to become one of the first non-medical health solutions to use Med-PaLM 2 (medical language model) for safe communication on pregnancy wellbeing and parenthood topics with the chatbot.

Compliance LEV develops wearable technology to improve air quality

A Scottish company is seeking second round funding for what could be a breakthrough in wearable technology and a potential solution to the fact that the air we breathe is becoming irreversibly contaminated by chemical elements and particulate matter.

Don’t sleep on this wellbeing hack
Don’t sleep on this wellbeing hack

Your personal wellbeing should be one of your highest priorities in life, although in the UK, the percentage of adults in the UK that reported very high levels of life satisfaction has decreased over the last year, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Small businesses relying on securing finance to achieve growth plans

Access to finance is becoming a critical issue for UK small businesses, with new research finding that more than half (53%) would have to put plans on hold if they were unable to secure finance.

Nash Squared CEO meets with Shadow Minster for Digital Infrastructure

Last week Bev White, CEO of Nash Squared, was pleased to meet the Shadow Minister for Media, Data, and Digital Infrastructure, Stephanie Peacock MP.

Nothing closes $96M financing round

Nothing, the London-based consumer technology brand, announces a $96 million fundraising round led by Highland Europe, with participation from existing investors GV (Google Ventures), EQT Ventures and C Capital, alongside house music supergroup Swedish House Mafia.

Digital Sovereignty and the New Era of the World Wide Web: Sir Tim Berners-Lee speaks at WMF

Sir Tim Berners-Lee arrived in Italy for the WMF – We Make Future event on June 16th. The eminence of IT and inventor of the World Wide Web accompanied the participants of the eleventh edition of WMF, the International Trade Fair, and Festival on Tech and Digital Innovation, which took place from June 15th to 17th at the Rimini Expo Center (Italy), on a journey through time and into the future of the Web and humanity.

Private sector backed initiative set to turbocharge UK exports with one stop shop

A new private sector-backed initiative is set to turbocharge the UK’s SMEs to increase their footprint and exporting power. 

Helping SMEs compete with brands

Inflation and supply chain disruptions have had a cascading effect on bottom lines, particularly impacting small to medium businesses (SMBs).

Settly raises €6 million to transform the future of work

Settly, a HR platform for employee relocation, has raised €6 million from the French evergreen impact fund “2050” and Mediahuis Ventures, the Belgian venture capital fund of international publisher Mediahuis. It is Settly’s first investment round after having single-handedly grown to over 50 employees in 7 European countries since its inception in 2019.

Why Data Analytics Is the ‘Secret Sauce’ for Startup Success

Data is a crucial asset for companies, especially startups. And accurate analysis of this data is equally important as they drive relevant strategies.

Bupa backs startups in sustainability and health drive

A raft of start-ups working at the interface between climate change and human health have received financial backing and commercial support from global healthcare provider Bupa, to focus on the link between the environment and health.

Working mothers worse-off than working fathers

Workplaces across the country aren’t providing working mothers with the support packages, pay-rises and promotions they need – according to a new survey of 6,000 UK professionals (in white collar jobs).

Zoom launches tech to unite in-office and remote employees

Zoom Video Communications has announced the launch of the Intelligent Director for Zoom Rooms.

NatWest launches business banking switcher offer for SMEs

NatWest is offering 24 months of free business banking to UK businesses switching their main business banking account to NatWest.

bp invests €7.5m in EV charging service provider Service4Charger
bp invests €7.5m in EV charging service provider Service4Charger

bp ventures has invested €7.5 million in the Service4Charger GmbH, a Berlin-based provider for the planning, installation, operation and maintenance of EV charging infrastructure.

AWS launch global fintech accelerator programme

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the launch of the AWS Global Fintech Accelerator programme.