Christmas can bring plenty of stress but this year, with rising costs and the financial impact of COVID-19 still lingering, the stress could be even greater.

It’s that time of year when workplace Christmas parties are in the calendar and everyone’s planning their outfit. The office is buzzing with anticipation and the smell of festivities is in the air, but how can you ensure that your work Christmas party goes to plan?

Digital Nature’s digital art and entertainment platform turns shopping centre spaces into novel attractions.

From VR simulations for Championship football clubs to Atlas Mountain inspired nut butters: The Somerset startups that have nailed 2021 

Science Creates is already incubating some of the most exciting science and engineering companies in the country which collectively raised more than £18.4 million in 2021

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.

xigxag publicly opens up a £250k  funding round on Seedrs crowdfunding platform with over 72% already raised.

Research from specialist data privacy compliance provider The Data Privacy Group reveals Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs) are costing individual UK businesses between £72,000 - £336,000 each year.

Barclaycard Payments’ data shows quarterly SME transactions have risen by 38.1 per cent (compared to 2019) as Christmas shopping gets underway

Workplaces and individual workers can now sign up to a ‘third workspace’ app with the launch of the Reef App.

As the world around us grows increasingly digitised, new, technology-savvy players are entering the insurance sector and bringing with them their power to innovate, disrupt and create seemingly boundless opportunities for growth.

Swedish tech startup, Staccs - a premium streaming service for concert video and music documentaries - has revealed key hires to its executive structure and announced the launch of Staccs Originals - a production suite creating exclusive and original content for the premium streaming service.

UK businesses’ appetite for tech investment is growing, research from Studio Graphene has revealed. The London-based digital agency commissioned an independent survey of 752 senior decision-makers within UK businesses.

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.

Having had 150 successful past events, Hardware Pioneers welcome attendees to the largest show to date. Since its first event in 2015, it has gained a following of more than 20,000 engineers and technical leaders.

Trade bodies and professional associations across the UK are calling on the government to support industry-led jobs and skills training programmes – to address the UK’s digital skills crisis and strengthen its economic recovery from coronavirus.

How our mental health has been affected by COVID-19 depends on age – according to a new global consumer survey.

As the festive season approaches, it is tempting for many small businesses to see this as an opportunity to make up for lost time and lost revenues following the pandemic and not take time off.

75% of young Brits are focused on improving their personal finances post-pandemic - and many are sacrificing their chances of romance and opportunities to socialise with friends in the process, according to new research from Urban Jungle.