Tech services businesses can now take action on climate change, thanks to a new initiative built by industry associations techUK, TechNation and BIMA, working with the Good Business Charter and Net Zero Now, the small business climate action platform. The Net Zero Tech Services Initiative makes it easier and more cost-effective for tech services businesses of all sizes to take action on the climate crisis.

Designed to fit seamlessly into the lives of users, Follo discreetly secures their everyday walking journeys, automatically sending SMS alerts to ‘Key Contacts’ if unusual activity is detected on route and they are unable to confirm their safety.

The government-backed initiative LawtechUK, from Tech Nation and the Ministry of Justice, which has supported the growth of over 100 lawtech companies, is accepting lawtech entrepreneurs onto their two new programmes aimed at accelerating their development and maximising their impact.

Research carried out by card payment provider, Paymentsense, reveals that 0.2% current job applications offer a four day working week. The benefits a company offers its staff can be ‘make or break’ for many current or prospective employees, in particular as the Pandemic caused a shift in working habits. Companies are beginning to trial a four day working week, which would allow staff more freedom and flexibility.

Founded by former tennis professional Collin Powers, Ellyra is a VR tennis simulator created to allow those previously excluded from tennis because of social, economic or disability reasons to enjoy training, playing, and competing in the game.

The soaring cost of living will be affecting many employees in numerous ways and having a detrimental impact on their health and wellbeing. In fact, research has found that 72% of those seeking debt help say debt makes them ill and 77% of employees say that money worries impact them at work. However, there are steps that employers can take to help employees make their money go further.

Exchange, has opened applications to find its fourth cohort of tech entrepreneurs who are disrupting and leading their fields. The tech start-up support scheme has seen its members scale, raise millions of pounds in funding, create hundreds of jobs, and win a series of national awards

Ensuring that businesses are properly prepared to react to a cyber attack, and to secure assets and data afterward, is entirely dependent on the proactive steps businesses take in advance so they can respond to such an incident quickly and efficiently. James Tamblin, BlueVoyant UK President discusses how to protect your business when a cyber incident strikes.

Vistage has released its quarterly UK SME CEO Confidence Index for Q2 2022. The study reports that the SME business confidence index hit 77 points, a 22% decrease since the last quarter.

A recent report reveals the strength of investment in the UK’s women entrepreneurs by lenders and investors signed up to the Investing in Women Code, a world-leading commitment to improve access to finance for women-led businesses.

Organisations can now apply to deliver a UK-wide programme of activity supporting the UK’s digital and tech startups and scale ups.

Rajesh Agrawal, Deputy Mayor of London for Business has met Monday 27th June six of London Co-Investment Fund’s (LCIF) innovative, high impact investees in healthcare, sustainability, and clean transportation.

Data is often referred to as ‘the new oil’ that is now playing a major part in shaping economies the world over. In today’s digital world, around 85% of organisations see data as one of their most valuable assets. Brian Knudtson, Director of Cloud Market Intelligence at iland reports.

Headquartered in Aachen and emerging from stealth mode in May, MachineWare is set to revolutionise semiconductor design with its high-speed functional RISC-V simulator, SIM-V.

The way we work, interact, and communicate in the workplace has been flipped on its head since the pandemic. And with the shift comes new workplace habits.

Sustainability is at the centre of public discussion. In 2022, world leaders gathered at COP26, deciding that greenhouse gas emissions need to see a reduction of 45% by 2030 and net-zero will be achieved by 2050.

Digital transformation has accelerated across the world’s enterprises in the past few years and has become a matter of corporate survival, making it a top priority for boards. Organisations know that digital transformation can bring huge improvements in operational efficiency and agility if correctly implemented, keeping them competitive. Rukmini Glanard, EVP Global Sales, Service and Marketing, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise discusses.

Chattermill, a Unified Customer Intelligence startup revolutionising how consumer feedback, support, and conversation data is utilised, has announced record-breaking results for the first quarter ending March 2022.

cirplus has been announced as the winner of Best Start-Up at the 15th annual Green Awards.