Do you have frequent feelings of anger, irritability, cynicism, or dread about the prospect of the working day ahead? These could be key indicators that you’re approaching burnout.

While the relationship between wellbeing and performance of employees is often discussed, the mental health of leaders can quickly take a back seat in the face of challenging times. 

I know what it’s like to run a startup. I’ve been there, got the t-shirt and even been spat at. Yes, that’s true, but don’t worry it was by a llama when I was visiting the factory where I bought the Peruvian knitwear from in the Andes, Peru when I was running my first company back in 2008.

Gresham House Ventures, a growth equity investor specialising in software and digitally driven businesses in the technology, consumer, healthcare and services sectors, has completed a £3.5 million investment into product sustainability impact software business Dayrize.

As one of the biggest tech trends in the past decade, with millions of users in both the consumer and business sector, virtual reality (VR) has hit impressive shipment and revenue figures.

The Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA) has announced a landmark strategy to end digital poverty in the United Kingdom by 2030, setting out six core missions and calling on government, industry, and local communities to work together to achieve this aim.

Climate technology startup Pledge has secured $10 million in Series A funding to drive its mission to help businesses reach net zero emissions, starting with the logistics and supply chain industry.

Elkstone, the Irish investment house, has announced that the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) has committed to anchor the final close of its €100 million Early-Stage Irish Venture Fund. With Enterprise Ireland also on board, the fund has already deployed over €10m to date and aims to complete its initial investments by 2026.

Chris Todhunter, Technical Director at Studio Republic explains the importance of online accessibility: “Web accessibility should be seen in the same way as a high street shop without wheelchair access, or a cinema without a hearing loop - excluding a website user because of their disability has long been classed as discrimination in the USA and we're quite a way behind in the UK in terms of legislation. In fact, 97.4% of 1 million website home pages tested in a WebAIM 2023 study were found to have accessibility errors. The most common failures are actually pretty easy to fix.” 

In the fast-paced world of digital advertising, influencer marketing has emerged as one of the fastest-growing sectors. The allure of having someone with a massive following sing praises about your brand is so compelling that it often makes founders forget a simple truth: the most inspirational influencer is, in fact, the founder themselves.

My path to the C-suite level hasn’t exactly followed a usual route, I’ll admit. I believe that’s where my strengths lie: I don’t mind doing things a little bit differently than you’d expect, and my unorthodox journey has been full of surprises.

The UK creative industries will get a 1 million job boost adding £50 billion in value to the sector by 2030, according to the culture minister.

In today's fast-paced business environment, companies are always looking for ways to streamline their sales and customer support processes. One effective way to do this is by automating these processes using auto dialling systems.

EarSwitch has been awarded the UKRI Healthy Ageing Challenge Grant. The grant will enable EarSwitch to develop its EarMetrics product, initially for the UK’s diverse and ageing population. EarMetrics aims to provide an in-ear sensor for standard hearing aids to measure temperature, heart rate, pulse, and blood oxygen levels and a medical first: continuous blood pressure monitoring.

RingCentral, a provider of AI-powered global enterprise cloud communications, video meetings, collaboration, and contact centre solutions, today shares research exposing the views of UK workers on one of the most revolutionary technologies of a generation: Artificial Intelligence (AI). The data comes as CFOs predict ‘significant growth’ in AI spend according to Deloitte.