Startups are crucial to the long-term health and prosperity of the UK economy by creating wealth, jobs, and revenues to the exchequer. In the last financial year, over 750,000 startups were registered.

The AWS B2B SaaS Accelerator, an Amazon Web Service brand initiative in collaboration with Vestbee platform, is currently accepting final applications. This equity-free, online program spans over four weeks and aims to provide SaaS startups at the early stages with a distinctive chance to scale their business, learn from recognised experts, build industry networks, obtain exposure to top VC funds, and other benefits. 

Employees who are dealing with burnout will struggle to be productive and you may even start to notice issues such as more sickness absence, errors being made, poor performance and a lack of engagement.

As the UK economy slows, employers large and small are having to adjust.

The global boom in startup valuations has abruptly stopped, with a dramatic drop in the number of new tech unicorns created, multiple failed initial public offerings, lower valuations, job cuts and startup bankruptcies.

 Ahead of Earth Day 2023, new research suggests that although UK climate technology is playing a crucial role in tackling global climate change, challenges in accessing funding and finding the right talent are impeding the development of the industry.

Lomar’s new subsidiary, lomarlabs, announces its collaboration with climate tech startup Seabound in a bid to reduce emissions and catalyse new, cost-effective methods to capture CO2 onboard vessels.

June 19-23 sees the launch of National Women’s Enterprise Week (NWEW), the first ever UK wide celebration of female led businesses.

Stress is the ultimate multiplier: it manifests in so many, often imperceptible ways. As human beings, we each have individual triggers and a whole swathe of vulnerabilities to it. Stress is hugely personal.

Loopin has raised £1.6 million in seed funding from high-net worth individuals and angel investors.

According to Salesforce, simple tasks like data entry and paperwork once took up so many hours that sales teams only spent one third of their time actually making sales.

Over 750,000 startups were registered in the UK between March 2021 and March 2022. Although that’s a 7% drop from the previous year, it was the second-highest on record. In simple terms? More than one company was created per minute in the last two tax years.

Laura Riches, Co-Founder of Laylo, remembers the first time she thought about boxed wine in a professional context.

London and Atlanta-based diagnostic imaging platform Scan.com has raised a $12 million Series A round co-led by Aviva Ventures, YZR Capital, Oxford Capital, Triple Point Ventures and Simplyhealth Ventures, with participation from Forefront Venture Partners. The business will use the funding to scale their US operations and develop bespoke products for UK insurers, accelerating healthcare referral processes to deliver life-saving imaging access and quicker results for patients.

SEO techniques are as varied as they are numerous, but when you’re at the mercy of the search engines, what was once standard practice can quickly see you falling foul of the algorithm.