London North Eastern Railway (LNER) has invited startups from across the UK to showcase their cutting-edge technologies aimed at making rail travel even better, offering the opportunity to share their tech solutions to challenges facing the industry.

Once upon a time a cricketing legend called Kumar Sangakkara co-founded a tech company and creative entertainment studio, called Behaviol. Along the way he met a visionary called Chris Ebeling, and together, they are recreating the genre of sports entertainment.

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A poll of 500 SMEs revealed 33% claim there aren’t enough minutes in the day to get everything done - with this adding to the pressures of their everyday job.

Mark Zuckerberg. Bill Gates. Jeff Bezos. What do they all have in common? Aside from being billionaires, they all had a background in tech before launching their startups. In fact, their technical expertise formed the bedrock of their future companies.

bp ventures has made a £4 million investment in Dynamon, a UK-based software company that specialises in developing advanced data analytics and simulation tools for commercial transport and logistics companies. The funding forms part of Dynamon’s Series A round, being raised to fully commercialise and scale up its platform and expand its operations in Europe and into North America.

There are many things to consider when setting up a tech startup. From software to office use and design, plus having a sound business plan in place, the to-do list is likely to be long in the early stages.

In today's fast-paced and data-driven workplaces, striking the right balance between being fair and understanding towards employees is crucial for a thriving work environment. With the increasing integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in various aspects of business, employee performance assessment and wellbeing initiatives are undergoing significant changes. In this article, we will explore how AI can enhance fair assessments while highlighting the importance of empathy in creating a supportive and happy workplace for employees.

We may not think about it often, but community is critical to people’s mental health. Not only is connecting with others crucial to our overall wellbeing, loneliness and isolation can harm our mental and physical health. This means that fostering community has become key to supporting health, especially in the workplace, where most of us will spend a third of our lives and most of our waking hours.

There is little sign of relief on the horizon for the hard-hit UK consumer, with UK inflation coming in hotter than expected at 8.7% in May.

A quarter (28%) of small businesses in the UK are now generating more sales from social media than from any other channel, including e-commerce and bricks-and-mortar stores, according to research from BT.

Digitalisation is impacting all aspects of our lives, including the way we work, rest, and pay. It has also become a major disruptive force especially, for the payments industry.

Amelia Peckham, the CEO and Co-Founder of Cool Crutches & Walking Sticks personally knows the importance of genuine diversity and inclusion policies in the workplace. Having worked in a selection of startups throughout her career, she believes that they do in fact benefit from being smaller companies that can act faster. Decisions can be made quicker and red tape is minimal so it’s easy to pivot and adjust as things progress.

The Berlin-based climate-tech startup Swobbee and the Greek fleet service provider Evedima will henceforth work together to charge and operate micromobility fleets more sustainably in various cities in Greece. The first Swobbee station has already been installed, with more to follow in the coming weeks.

During the last year, small and medium businesses (SMBs) have experienced the biggest amount of ransomware attacks, according to a report by NordLocker.