“Success belongs to those who never give up.”

As it’s Never Give Up Day (Friday 18th August), I would like to share with you 6 things that helped me when I felt like giving up!

Continuous price rises on necessities, swiftly evolving ways of working, and geopolitical conflict have many members of the workforce struggling with mental health. Employers are uniquely positioned to support employee wellbeing—employees spend the majority of their waking hours at work during the week, and 70% trust their organisations to provide them with help in times of need.

The UK tech sector has seen the number of female workers dip between the first and second quarters of 2023, according to figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS).

Next month (5th September), a significant milestone will be reached in the UK's Big Switch Off journey. BT Openreach will be implementing the national stop sell of analogue phone systems. This move is set to reshape the traditional method of communication forever, but what does this mean for businesses across the country?

In times of economic uncertainty, female-led businesses can be particularly vulnerable. A lack of awareness of the funding options available and a reluctance to take on debt, coupled with the impact of the lending gap, makes it harder for female founders to secure funding to increase working capital or seek growth in turbulent times.

Low-code development, first coined by Forrester in 2014, refers to platforms that take the focus away from code and offer an integrated easy-to-use set of solutions to accelerate app and business delivery.

Flexible workspaces have soared in popularity in recent years, with their many benefits, such as the increased possibility of collaboration, streamlined scalability and the option to support hybrid working positioning them as a truly valuable resource for businesses of all scales. These flexible workspaces hold the potential to reignite urban regeneration, creating a mass wealth of benefits for both businesses and the local economy alike.

The annual everywoman in Technology Awards, celebrating the most inspirational women working in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), are open for nominations for 2024 and have announced their new title partner, Bupa Global & UK.

Law firm, Irwin Mitchell, has recently conducted a nationally representative study into the ‘trend’ of quiet firing. 

The proportion of UK small businesses working on specific initiatives to secure business growth has reached its highest level for three years - with 71% of enterprises working on specific strategies to improve their future prospects - according to new research from Novuna Business Finance.

Blockchain is set to revolutionise our world, even more than the internet itself, according to financial experts. While the cryptocurrency market evolves and new investment platforms continue to emerge, lucrative crypto investments continue to only be accessible to large investors with access to wealth managers and behind-the-scenes know-how. With the launch of Veli.io app across Europe, this is going to change.

British social networking app WOLF has released WOLF Virtual Reality (VR) – the brand’s first virtual reality experience.

Silico, the Business Process Simulation platform has announced a strategic partnership with Marcadus, a business improvement management consultancy and Celonis Gold Partner. This collaboration aims to extend both companies’ process improvement offerings by combining Silico's Process Simulation Platform with Marcadus' data-driven Process Mining services.

You may have seen a recent interview that mega billionaire Elon Musk – owner of Twitter, Tesla, and SpaceX, and currently the wealthiest man on the planet – gave to CNBC, in which he branded remote working as ‘morally wrong’.

The technology industry has developed in broadly three phases to date. The era of the nerds, the reverence, and now the tech-lash. But first, let’s rewind to an earlier simpler time.