Thousands of financial and business professionals are set to showcase the valuable role the finance and investment sector can play in the fight against climate change at the leading UK sustainability event, Reset Connect London.

Thousands of financial and business professionals are set to showcase the valuable role the finance and investment sector can play in the fight against climate change at the leading UK sustainability event, Reset Connect London. Taking place at London’s ExCeL on 28th – 29th June 2022, Reset Connect London has been established to bridge the gap between sustainability change-makers, business leaders, government, and funding. We caught up with Duncan Reid, Co-founder of Reset Connect London to find out more.

The Government announced its new Digital Strategy this week and it is heartening to see that there is acknowledgment of the growing importance of regional tech ecosystems with the government predicting that regional ecosystems could contribute an additional £41.4bn to GVA by 2025.

Proximie has raised $80m in a Series C equity financing. The investment follows a year in which Proximie saw a significant increase in its Total Contracted Value, supported over 13,000 surgeries, and expanded their global footprint to 100 countries.

Spirea Limited, a Cambridge company created to advance a new generation of antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) therapeutics, has announced that it has secured funding of £2.4m with investments from high-profile UK and US investors. Spirea will use the funds to initiate its pipeline of superior and differentiated ADCs in the treatment of solid tumours where there is a high unmet need.

The NGO Hackers Without Borders (HWB) has just signed a promising partnership with CrowdSec, the editor of an open-source cyber defence solution.

Just around the corner now, The Innovation Faceoff to find the most disruptive tech set to revolutionise business travel is returning to Business Travel Show Europe on the 29th and 30th June at the ExCeL London and six of this year’s nine finalists are startups.

Minister of Industry, Trade, and Tourism, Reyes Maroto, has inaugurated the Tourism & Hospitality Forum at DES 2022. More than 336 exhibiting firms, 600 international experts, and 250 accredited media have gathered in the capital of Malaga to discuss the digital transformation of companies and administrations.

There's been much talk about the Great Resignation, with workers across sectors resigning en masse from their jobs in early 2021. The tech and finance industries were reported to have been hit hardest, but despite similar employment trends being seemingly apparent across marketing, advertising, visual arts, and more, the creative industries were conspicuous by their absence from reports. Driven by the pressing need to fill this absence, we ran surveys with the aim of better understanding the cause and effect of The Great Resignation in the creative industries and cultural sector.

Want to discover what’s now, new and next in marketing and advertising technology? Then look no further than MAD//Fest London’s House of Innovation, which will be open from 5-7 July at The Old Truman Brewery.

The Global Tech Conference comes back next 30 June and 1 July at LuxExpo the Box, in Kirchberg unveiling a new physical format.

The Hustle Awards anticipation is building as we edge closer to recognising the finest examples of innovation, creativity, and leadership.

According to recent statements from Cabinet Office Minister, Jacob Rees-Mogg, civil servants should return to the office to ensure Government buildings are at full capacity. Given that all legal restrictions arising from the COVID-19  pandemic were removed earlier this year, a full-scale return to the workplace has already occurred across many organisations.  

Returning to the Business Travel Show Europe this month, on the 29th and 30th June, at the ExCeL London is the Innovation Faceoff, a competition set out to find the most disruptive tech set to revolutionise business travel and six of this year’s nine finalists are startups. 

Building anything from the ground up comes with its fair share of challenges, and the existence of this site is a testament to that. But if there's anything we pride ourselves on, it's being able to give little tips on how your business can speed up its growth from day one. Today, we'll be talking about a few technologies that can help make the life of you and your customers that much easier. 

Swedish tech startup, Staccs, has agreed a licensing deal with Cherry Red Records - a London-based independent record label - for its streaming service for concert video and music documentaries

One of the biggest lessons I have learned so far along my entrepreneurial journey is that  building and owning a startup is not a job, it’s a lifestyle. Despite no two journeys ever looking the same, something valuable can always be extracted from every founder’s story. 

Research from Aldermore has found that UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) invested an average of £61,250 on their own sustainability during the last 12 months.

User-Generated Content - it’s the most effective way for communicating with Gen Z and Millennials. This phenomenon hooks us by being inherently genuine and authentic, with each phase of transforming it becomes more and more adapted to 'new reality'. Although, there are now tonnes of different social platforms, UGC always performs in different ways. 

Greenspark, a sustainable impact platform revolutionising the way businesses take environmental action, today launches its Customer Impact Wallet. This new and unique feature allows businesses to engage their customers in tangible climate action directly related to the purchases they make online. Through a personalised impact feed, customers can discover the story behind the projects their purchase has supported, see the environmental and social benefits, and gain deeper insight into what it means for the planet.