Login Helping businesses and nonprofits recover In the last few months, COVID-19 has impacted businesses in profound ways. Throughout that time, I’ve heard from organizations, large and small, how they’re staying connected with customers through technology. This has always been core to my team’s purpose, but we can do more to help businesses and nonprofits through this crisis. News 4 years ago
Login British electric wheelchair startup launches crowdfunding campaign Centaur Robotics is the British technology company behind a pioneering personal electric vehicle, set to usher in a new era of personal mobility. News 4 years ago
Login Start it X helps innovate with new matchmaking service Start it X, the programme dedicated to driving innovation within large companies, announces the launch of a new matchmaking service. Start it X will help corporates innovate by connecting them to established scale-ups from all over the world. In doing so, the accelerator gives Belgian companies faster access to innovations developed in other countries while positioning the Benelux as a highly attractive region for trade. News 4 years ago
Login Copado raises $26m to accelerate the delivery of digital transformation Demand for digital agility and visibility during uncertain times fuels the hyper growth of native Salesforce DevOps platform backed by international investment leaders. News 4 years ago
Login More than a bank: bunq revolutionises charitable giving using FinTech European challenger bank bunq today joins forces with global charities to aid its mission to make the world a better place. Following a public beta programme, which saw bunq ask its users to share their insights and to test its new app before rolling out to the masses, bunq is now unveiling ‘Common Goals’. News 4 years ago
Login Winners announced of global coronavirus challenge for young entrepreneurs Lipreading-friendly face masks, digital medical services and contact-free ATM buttons among winning business entries to The AdamStart COVID-19 Innovation Challenge, as British entrepreneur Adam Bradford has revealled the five winners of the AdamStart global entrepreneurial challenge to tackle COVID-19. News 4 years ago
Login Why SME support is crucial to get Brits back to work The number of people on UK payrolls dropped by 612,000 between March and May, according to early data from the Office for National Statistics and HM Revenue and Customs that is starting to show the depth of the hit to the economy from the pandemic. The UK unemployment rate for the three months to April 2020 was estimated at 3.9%, 0.1 percentage points higher than a year earlier but largely unchanged on the previous quarter. Life, News 4 years ago
Login PHYGITAL - meet the safe window shopping solution Lone Design Club is leading the charge for independent designers in the evolution of the high street, as well as the reaction to the challenges now facing small businesses brought about by COVID-19, by going 'phygital'. News 4 years ago
Login Digital health management tool launched to support UK businesses Personalised health management platform, Span, has announced the launch of its new subscription-based business offering to help employees prevent and reduce symptoms of lifestyle-induced conditions - Diabetes, Hypertension, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Obesity and IBS. The platform offers personalised, continuous nutrition and mental wellbeing plans and on-demand consultations with clinicians. News, Startups 4 years ago
Login Helping businesses prepare for Covid-19 economic recovery Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire can now benefit from fully-funded University of Nottingham expertise through a programme which has been re-purposed to help businesses prepare for economic recovery following COVID-19. News 4 years ago
Login Mirthy wins runner up in £1m Tech to Connect Challenge The Tech to Connect Challenge was launched in the summer of 2019, in order to develop early-stage ideas for technology that enable more or better interactions between people. The challenge looked for the most innovative ideas, helping them turn these ideas into prototypes that have the potential for real change. News 4 years ago
Login Over half of SMEs believe competitors have a better digital presence Over half (55%) of SMEs believe that their competitors have a better digital presence than they do, according to new research by leading creative agency, Sparkloop. News 4 years ago
Login Startup resilience programme launched to help founders through COVID-19 Quickly responding to the impact COVID-19 and lockdowns are having on tech startups, Capital Enterprise has collaborated with OneTech and Mindful Team, with support from J.P. Morgan, to launch the Startup Resilience programme. Over six months, startup founders will be provided everything from webinars and community slack channels, to mastermind sessions and accountability groups, to be helped through this period of uncertainty. News 4 years ago
Login Unemployment soars and many look to start their own business Figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) recently published have showed that the number of people claiming unemployment benefit went up from 856,000 to 2.1 million in April, with almost 1.5 million officially unemployed. News, Life 4 years ago
Login Tech charity deploys new WiFi solution to vulnerable during lockdown Technology charity, Jangala, has deployed a new product ‘Get Box’ to bring WiFi access to vulnerable individuals in the UK during the COVID-19 lockdown. News 4 years ago
Login Data tech startups sought for latest Lloyd’s Lab Data Tech startups are wanted for Lloyd's Lab Cohort number 5! Lloyd’s are looking for looking for early and late stage companies who can help tap into alternative data sets to paint a more accurate picture of risk and help the market underwrite more profitably. News 4 years ago
Login Three pitfalls to avoid while building a challenger bank Placing marketing over product, dismissing potential partnerships and overstaying in a single market are key mistakes entrepreneurs should be on the lookout for when building a challenger bank. News 4 years ago
Login UK small businesses accelerate transition to cashless during pandemic UK SMEs are moving to accept card and contactless payments at an increasingly rapid rate as a result of the coronavirus crisis, according to findings published today by NatWest. News 4 years ago
Login Digital freight platform secures €17m funding round Ontruck, Europe's leading digital road freight platform, has secured an investment round of €17 million euros led by OGCI Climate Investments (OGCI CI). Existing Ontruck investors, Cathay Innovation, Atomico, Idinvest Partners and Total Carbon Neutrality Ventures, participated in the round, with Endeavor Catalyst joining as a new investor. News 4 years ago
Login Renegade Academy - the programme for new founders Introducing the Renegade Academy - the programme for new founders brought to you by Huckletree. News 4 years ago