The digital nomad lifestyle is in demand amongst British workers. According to a recent study, almost half (45%) of UK workers would consider moving jobs or changing careers for the opportunity to travel for work or work abroad.
DigitalOcean Holdings, the developer cloud optimised for startups and growing technology businesses, has announced the next evolution of App Platform, a fully managed platform-as-a-service (PAAS) solution designed to streamline the entire application lifecycle.
Pranjali Awasthi is a remarkable young entrepreneur who founded Delv.AI, an AI startup, at the young age of 16.
In the dynamic world of business banking, the adoption of cryptocurrency represents a transformative shift that is reshaping how businesses manage their financial operations.
Orca AI, the AI-based operational platform for ships, has raised $23 million in new funding, led by OCV Partners and Mizmaa Ventures, taking its total raised to nearly $40 million.
Approximately half of all self-employed people have experienced poor mental health within the past 12 months – 22% worse than the national average.
Santander is offering emerging startups across the UK the opportunity to win up to £25,000 in funding and business support through the Santander X UK Awards 2024. The Santander X UK Awards are one of the UK’s largest early-stage business pitching competitions, having provided over £1 million in vital funding and business support to thousands of UK businesses to date.
WeWork has announced that Unfabled, a prominent destination for women’s health and wellbeing, had moved its headquarters to WeWork 2 Eastbourne Terrace in Paddington. The company prioritised a flexible workspace solution to support its ambitious growth plans and meet the needs of its modern workforce.
Plend chose Lenvi, experts in loan software and servicing, to deliver Standby Servicing.
AWS has long supported startups. “It’s a very long-term mission. We’ve been working with startups at AWS since the very beginning. The first services launched in 2006 were for startups, and so we have this rich DNA and history of supporting these customers that remain very important to AWS today. The team is here to support their success,” explained Kellen O’Connor, the General Manager of the AWS Business for Startups in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
Estonia’s most international startup and technology conference Latitude59 started today in Tallinn. In his opening speech, President Alar Karis reminded the startup entrepreneurs that decisions and innovation in the technology sector impact our future, which is difficult to overestimate.
Northstar Ventures invested £300,000 in Polybox to support the development of its innovative AI marketing technology and team expansion.
Finnish mycoprotein company Enifer announced the completion of a funding package to start constructing a unique food-grade mycoprotein factory in Kirkkonummi, Finland.
Artificial intelligence has become the great technology par excellence of 2024, and of recent years, due to the revolution it has brought about in the transformation of businesses, the emergence of new models and the maximisation of efficiency in processes and equipment.
More speakers have been revealed for Climb24, a two-day festival that will bring ambitious startups and the investor community together. Taking place on June 5th – 6th, more than 150 global speakers will descend on Leeds Dock to share insights, knowledge and experience.
The Exploration Company, a European commercial space firm building and operating a reusable space capsule called ‘Nyx’, announced it had secured the European Space Agency (ESA) as an anchor client through a new contract obtained via a competitive tender process to develop a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Cargo Return Service.
As the UK election nears, HiBob, the company behind the HR platform Bob, revealed that one in six (17%) Brits had fallen out with a colleague or manager over opposing political views. Additionally, almost a third (31%) felt uncomfortable voicing an opinion at work, preventing them from bringing their full self into the office.
Northern Ireland’s Boyce Precision Engineering (BPE) transformed its purchasing, stock holding, and customer auditing processes by adopting the Forterro MRP solution, 123Insight. This resulted in a 20% year-on-year growth and a 25% reduction in stock.
NEC X, the Silicon Valley innovation accelerator backed by NEC’s advanced technologies, announced a new investment in Verdi Expeditions, the world’s first scalable platform for farm automation and personalised plant healthcare.
Gresham House Ventures, a growth equity investor specialising in software and digitally-driven businesses, made a £6.3 million investment into data governance leader ActiveNav and cyber incident solutions provider Actfore, two divisions of Data Discovery Solutions (DDS).
