Login Childcare startup launches as employee benefit to keep parents in workforce Poncho, a digital startup backed by Kamet Ventures, has launched to address the growing childcare crisis and the resulting unprecedented pressure facing working parents. This comes as one in six childcare providers is expected to close by Christmas and 87% of parents report having needed to homeschool at least one child since May. News 4 years ago
Login 36% of companies outperformed 2019 results in positive recovery for business landscape New research by Accountancy and Finance, HR and Data Analytics recruiter, Wade Macdonald has found that nearly half of UK businesses outperformed their initial predictions for this year, a more assured position than many were expecting only nine months ago. News, Life 4 years ago
Login Italian startup sees 350% surge in demand for 'workcations' during second lockdown ‘Workcation’ has officially been added to the Oxford English Dictionary this year: and for good reason. Italian startup hotel booking platform, DayBreakHotels - who set up a bespoke ‘smart working’ service in the summer to open hotels up to a nation of remote workers - saw a 350% surge in bookings from business customers during the second lockdown (compared to the first lockdown), as Brits looked for a change of scene after months spent working from home. News 4 years ago
Login HumanForest Crowdfunding campaign surpasses £1.25m target HumanForest, London’s only truly sustainable e-bike, has secured it’s target crowdfunding investment of £1.25m. The campaign is now overfunded thanks to commitments from more than 445 investors so far. News 4 years ago
Login 45% of SMEs are set to make further redundancies as Sage calls for urgent support Sage has called for urgent additional government support to give small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) the confidence to invest their way to recovery in 2021. News 4 years ago
Login Almost half of UK firms worry they won't be able to comply with regulations post Brexit Businesses' biggest concern over Brexit is how new regulations will impact their trading after 1st January, a new poll revealed. News 4 years ago
Login Research reveals that spend on Small Business Saturday hit £1.1bn Spend on Small Business Saturday hit £1.1bn this year, exceeding the billion pound mark for the first time ever as shoppers showed support for their local high streets. News 4 years ago
Login Female-Founded Startup Fundraising Disproportionately Impacted by COVID-19 PitchBook, the data provider for the private and public equity markets, has released All In: Women in the VC Ecosystem, its second annual report examining global Venture Capital (VC) investment in female-founded startups. The report, published with support from Microsoft for Startups and Beyond the Billion, shows the coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately impacted female founders and CEOs negatively, despite undeniable, long term gains in VC investment over the past decade. Diversity, News 4 years ago
Login Bluefruit Software take the edge in edge AI with AeroSpace Cornwall funding It’s estimated that more than 750 million edge AI chips will be sold in 2020. Just got your head around AI? Edge AI is Artificial Intelligence-driven computing on embedded systems and the growth potential in the UK is immense. Now AeroSpace Cornwall, who is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund and Cornwall Council, has awarded Bluefruit Software - leaders in providing high-quality embedded software - £100k of funding for critical research and development into this mind-blowing technology, which is forecasted to expand by 20% over the next five years. News 4 years ago
Login Charities flock to startup social media platform Charities from the UK and across the world are flocking to a startup social media platform which is coining itself the world’s first ‘social media for good’. News 4 years ago
Login The UK companies achieving major growth without significant equity investment Compiled as an antidote to fast-growth lists dominated by private equity and venture capital-backed businesses, Buzzacott’s inaugural Organic Growth 25 has identified the companies achieving impressive revenue growth with minimal equity investment. News 4 years ago
Login Moneyhub adds 200th unique financial services provider in the UK Moneyhub, the market-leading Open Banking and Open Finance data, intelligence and payments platform, is the first TPP to connect to Citibank, the consumer division of financial services multinational Citigroup. In the UK, Moneyhub offers consent-driven access to financial data via 580 live and in production connections across 200 financial services providers - of which 100 are direct UK Open Banking providers, and a further 100 more broad Open Finance providers. News 4 years ago
Login Deep tech startup receives £15m early stage investment fund Scientist and entrepreneur, Dr Harry Destecroix, has unveiled Science Creates, the deep tech ecosystem that offers specialised incubator space, a £15m investment fund and a comprehensive network of strategic partners to nurture science and engineering startups and spin-outs. The hub, in partnership with the University of Bristol and located in the heart of the city, is set to become the ‘new West Coast’, transforming disruptive discoveries through impactful commercialisation. News 4 years ago
Login GDPR fines: can third party service providers be fined for the privacy lapses? In the space of just two months, the UK’s data watchdog, the ICO has dished out nearly £40m in personal data breach fines to some of the country’s best-known companies - British Airways, Marriott International and Ticketmaster. Whisper it quietly but the ICO’s burst of penalty decisions, coming after significant delays, goes some way to countering mutterings that the regulator lacked the will to take on large and well-resourced opponents. Features 4 years ago
Login Getsafe raises $30m in Series B round Digital insurance company, Getsafe closed a $30m Series B funding. Swiss Re’s digital platform iptiQ led the round. Existing investors, including Earlybird, CommerzVentures, btov Partners and Capnamic Ventures, also participated. Getsafe now has received a total of $53m from investors, making it one of the best-financed European insurtechs. News 4 years ago
Login How satellite data is helping keep venues and their visitors COVID-safe The benefits of satellite data to life on earth are something that the global space community celebrated at this year’s 'World Space Week'. Female founded tech startup, Data Duopoly, have already been recognised for their innovation in the use of space data - winning the Pitch to the Primes competition at the UK Space Conference in 2019, awarded by Astronaut Tim Peake. News 4 years ago
Login Choosing the best CRM system for your startup When starting a business, the implementation of a Customer Relationship Management or ‘CRM’ system may seem like an unnecessary task but committing to it from the outset will save time, cost and resources when compared to installation at a later date. Features 4 years ago
Login Ten real-life applications of AI for your business In 2019, Elon Musk made headlines by touting AI as a “fundamental risk to the existence of civilisation”. Ironically - for a man in his line of work - Mark Zuckerburg countered this argument, describing the warnings as 'pretty irresponsible'. Features 4 years ago
Login Fiverr and Startups Magazine Female Founders Competition Startups Magazine and Fiverr have come together to bring Female Founders a Micro-Grant, to win £5,000 Fiverr credit. This competition has now closed for new entries. Diversity 4 years ago
Login Effective Sales Promotion Examples to Win More Customers If you have just started a business, you would probably want to know how to get more customers from the get-go. It can be from knowing the way to success or even just having the welcoming body language that can either make or break a deal. You need to be careful as a salesperson - being nervous is easily visible. Features 4 years ago