VoxSmart, the global leader in communications surveillance technology for Financial Markets, has recently announced a strategic funding round of £5.5m ($7.2m) from NatWest. 

Smartlands has received the 'Best Crowdfunding Platform' award from the fintech breakthrough awards, which recognises the top companies and products in the financial services and technology industry today.

Kemp Little has launched a free advisory resource to help businesses navigate tax, legal and financial processes thrown into discord by Coronavirus.

When we speak of gender equality, we like to think, in 2020, that we’ve come a long way from the patriarchal society of days gone by. Which is of course true, however, when it comes to business there are still battles to be won and barriers to break down.

This startup has one of the nicest mission’s I have ever come across, and especially with the current global situation it seems we can all use a little bit of Livitay in our lives. At Livitay they are on a mission to make people happier at work. Day to day the co-founders, Jack Needham, James Naylor want to empower teams and individuals to take their wellbeing into their own hands using technology.

Treedy’s, the technology market-leader in ensuring the right clothing size for customers via instantaneous, fully-clothed and precise scanning technology, today announced it is making available its first generation software as open-source in order to facilitate access to its cutting edge quality 3D scans by research institutions, universities and other non-profit organisations. 

Many of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs claim they’ve learned their best life lessons from making mistakes and bouncing back. But that doesn’t mean that expensive errors should be embraced. Spotting problems early on and better understanding the challenges ahead can help limit the cost and potential damage when things don’t go as planned. 

Home learning? As governments worldwide announce school closures in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, it is important parents and teachers seek out and have access to fresh and pioneering new ways to keep young minds learning and stimulated in the months ahead.

A practical support package to help businesses through the coronavirus emergency has been put together by Teesside University. Along with other agencies, the University is working with the Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority to ensure a coordinated approach, helping the region’s businesses to stay resilient and to be ready to grow when the crisis is over.

'How to prepare your brand for the next stage of growth': Many of us have tried a digital detox for ourselves: whether we’re trying to get back to nature, not ignore our families, or just step away from the phone for more than an hour! It is often far harder than we think, no matter how many influencers go on about it - ironically, on social media.

Planet saving startups and entrepreneurs now have just one week to apply to this year’s Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge, one of the world’s largest competitions in sustainable entrepreneurship. Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge rewards British, Dutch, German, Norwegian and Swedish startups that successfully combine sustainability, entrepreneurship and creativity to help tackle some of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. This year’s competition closes at midday (GMT) on 1st April.

The Coronavirus pandemic will change online behaviours significantly and possibly permanently both for consumers and businesses.  People have been forced to access information in new ways, interact and purchase new and different products and services online, and the longer this continues, the more likely these are to become habits. 

WISE the campaign for greater gender balance has urged employers, particularly those working in science, engineering, technology and manufacturing (STEM), to keep inclusion on their agenda in these difficult times, highlighting that diversity brings greater innovation.

THE Covid-19 pandemic has made logging on to Zoom and Microsoft Teams part of a new daily working routine for millions of Brits. The use of the video-calling tools has exploded in the past fortnight with people following Government advice to stay at home. But there are increasing fears at how this key tool for home-workers is bringing new dangers. 

There’s no shortage of fantastic startups in the UK but introducing their technologies and solutions into the public sector presents a challenge for both sides.

Running your own business is not an easy thing. We know this. Everyone knows this. I am not saying anything revolutionary when I make this statement. But why is it hard? Well, to maintain financial and psychological wellbeing is tough for business owners but they’re not exclusive in feeling these worries, many employees also find maintaining financial and psychological wellbeing to be tough.

Zara Nanu, CEO and Co-founder of Gapsquare, caught up with Startups Magazine to explain how she’s closing the gender pay gap with her cloud-based software.

In today’s technology-driven world it’s easy to forget that some sectors have remained relatively untouched by its advance, and the global gold jewellery industry is a case in point. On the face of it, it’s perhaps difficult to see exactly where technology could make an impact in this extremely traditional industry, which hasn’t changed much since the ancient Egyptians began to adorn themselves with gold nearly 3,000 years ago.

In any business, at any time, cash is king and cashflow is much more important than turnover, and in the short term it can often even be more important than profit. If turnover is vanity and profit is sanity, then cash flow should be regarded as stark reality.

A science-backed checklist for startups who want their marketing to get noticed.

Startups shouldn’t try and be liked - Instead, they must strive to be noticed and remembered  – that’s any new businesses biggest marketing challenge. Why is that?