Borderless Security has announced the availability of FilesDNA, an advanced e-signature solution that lends the integration of the company’s custom security protocols into a new offering for digital management of files and contracts being shared globally.
COVID-19 has highlighted the mental health crisis that the UK has been living through. Alarmingly, over 4,300 people die as a result of suicide every year in England and Wales alone.
On 5 March 2022, Brighton and Hove’s largest independent co-working community, PLATF9RM, is bringing back their annual event to celebrate the bold, brilliant women in our community.
The last 18 months have seen our working lives turned upside down, and after a period of uncertainty, a new era of hybrid working has emerged. Current guidance aside, the majority of companies are offering employees a blended option of at-home and in-office working and half the population would even leave their job if the option for hybrid working was removed.
The Hustle Awards 2022 entries will open on the 14 February 2022. We have new categories to celebrate everyone involved in the startup journey no matter what stage you’re at, plus we’ve completely transformed our judging process.
2021 was one for the history books. It’s a year that saw entire workforces shift and adapt to remote working models, transform their product offering and make decisions based on simply staying afloat.
Gender lens investing has seen impressive growth in recent years, with the Wharton Social Impact Initiative reporting a 58.6% increase in the number of female-led funds – clearing $4.8bn in capital raised internationally.
I have been founding businesses for over 35 years and over that time I have managed to make almost all the mistakes possible when launching a startup. In the last 10 years I’ve also been involved in mentoring startups in various universities, business schools and incubators. It is clear that founders are still making many obvious mistakes: they continue to do the things they enjoy about a starting a business, rather than the things they need to do to make it successful.
In this age of globalisation and e-commerce, expanding your business internationally can be an exciting idea. With just a few clicks, small businesses now have access to a vast global market that can be brimming with new opportunities waiting to be discovered.
When the opportunity for distraction is rife, startups must empower employees to focus deeply within their home environment.
According to research, 38% of startups fail in the UK each year because they run out of cash or fail to raise new capital.
When my co-founders and I decided to seek our next round of investment, we wanted to make sure the funding process brought our community closer to our business, or even, into our business.
Co-working spaces are an integral part of the startup ecosystem – they offer entrepreneurs equipped and comfortable workspace, in addition to being an affordable solution as compared to traditional offices. Many also choose co-working spaces because of their flexibility and opportunities to network.
COVID-19 has forced companies to adapt. Transforming in-house workers into remote employees has become a necessity. It’s estimated that 27% of teams will continue remotely after the pandemic, and, in five years, the number of remote workers will double to over 35 million in the US.
Startups encounter a lot of hurdles on their way to success, one of the biggest is their approach to marketing.
Following rapid growth in 2021 addressing the needs of an evolving creative landscape, GENIE have announced the next stage of its growth with the launch of GENIE.OS, a brand new talent management system that will further facilitate fast, flexible access to a pool of best-in-class talent across the creative spectrum.
Launched in South London in September 2021, reboxed is a sustainable tech startup with a mission to help solve the e-waste crisis by rehoming 100 million devices by 2030.
The world of law has always seemed impenetrable to the uninitiated. In Charles Dickens’ Bleak House from 1852, characters are entangled in an inheritance dispute spanning several generations.
Since the news broke that Meta Platforms Inc (formerly known as Facebook) will be leading the work on the metaverse, I often get asked what will happen if this new virtual realm looks like Meta itself, the tech industry, or even the broader professional world, in terms of female representation.
When I first took on the role of Chairman and CEO of Barry-Wehmiller in 1975, the definition of good business management looked very different. Then, as it largely is now, the focus was on managing people, with very little attention paid to leadership.
