Lanna Deamer

Former editorial member Lanna Deamer working on Startups Magazine's editorial team since it's inception, until 2020. She held a special interest in anything healthcare related, partially down to her unhealthy obsession with Grey’s Anatomy. 

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ADPR launches free careers advice for anyone affected by COVID-19

Somerset based communications agency, ADPR, is offering completely free careers advice and support for anyone considering a role in PR & Marketing and has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fast Growth Icons goes online for 4th year with icons distributed

The invitation-only network for founders and CEOs of the most successful tech businesses, Fast Growth Icons, has announced the online return of its annual event, taking place on 10th December 2020, hosted by Utterly Events. Founded in 2016, Fast Growth Icons delivers high quality insights, allowing founders and CEOs to connect with peers that are building high growth, established businesses.

Diversity in Tech Awards receive over 300 nominations from over 24 countries

Multi-nationals Hewlett Packard Enterprise NASA and Ernst & Young are among the finalists for this year’s Diversity in Tech Awards (DITA) which takes place virtually on Tuesday the 10th November 2020 at 5pm GMT. The ceremony, which acknowledges and celebrates Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DE&I) advocates and organisations that have made impactful strides in diversity and inclusion in the workplace and community has moved to an online format due to COVID-19.

Four easy ways to maintain your wellbeing at home

Since the beginning of the year, wellbeing has been a prominent topic of interest among Brits, in fact, searches for the term ‘wellbeing’ have increased by 257% in the past five months. As people continue to spend more time indoors, Rebecca Snowden, Interior Style Advisor at FurnitureChoice.co.uk, explains how to create a calming oasis to maintain wellbeing at home.

Cambridge tech salaries soar and demand for tech workers surge

Cambridge continues to be one of the UK’s leading tech clusters with one of the highest counts of tech vacancies in the UK and some of the highest average salaries in the country.

British tech startup is one step closer to supporting elderly and vulnerable

A British technology startup focused on helping the elderly live more independently in their own home has received financial backing from the Government.

Flexible work startup secures investment to accelerate workplace gender equality

Juggle, an online skills market for flexible work, has announced it has raised  $2.1m to date from both sides of the Atlantic, a further boost in its mission to close the women’s leadership gap. The software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup connects forward-thinking businesses with flexible professionals.

Microsoft are looking for cyber security startups to help protect the UK

Microsoft is partnering with the Government’s National Cyber Security Centre’s Cyber Accelerator programme, to find and develop startups that can make the UK the safest place to live and work online.

Unleash entrepreneurship to tackle eco-challenges

The majority of small and medium-sized businesses believe there are financial opportunities in the shift to a greener economy and that they personally can benefit from them, according to new Opinium polling commissioned for a new report by The Entrepreneurs Network and the Enterprise Trust. The findings from the report, Green Entrepreneurship, challenge the historic assumption that pursuing sustainability is a hindrance to businesses and the economy.

HumanForest launches £1m crowdfunding campaign to support increased demand

HumanForest has launched a £1m crowdfunding campaign with Crowdcube to meet growing levels of demand for its shared e-bikes.

Business Owners Urged to Regularly Test Staff for COVID-19

A Rapid Antigen Test has been launched to provide business owners with a fast, reliable and cost effective solution to help detect and curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus amongst their workforce.

Almost 80% of businesses now using electronic checks, but trust remains low

One in five (21%) business decision-makers say they do not trust any of their Anti-Money Laundering (AML) checks to be automated, despite this year’s lockdown preventing most physical checks.

Mental health startup spins out of Telefónica’s moonshot factory with €14m

Koa Health, a digital mental healthcare provider redefining care by offering a range of personalised mental health solutions backed by science and designed to improve user wellbeing, has announced its successful spin out from Alpha, Telefónica’s moonshot factory.

Xero bolsters platform automation with machine learning technology

Xero has announced the next phase of its integration with Hubdoc – embedding Hubdoc’s technology to supercharge machine learning in the Xero platform and rolling out a new update to help small businesses process bills and receipts faster.

Deep tech scaleups to complete in EIT digital challenge 2020 finals

An AI solution transforming patient care. A 3D radar redefining human-machine interaction. A machine-to-machine platform managing autonomous devices for Industry 4.0. These are just some examples of the 20 finalists nominated for the EIT Digital Challenge this year.

UK-based startup brings innovation to 120 countries

Online platform, Leading Edge Only (LEO), connects global organisations with innovators across 120 countries. Taking on the role of corporate ‘matchmaker’, LEO’s core mission is to make innovation accessible and affordable to everyone.

Third of employees have no time to take holiday

A third of employees are too busy to take holiday, with another 63% stating ‘there’s nowhere to go’ when asked why so many had the majority of their holiday left to take.

Ziglu Appoints Monzo’s James Sullivan as Chief Legal Officer

Ziglu, the challenger and fully FCA authorised Electronic Money Institution, has announced the appointment of James Sullivan as its Chief Legal Officer.

Tackling presenteeism during the pandemic

Today’s workplace culture has many employees feeling the pressure to turn up to the office at all costs, even when ill; however, the global pandemic COVID-19 has shown it is more critical than ever for businesses to tackle the widespread challenge of ‘presenteeism’ especially when majority are working from home.

Meet the tech allowing offline events to move online

[FLOW] OS is making strides with a platform that changes the face of both online and hybrid events as we know them today. Launched as the world’s first co-operating digital ecosystem, it is based on a unique proprietary framework with endless scalability that creates a new way to enable offline social interactions in a 100% customisable digital environment.