The fleet management software for small and medium-sized companies, Vimcar has announced its official launch into the UK market with new research into the challenges that businesses are facing to get on the road. As the latest figures from the Department for Transport reveal that light commercial vehicle traffic in the UK has returned to pre-lockdown levels, Vimcar's survey of German SMEs provides a useful steer as to what these businesses can expect.

New data looking into 6,273 employees, commissioned by Perkbox, the employee experience platform, has revealed the considerable impacts of the furlough scheme and the prospect of returning to work to wellbeing.

The UK Government needs to do more to encourage startup businesses in the wake of COVID-19, according to Dr Keith Arundale at Henley Business School.

The finalists of the 2020 Lloyds Bank National Business Awards were unveiled this morning as the programme’s organisers praised British businesses for their resilience, agility and innovation over the last 12 months, despite being faced with untold economic and logistical challenges as a result of COVID-19.

Following the global sports hiatus brought on by the coronavirus pandemic many sports have now returned to action, much to the delight of fans worldwide. We’ve recently seen the likes of Europe’s top football leagues finish up the remaining games of their seasons and now eyes are well and truly stateside with the NBA, MLB and NHL returning over the past few weeks.

Lysander Bickham, Founder and CEO of Loving Earth’s Oceans (or Leo’s Box for short), shares his story of setting up an eco-friendly subscription startup while still at school, and offers five simple steps any business can take to improve its sustainable practice.

International business performance consultancy Ayming, has launched its new Sprint Claims service, which completes R&D tax credit incentive applications for SMEs in less than one week.

The Founder and CEO of a UK-based EV charging port provider has been awarded a prime position on the prestigious Forbes 30 under 30 (Europe) list for the Manufacturing and Industry sectors.

To celebrate Startups Magazine's latest issue release (this week), which is focused on AI and emerging technologies, here at Tractable, recent winner of Best UK startup in the Hustle Awards, we decided to explain a bit about how we're bringing AI to the world on a commercial basis. Accidents and disasters affect millions of people every year. And the recovery process always starts the same way - assessors inspect the damage, approve an insurance claim, and unlock the funds to begin the rebuild. 

Attitudes towards sharing are always intriguing to observe. What we will and won’t share with others has changed continuously over the years and in line with broader consumer trends.

EMV Capital led a £2.3m pre-series A syndicated round in the Edinburgh-based 5G and Satcom antenna developer Sofant Technologies, with participation by Kelvin Capital, Old College Capital, Wealth Club and Scottish Investment Bank.

ORB, a London-based startup, previously featured by Startups Magazine, is a real-time performance, wellness & health AI data platform, who specialises in the capture, analysis and presentation of human physiological data (Biotelemetry). The platform enables non-invasive, continuous, real-time monitoring in non-controlled environments (e.g. at home or on a sports field), offering accurate deep insights into physiology no other product is able to.

Having recently visited the CRL workspace in Hayes to meet this year’s cohort, sponsored by Mouser, I was overwhelmed with some incredible startup founders and the ideas that had inspired them. One of which was a pair of friends Pete Barr and Eli Heath, who together have created a social enterprise startup to enable people with disabilities to draw, through adding tools to a wheelchair.

Figures from the Office of National Statistics have revealed that during the height of the coronavirus lockdown period, employment in the UK fell by the largest amount in over ten years, since the height of the 2009 financial crisis. This situation could worsen in the coming months as the Government furlough scheme draws to and end.

Community Fibre, London’s fastest 100% full-fibre broadband provider, recently announced new research findings from a survey conducted with market research specialist 3Gem. Results reveal that while SMEs based in London are more reliant on broadband access than ever before, inadequate internet access is costing them money and opportunity. The results come at a poignant time, as the UK celebrates 20 years since the first person had broadband installed into their home and more Londoners are working from home than ever before, needing fast and affordable broadband.

The startup ecosystem is going through some big tests right now. This time has forced us all to discover just how efficient and productive we really can be working from our kitchen tables. It’s tested the limits of our patience (‘when will it ever end?’) and resilience (‘when can we go outside?’) and ability to stay focused (‘how do I ignore the distractions of home and get my work done?’).

According to the Office for National Statistics 213,285 businesses failed in the UK in the first half of 2020, a 14% increase on the same period in the previous year. Without looking much more deeply into the numbers it is not possible to say for certain how many of those that failed were due to the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown but we would not be far wrong to say that the 14% increase, or 26,193 businesses failures were as a result of the pandemic.

You maybe already believe that micromanagement is dangerous for you, your staff and your business. And it certainly is. But maybe not for the reasons you think.

New hiring data from LinkedIn suggests the global labour market is improving and continuing its early momentum towards hiring recovery. Progress observed in June held through July, although it did start to plateau towards the end of the month as some countries saw viral caseloads rise and shutdowns come back.

The metal additive manufacturing market will be negatively impacted by the 2020 pandemic. Despite this short-to-mid-term setback, the industry is forecast to rise and exceed $10bn within the next ten years. The emerging and established printer players grab nearly all of the headlines, but most of this forecast annual revenue will be in material sales in which there is great untapped potential.