Enterprising Women Showcase celebrates new innovative Bristol businesses

A cohort of 18 women who are incubating their startups through SETsquared Bristol’s Enterprising Women programme, supported by NatWest, will showcase their new products and services at a blended pitching event on 27th October 2020.

Mentoring and marketing partnership for health, beauty, and wellness SMEs

Small and medium-sized companies from the UK’s health, beauty and wellness sectors could gain a big business boost in 2021, thanks to a new mentoring and marketing initiative from Seenit, the user-generated video company.

Heavyweights get behind Birmingham Tech Week as sector investment grows

Momentum keeps building for Birmingham Tech Week, running digitally 12-16 October, as big-name partners and speakers are formally announced today (6 October 2020) from across the tech, business and political spectrum.

OVHcloud’s Startup Program opens up to scaleups for its 2020 launch

To mark the start of the new academic year, OVHcloud is launching its 2020 Startup Program with applications open now.  Created in 2015, the programme has already supported more than 1,800 young companies around the world (including Ant Media and Global Data Sentinel) through an investment of over £5.5 million in infrastructure credits and development support. The launch of the 2020 programme reaffirms OVHcloud’s commitment to supporting young companies that put the cloud at the heart of their business model.

Small businesses claiming unpaid invoices

The unprecedented impact of the coronavirus pandemic has caused major disruptions between businesses, and those waiting for invoice payments have been left in the lurch. 

Nine in ten millennials now expect a flexible working week

According to research from flexible office specialists, Workthere, 25-34-years-old are most likely to expect more flexibility in their typical working week in a post COVID-19 world.

Diversifying your income stream is the best way to safeguard your financial security

We are in an unprecedented time on a global scale. The Coronavirus pandemic has altered our way of life and caused anxiety to sweep across the nation. Not only in the population concerned with the health of themselves and their loved ones, we are in the middle of an employment crisis of its own merit.

UK workers would gain back £4,168 a year with switch to homeworking

Workers would gain back an average of £4,168 of their time if they switched to home working permanently for a year, according to a new study from money.co.uk.

Why times of crisis may be the perfect time to launch a tech startup

Opening a new business during a period of economic and social crisis, such as the current pandemic, may seem like a risky venture and for certain sectors this may certainly be true. However, for those looking to launch a new tech project, particularly one that supports remote working or artificial intelligence, then there may have never been a better opportunity.

Allica Bank announces the hiring of three fintech heavyweights

Allica Bank, the business bank dedicated to empowering small and medium-sized businesses to succeed, has continued its recent growth with a trio of senior fintech hires, strengthening its commitment to deliver expert banking for business Britain.

Quantum tech startup raises £2m seed for new lab and recruitment drive

Nu Quantum has raised £2.1m in Seed funding in a round led by Amadeus Capital Partners. Ahren Innovation Capital, IQ Capital, Cambridge Enterprise and Martlet Capital have also followed-on from the company’s pre-Seed investment round last September, with Seraphim Capital joining as a new investor.

Double award success for London-based business growth agency

A London-based business growth agency is celebrating after recently scooping two prestigious awards in a week.

Startup Summit semifinalists: Konglomerate Games
This article is part 1 of 7 in the series Startup Summit

Konglomerate games is a video games company specializing in providing healthcare and other serious game development or gamification services. What that means for us, is taking the best bits of video games and applying them to other non-video game scenarios like education, where the main focus isn’t only entertainment. Our current project is a video game designed around the physiotherapy care of children with cystic fibrosis.

UK students to drive positive change through tech solutions

Red Bull Basement 2020 is a forward thinking initiative for student innovators in all areas of study to innovate, collaborate and help improve student life. The program, expanding to more countries than ever in its third year, encourages student entrepreneurs across the UK to take a look at all aspects of life on campus and in their communities, and imagine creative ways to do things better.

First Spanish insurer uses AI to assess vehicle damage

For the first time, an insurer in Spain – Admiral Seguros, the Spanish subsidiary of global insurer Admiral – is using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to create damage valuations and to generate an offer of immediate payment on damaged vehicles. 

Driving business value from language

At Relative Insight, we’ve always held the conviction that language provides a critical source of insight that’s often overlooked, and our mission is to help our customers drive value from all those language data sources that they’ve got floating around in their organisations, not doing much.

Five strategies for effectively using illustrations in your branding

People all over the world are spending more time online and brands have quickly shifted their strategies to adapt to this new normal. However, all that time online means that consumers are now facing a barrage of visual clutter from competing companies. 

How to make your CV stand out when applying for jobs remotely

Applying for jobs, let alone during a pandemic, can be an extremely time-consuming and stressful job in itself. It’s crucial to ensure that amongst a sea of other applicants, you tailor your CV for success – especially now that employers will likely be hiring remotely.

Change with a purpose: Putting people at the heart of your COVID-19 recovery

With societies across the globe still some way off returning to the ‘old normal’, many businesses are set to continue suffering from the impacts of COVID-19.

New health app helps chronic pain suffers regain control

Weather Flare is gearing up for their debut launch of their one-stop health app dedicated to supporting those suffering from chronic pain through immediate, tailored, and expert support. The intuitive app makes tracking and communicating chronic pain symptoms in relation to specific weather conditions easy, simple and accessible.