Digital Catapult, the UK authority on advanced digital technology, has chosen six technology startups as the ‘ones to watch’ for 2022 at this year’s Digital Catapult Awards. These innovative small businesses are leading the way in the development and application of advanced and emerging digital technologies across the UK economy, and were selected as trailblazing examples of the strength and innovation of the vibrant UK tech startup ecosystem.
As the UK Government’s consultation to reform flexible working regulations comes to an end on 1 December 2021, new research from Soffos.ai reveals that half of UK workers are keen for flexible working practices to be stipulated by law.
As the world of fashion is growing at a rapid rate, but so is the footprint the industry is leaving on the planet, we spoke to Stefan Hauswiesner, CEO and co-founder of Reactive Reality, the augmented reality leader enhancing e-commerce for retailers, who explained more about the vital role that AR will play in reducing the carbon footprint of the fashion industry and some of the key consumer fashion trends of that we will see in 2022.
AI Startup Incubator’s portfolio grows with AssetFloow and their new sensorless AI software that enables retailers to understand customers’ behavior and movement in the store. AssetFloow’s solution provides analysis, prediction, and workflow improvement, making current retailers’ decision-making more efficient. Headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal, AssetFloow currently operates in Europe, plans to enter the Czech market, and expands its technology overseas.
Over 2,500 people were welcomed through the doors of Islington’s Business Design Centre at the inaugural Workspace Design Show to see the wealth of new products and leading-edge discussions. The event united industry colleagues with each other after a pandemic-induced hiatus of over eighteen months with an overall theme of ‘Redesigning tomorrow’s commercial interiors together’.
Looking back at COP26 Clim8, a new climate impact investing app, has shared comments and tips on how consumers can invest their savings and positively impact climate change.
In November 2021, 28% of businesses were reporting a decrease in turnover compared with normal expectations for this time of year as the negative impacts of COVID-19 on trade remain. However, as another festive period is upon us, Christmas shopping presents an unrivalled opportunity for shoppers to support their local independent businesses.
With extraordinary women from across different parts of the country, a variety of backgrounds and industries, the 19th annual NatWest everywoman Awards brought these entrepreneurs together having one thing in common – being some of the UK’s most inspiring females, recognising their outstanding achievements during one of the most challenging periods for businesses in living memory.
Brits are being urged to support this weekend’s Small Business Saturday bonanza as a whole host of local events boost and celebrate small firms nationwide.
InterSystems, an innovative data technology provider dedicated to helping customers solve the most critical data and information challenges, has been selected by eConsult Health, the UK’s leading digital triage and remote consultation solutions provider, to accelerate its growth in the NHS.
There have been some big changes for many companies this year, but one company that just announced a big change is OVHcloud, as Michel Paulin, CEO of OVHcloud recently spoke at its annual international conference and explained the company will be going public and making promises to be more sustainable starting with the carbon capture programme.
UK Sports recovery company MyoMaster has raised £350,000 in its first round of seed funding – with investment from former England Rugby Captain Chris Robshaw and Triathlete Ruth Astle. With the goal to make elite level recovery accessible for every athlete (no matter what their level or sport), MyoMaster is on a mission to help everyone prevent injury, boost performance, and unleash their full potential by harnessing the power of recovery.
Digitopia is the global leader in Digital Maturity assessment and benchmarking studies, it takes an independent and industry-agnostic approach. The Digital Maturity Index (DMI) methodology is underpinned by the Digital Maturity Platform (DMP), which is the leading maturity assessment and benchmarking solution for business. It supports hundreds of organisations with an essential set of Executive KPIs that help to measure digital transformation progress and success. We spoke to Halil Aksu, CEO of Digitopia to find out more.
As we approach Demo Day tomorrow (which you can still sign up for virtually here), we wanted to bring you a recap of the remaining of the six startups who made up the CRL and Mouser 2021 cohort.
After the year 2020 brought us with all the disruption and uncertainty, 2021 was a fresh start for many and a time for change. That is exactly what the CRL and Mouser accelerator programme this year promised, a change and hope for the future.
Companies risk mass exodus as more than half of young professionals (those aged 16-34), feel burnt out right now, according to new research exploring experiences of burnout pre and post pandemic from people analytics company, Visier.
Today Datavid, a data intelligence startup, and Graphifi, a knowledge graph solutions startup, announced their partnership to provide better data solutions across key industry verticals.
With the launch of Build on AWS, AWS simplified the first steps of launching scalable, reliable, secure, and optimised infrastructure tailored to startups’ industry or use case. This enables startups to focus on building their core product knowing they’re using AWS best practices for their underlying cloud infrastructure. We spoke to Katie Drucker, Director and Global Leader, Business Development, on how AWS is continuing to help guide startups in their journeys to choose and implement the right infrastructure for their business needs.
Allia is the first UK partner of EIT Climate-KIC to run a 6-month intensive Accelerator offering climate tech founders the opportunity to develop their startups and tackle the critical mission of the climate crisis. The programme team are looking to recruit startups that have innovative solutions demonstrating potential for scalable impact, be it in carbon removal, adaptation, an enabling technology or a relevant social or environmental enterprise.
In today’s world, we are leasing assets a lot more regularly. According to Dataforce, Europeans are leasing and renting cars more than ever before, including both short-term and operational leasing. Over the last five years, the leasing market skyrocketed from 2.6 million to four million due to the culture of ownership evolving.
