Hybrid working became the norm two years ago. How has it developed to become a realistic working model for the future?
The national organisation for female business owners, Women’s Business Club, is launching a ‘Coffee & Co-Working’ initiative to bring more women together as the pandemic threat eases.
More than a quarter of SMEs believe that debt funding is more widely available to male-owned businesses than female, according to research conducted by independent asset manager BOOST&Co.
The wonderful thing about automation is that it relieves you of so much stress. With it, life becomes a delight, albeit at the expense of your wallet. There are numerous things available online that you may find appealing, and the creators or marketers of these products understand their job so well (thus the free trials and incentives) that they will use whatever means necessary to entice you.
One of the most difficult things to being a founder or running an early-stage business is the lack of human resources and the sheer amount and diversity of work that needs to be done. This can so often lead to founders getting caught in a cycle of fighting fires and finding themselves not able to have a planned approach, nor to being able to look at the overall picture of what needs to be done and when.
With the conversation around menopause and the workplace becoming a focal point in recent months, workplace discrimination and employment law solicitors Beecham Peacock reveal the current status of employment rights relating to menopause and how these might change in the future.
Investing in a new business at home can be difficult at the best of times, but it can be even trickier when you want to begin new business ventures overseas. However, with searches for ‘How to start a new business’ increasing by 200% in the past years, it is safe to say people are looking at ways to invest.
Leading policymakers, business leaders, investors, technocrats convening together to accelerate action towards sustainable future.
As temperatures soar during this heatwave, at what point does it become too hot to still work?
Those currently in the early stages of their career are facing a very new set of challenges. As the cost of living crisis continues, Gen Z’s view of what they are looking for from their career has changed. We’re seeing the move from the traditional 9 to 5 to individuals embracing new and exciting ways of working including side-hustles.
The global digital identity verification and fraud prevention company, iDenfy, introduced a feature to its automated ID verification toolkit, Face Authentication.
According to the World Health Organisation, infertility affects 15% of couples worldwide who are of reproductive age. As many as one in six couples struggle to conceive. With almost 70,000 cycles of IVF performed every year in the UK alone, global IVF cycles exceed 2.5 million each year.
Banco Santander is launching a global challenge for startups and scale-ups from 11 countries in order to find innovative and sustainable solutions for the automotive industry in different areas: mobility, logistics and transport, and carbon offset alternatives, supported by Formula 1.
A report by Utimaco has shown that the general public in the UK, as well as Germany and Spain, are enthusiastic about the features in internet-connected vehicles (‘connected cars’), but a significant number have reservations about their security that vehicle makers need to work to address.
On average, we spend about a third of our lives working, so it comes as no surprise that our jobs can have an enormous impact on our wellbeing. Indeed’s Work Happiness Score, found that only 27% of UK workers report being happy at work, with nearly three quarters (72%) admitting that their workplace unhappiness has had a negative impact on their physical and/or mental wellbeing.
Monneo, the complete end to end payment ecosystem provider launches an application programming interface (API).
Ukrainian-founded Preply, reached a record-breaking milestone in the company’s funding history today, raising $50m USD in its series C, amassing more than USD $100m in investments since inception. Despite the war in Ukraine, founders Kirill Bigai, Dmytro Voloshyn and Serge Lukyanov have succeeded in building a truly global business, expanding the team to over 400 employees of 58 different nationalities across 30 countries worldwide. From an education startup, Preply has become a global e-learning powerhouse that connects the world’s largest live language learning community.
Economic headwinds and inequitable workplaces saw a surge in female founders in the UK during the pandemic as working women sought to take control of their careers, according to new data from LinkedIn.
Rural based business communities risk being “left behind” and “isolated” because they have to put up with third-rate connectivity services, an expert has warned.
A significant 98% of UK organisations experienced some form of a security incident in the last 12 months, according to a report from Barracuda Networks.
