A new smart employee app, called Blink has officially launched. Over the past 15 months, Blink has been developed and deployed in partnership with organisations including Stagecoach, Domino’s and the NHS to empower and protect frontline and key workers inside their organisations.

Having worked as a solution architect and designed multiple SaaS applications over the years, I could see most startups struggling to choose the right SaaS architecture for their product offering. In this article, I’ve compiled all my learnings into a cheat sheet to help startup founders, who’re looking to build SaaS applications, make a pragmatic decision backed by proven facts and data.  

The concept of co-working has become synonymous with tech ecosystems across the globe. It came to prominence around the same time as the birth of some of the biggest tech companies you’ve heard of, as well as those you haven’t. 

LuggageHero is bucking the trend by showing that investing in travel startups is not over during these uncertain times surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.

One of the biggest trends right now is IoT, especially Industrial IoT (IIoT) and the security around data. Having taken off massively in the past few years, in the tech startup industry if you were going to create a business, these areas would be two of hottest in the current climate. Innovative startups or scaleups with cutting edge IoT hardware technologies capable of securely retrofitting industrial facilities for predictive maintenance, are extremely sought after and very desirable to investors and businesses. Also we have seen a rise in the number of startups working within data security at sensor level to avoid data breaches.

As part of its ‘back to work’ strategy, the UK government is allowing businesses to return to their premises when they cannot work from home. It will be essential that all returning employees are kept safe at all times on the return to their workplaces.

SharkNinja although known for producing vacuums, have been doing some very different work during the COVID-19 crisis, as they had some more time on their hands, and wanted to help. We spoke to Mohammad Hatia, SharkNinja Prototype Lead Workshop Manager and asked him a few questions as to what SharkNinja have been up to.

As investors look beyond the pandemic, Clim8 Invest - the app that offers everyone the opportunity to have a positive impact on climate change through sustainable investment - has reached £1.35m in pre-launch crowdfunding from 1,200 investors. This exceeds its crowdfunding target by more than 300% and makes it one of 2020’s most successful raises on the Crowdcube platform.

After weeks of lockdown, start-ups across the UK are beginning to ask: 'What next?' As many prepare to return to workplaces and look to bring back employees back to work this is likely to be one of many questions they have. Here, in a special feature, Harper James Solicitors’ provide the answers to nine problems many start-ups may be facing as they look to the future.

How hard can it be to design a logo? Simply draw a shape, choose a font, type in the company name and that’s a job well done, right? 

The model and motivations are in alignment and all bodes well for the energy company’s collaboration with a startup. Excitement is high, as are expectations. There is one thing left to attend to though: the environment you create. Will it be a space where collaboration can thrive? Or where it will wither on the vine?

Being a business owner is now more stressful than ever, with the outbreak of COVID-19 seeing companies both big and small shaken and left to find new ways of working. For small businesses and new business owners especially, this is a particularly daunting time with cash flow and employment being some of the biggest worries to face over the coming months.

National Health Service (NHS) workers are being offered free initial financial advice from Fintuity via their state-of-the-art online platform, the United Kingdom’s only FCA regulated-online Independent Financial Adviser (IFA).

This Startip provides a concise list of skills needed to migrate to the cloud or from one cloud provider to the next, so that you can fill the gaps in your team’s expertise. Startups have to have a cloud migration strategy or know how to build cloud-native products, and therefore need the skills to do so.