We live in a world where businesses constantly reinvent themselves to remain competitive. Automation and digitisation goals feature in well over half of all today’s businesses’ long-term corporate strategies, according to PwC's most recent annual Global CEO Survey. Which is why artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual worlds or ‘metaverse’ related technologies and tools have risen to prominence, particularly in relation to improving on-the-job training and upskilling new talent.

When launching any enterprise, commercial or social, the key question to ask is why? Why am I creating this business? Who is it for? Do they need it? Does it help people get a job done in a better, more effective way? You need to know a project will be economically sustainable.

The chatter around quiet quitting is hard to ignore – this is when an employee doesn’t actually quit but remains in their job without performing above and beyond – but have you heard the buzz about quiet firing?

Join Startups Magazine on November 24th at Queen Mary Enterprise Zone for an evening of inspiration and motivation. 

Natural energy drink brand TENZING and climate intelligence platform CarbonCloud join forces for the second annual Knowvember - a month-long campaign bringing climate transparency to the high street.

In 2017, a YouGov survey found that 10% of British people admitted to having lied on their CV, while subsequent surveys have found that this number could be substantially more.  In this article, we explore the legalities of an employee lying on their CV, what employers can do to mitigate the risk of employing such an individual, and how they should respond if they later find an existing employee has been dishonest.

MORE than nine out of 10 people say they are worried about the cost of living crisis, according to a large-scale nationwide survey undertaken by Mazuma Mobile.

Almost half (43%) of property professionals are not improving their anti-money laundering (AML) processes because they either don’t care or don’t think they will get fined. That’s according to a survey from anti-money laundering tech scaleup, First AML, which surveyed 250 real estate professionals across the UK. 

Penzance-based Varfell Farms is one of the UK’s largest agri-business firms, supplying plants, bulbs, blooms and shrubs to retail chains including B&Q, M&S and Waitrose. After working with staff and students from Falmouth University, the company decided to issue an urgent call for expertise to help develop a prototype robot picker – currently code-named ‘Daffy’.  

New data from Barclays shows that the number of reported purchase scams after Black Friday and Cyber Monday last year rose by 34 per cent, with an average of £1,072 lost to scammers.

At first glance, you’d probably think to yourself, robot with a human face? Hell yeah. That sounds chill. Does it though?

HVAC companies are always looking for new and innovative ways to generate leads. As a business owner, it's important to stay ahead of the competition and find new and creative ways to bring in customers. We'll discuss eight expert lead-generation tips for HVAC companies, as well as some examples of how these tips can be put into action. So whether you're just starting or you've been in business for years, read on for some valuable insight!

Blickfeld, the Munich-based manufacturer of break-through LiDAR sensor solutions creating innovative hardware and software, is launching the delivery of its Qb2 device to customers and partners, following its concept announcement at CES 2022.

Apheris, the platform for creating collaborative data ecosystems, has raised €8.7m to further develop its unique technology and build on its growing list of customers and partners, including BASF, Boston Consulting Group, BMW Group and JLABS, Johnson & Johnson’s innovation division. The platform enables organizations to extract value from each other’s decentralized data sets in a way that helps them overcome regulatory, technical, and commercial challenges because the data never moves from the owner’s secure environment. 

Employees are facing the greatest decline in living standards in over 50 years: the cost-of-living crisis. Between double digit inflation figures (10.1% in September) and skyrocketing energy bills, many people’s financial security is under real threat. According to Mintago’s most recent research, employees in the UK have voiced concerns about their financial woes to their managers significantly more than usual this year.