The year 2023 has been marked by unparalleled challenges impacting numerous industries, including IT, Technology, and Telecoms. The cost-of-living crisis has remained a significant concern. Within this context, businesses in these sectors have realised the critical importance of marketing in offering reassurance and fostering trust with customers, clients, and suppliers.

As an entrepreneur in my mid-forties who launched my first successful business in my early twenties, I’ve learned much of what I know through experience. Yet three of the most important lessons – the value of knowledge-sharing between generations, the limitations of hindsight and how to keep an entrepreneurial brain sharp – have come from running my latest company with someone who is 20 years younger.

"Tech Zity Vilnius", poised to become the largest hub for technology and creative industries in Europe, has announced its inaugural tenants.

In a world where robotics and automation increasingly permeate every aspect of life, personal branding has emerged as a critical differentiator for human professionals. 

Over the last six years, the NCSC has been instrumental in making the UK one of the safest places to live and work online.

The climate crisis remains a pressing global challenge, with 2023 serving as a stark reminder of the urgent need for environmental action.

Businesses are making positive strides towards overcoming the historical lack of diversity within the tech workforce, as data suggests that more than half (52%) set diversity targets (up from 46% last year).

Research from the Venture Capital Trust Association (VCTA) reveals how successful VCT companies have been in identifying the next generation of ambitious British businesses. Polling from 119 fast-growing, VCT-backed firms demonstrated that 90% of firms surveyed are looking to expand overseas. 

UK university spinouts have received another boost as Science Creates seals a £8.5 million deal to open its third state-of-the-art deep tech incubator in Bristol.

BugBiome has been announced as the winner of the Discovery Spark life science business support programme at the GIANT Health Healthcare Investment Show on 5th December.

One year on from the launch of Chat GPT, new data from Slack based on 10,000 global workers (including 1,000 the UK) reveals that UK companies believe there is greater urgency to adopt Generative AI at work than US companies - yet uptake remains cautious in both markets.

Rayan Jawad is Co-Founder of Growth Studio. The business has 20 years combined experience helping startups around the world commercialise technology, secure investment through accelerator programmes and grow with customised support.

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced its CES 2024 Innovation Awards honours – including 36 products recognised as the year’s ‘Best of Innovation.’ The CES Innovation Awards is an annual competition honouring outstanding design and engineering in consumer technology products across 29 product categories. The programme was ALL ON for CES 2024, receiving more than 3000 submissions, a record high, and a 40% increase over CES 2023.

With approximately one in sevem individuals in the UK being neurodivergent, according to the Local Government Association, designing an office space for inclusion and neurodiversity is crucial. Tailoring the environment to accommodate diverse cognitive perspectives promotes employee well-being and taps into the unique strengths of a neurodiverse workforce, fostering a culture of creativity, productivity, and belonging.

RingCentral, a provider of AI-first global enterprise cloud communications, video meetings, collaboration, and contact centre solutions, has released new findings from its Communications @ Work Index exposing the growing issue of out of hours notifications in the UK and their impact on work-life boundaries.