UCaaS provider to exhibit at Digital Transformation Expo

Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) provider Ringover will exhibit at Digital Transformation Expo, taking place at Manchester Central on May 17 and 18, 2023. Exhibiting from booth F60, Ringover will demonstrate its omnichannel communications platform and explore the relevance of an all-in-one solution within digital transformation.

Zivver recognised in Annual CyberTech100 List of innovative companies for financial services

Secure digital communications specialist Zivver has been named as one of the most innovative companies in the annual CyberTech100 list from research firm Fintech Global.

Why Mental Health Awareness Week should matter to your company

Mental Health Awareness Week only started two decades ago in 2001. Luckily, since then mental health in the workplace has grown in importance. However, there is still so much real change needed in workplaces to provide better mental health support for employees. Many companies now have mental health policies and guidelines, but in reality, aren’t supporting their employees. Mental Health Awareness Week should be a significant date in the calendar for startups.

Educational institutions are top of hackers’ lists

Amid rising attacks on schools and universities, the biggest challenge in education today is data misuse, says OmniIndex CEO, urging leaders to take every step to secure their sensitive data.

Hiring falls across the country as uncertainty impacts business confidence

Recruitment fell sharply in April, suggesting that employers are holding back on hiring as business confidence continues to be impacted by economic uncertainty. That’s according to the latest statistics from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) – the trade body for the professional recruitment sector.

Founder’s guide to bulletproof your startup cyber attacks in 2023

Startups are as likely to fall victim to cyber-attacks as large organisations. A survey by Identity Theft Resource Centre shows that 58% of cyber attacks in 2022 targeted small businesses. 75% of these victims were attacked more than once in the same year.  A constant threat lurks over the IT infrastructure of startup companies and they need cybersecurity to safeguard their digital assets, data, employees, and stakeholders.

Digitisation driving boom in cyber security and fraud detection sectors

Research by digital identity security specialists, ID Crypt Global, has shown that the market size of both the fraud detection software development and cyber security software development sectors have increased notably year on year, with this growth expected to continue through to 2025.

People-brands hold the key to competitive advantage

You’ve had a bright idea, given what feels like endless hours of thought to your business and worked on your company mission statement, which will shape culture and guide commercial activities. You’ve pulled the business plan together, developed a marketing strategy for the year ahead and set the company’s revenue targets to deliver incremental growth. You can pitch your product or service; you know who your customer is but who are you? And what matters to you and your team? Where’s the plan that guides your activities as a business owner, as an industry thought leader, or as a diverse collective of human beings?

Seven tips for a startup founder to raise awareness

Where, what, and how to ensure that your startup is talked about? Do you require TechCrunch publications to make your company successful? How do you measure the effectiveness of your PR?

Small businesses priced out of awards

Business today is extremely competitive. Customers have access to a large number of products and services and are hesitant to make buying decisions.

Chipolo collaborates with Google to help Android users find lost items

Chipolo has announced the launch of the Chipolo ONE Point key finder and the Chipolo CARD Point wallet finder, which will work exclusively with Google’s Find My Device network, allowing you to locate your lost belongings.

London’s Conversational AI Summit set to spotlight ethics and security

As the Conversational AI Summit comes to London on 16-17th May, it promises to bring together leading conversational AI innovators to discuss the latest technological advancements, deployments, challenges, and best practices across regulated enterprise sectors.

Is 2023 the comeback year for email marketing?

With marketing budgets being squashed, marketers are expected to do more with less. Teams are leaner, cookie policies are changing, Google analytics 4 has been released and, with fewer people commuting and out shopping, OOH is being put to the test. These changes have created a mini storm within most marketing departments which, for years, have been collecting and analysing data, finding patterns and trends and adapting their tactics and budgets to improve their ROI.

Sticky raises £1.5m seed funding as it transforms the value of physical spaces

Sticky, the technology company solving companies’ inefficient and often unprofitable physical spaces, has raised £1.5 million in seed funding from prominent UK venture investors to accelerate customer growth across leisure and retail markets around the world.

UK economy falls 0.3% in March, below expectations

The UK fell 0.3% in March, below expectations.

Amazon pledges to create 750 apprenticeships for SMEs

Amazon has announced that it will support the creation of more than 750 apprenticeships in 250 small and medium-sized organisations across England by next year.

83% of business leaders feel ‘morally uncomfortable’ about how their company uses data

Research by data consultancy Profusion has revealed that the vast majority of UK business leaders are struggling to use data ethically within their organisation.

Things you can do if you suspect your team member is mentally struggling

It’s mental awareness month, and educating people about mental health is essential as more and more people are affected. When people around us are experiencing mental health issues, we need to know how to respond.

More women-led businesses need to scale and sell

Of the six million UK businesses in 2022, just 32,000 (that’s just 0.01%) grew beyond 45 employees and only 8,000 businesses scaled to the point that they employed more than 250 people.

The rise of generation startup: say hello to Gen Z

Gen Zers are set to lead the next wave of small businesses, with nearly half (49%) of under-25s saying they want to start their own business.