Soula.care, an AI-powered maternity care solution for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, has partnered up with Google to become one of the first non-medical health solutions to use Med-PaLM 2 (medical language model) for safe communication on pregnancy wellbeing and parenthood topics with the chatbot.

In today's digital age, data privacy and security are of utmost importance for all businesses, including startups. According to research, cyber-attacks against small and medium businesses in the UK soared by 15% in 2022, with more than half (54%) of SMEs experiencing some form of cyber-attack last year, up from 39% in 2020. The findings also uncover that 18% of SMEs said their business was not protected with cybersecurity software.

A new private sector-backed initiative is set to turbocharge the UK’s SMEs to increase their footprint and exporting power. 

Your personal wellbeing should be one of your highest priorities in life, although in the UK, the percentage of adults in the UK that reported very high levels of life satisfaction has decreased over the last year, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Inflation and supply chain disruptions have had a cascading effect on bottom lines, particularly impacting small to medium businesses (SMBs).

Data is a crucial asset for companies, especially startups. And accurate analysis of this data is equally important as they drive relevant strategies.

A raft of start-ups working at the interface between climate change and human health have received financial backing and commercial support from global healthcare provider Bupa, to focus on the link between the environment and health.

Workplaces across the country aren’t providing working mothers with the support packages, pay-rises and promotions they need – according to a new survey of 6,000 UK professionals (in white collar jobs).

Zoom Video Communications has announced the launch of the Intelligent Director for Zoom Rooms.

NatWest is offering 24 months of free business banking to UK businesses switching their main business banking account to NatWest.

bp ventures has invested €7.5 million in the Service4Charger GmbH, a Berlin-based provider for the planning, installation, operation and maintenance of EV charging infrastructure.

The birth of the internet only happened 40 years ago, when Tim Berners-Lee proposed the idea of a web of information. In a relatively short period of time, digital and technological solutions have boomed.

Employers are not providing the health and wellbeing support they themselves believe their employees want and need, according to new research from Towergate Health & Protection. The research took place among UK companies of all sizes and all industries across the UK. Directed at the employers, it asked what health and wellbeing support they thought was most important to their staff, and what they actually provide.

Every year, an estimated 12 billion working days are lost across the globe as a result of depression and anxiety. Not only does this bring a deep mental cost to those suffering, but it has a direct knock-on effect on businesses to the tune of $1 trillion in lost productivity.

Algorithmiq, a scaleup developing quantum algorithms to solve the most complex issues in life sciences, has raised $15 million. The Series A round was led by Inventure VC, one of the most experienced Nordic venture funds.