To help small businesses and their advisors manage revenue, profit and cash flow, Xero has announced availability of its improved financial reporting tools.

Many businesses ask me many questions but one of the questions that has become more common over the last few months is whether their business should pivot. Regular readers will know that many of the answers to questions I overhear are often prefaced with ‘well it depends’ but this question can in many ways be easier to answer than that.

A deep-learning medical imaging analytics company, Zebra Medical Vision, has announed its fifth FDA 510(k) clearance for its Vertebral Compression Fractures (VCF) product. The company’s latest AI solution automatically identifies findings suggestive of compression fractures, enabling clinicians to place patients that are at risk of osteoporosis in treatment pathways to prevent potentially life changing fractures.

There’s no denying that living in lockdown amid a global pandemic is something new to us all. And for millions of workers across the country, they’ve spent the last few weeks working from home as a result of social distancing. Here, Parin Ashra, UX/UI Designer at Perlego for mental health awareness week, delves into mental health within businesses, and why we should be doing more.

Indorse is a Coding Assessment Platform for recruiting, hackathons and upskilling. It leverages a community of leading software developers spread across the globe to assess coding skills and tech capabilities. We spoke to Gaurang Torvekar, Co-Founder and CEO of Indorse who did a Q and A with Startups Magazine about the current climate for Indorse.

As this week is Mental Health Awareness Week, and with the current climate and today's way of living massively changing over the past few weeks, prioritising mental health is more important than ever. 

Sky Media, the advertising sales arm of Sky, today launches its AdSmart SME support scheme, the SME100. The £1 million fund will provide 100 businesses with TV advertising campaigns via AdSmart to support them during the difficult times.

In the current climate, many of us have found ourselves in different working environments - with the majority of people working from home. With our home and work spaces becoming the same place, it’s more important than ever to ensure you take steps to create some separation and avoid burnout - a common issue faced by small business owners.

As part of the EU’s collective efforts to tackle the COVID-19 crisis, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) is announcing the launch of the ‘EIT Crisis Response Initiative’.

As countries in Europe begin to ease some of the Coronavirus-related restrictions, the UK government has announced it will begin to follow suite. From Wednesday, the national population can take unlimited exercise outside and people who cannot work from home should return to the workplace, avoiding public transport.

When the UK government first told people to stay indoors and ordered gyms and clinics to close, it was hard to imagine how personal trainers, physiotherapists or coaches could survive. But sometimes difficult times can inspire innovation which shapes the future.

Global efforts to combat climate change have been stifled recently, with an unprecedented crisis shifting the focus of governments, businesses and consumers away from the plight of the planet. We’re engaged in a war against an invisible enemy; and COVID-19’s dire importance has placed many environmental initiatives on hold.

Decathlon has announced it is rolling out MishiPay’s mobile self-checkout solution across its 81 German stores. The innovative technology is already live in Decathlon Deutschland stores in Berlin (Berlin Hauptbahnhof), Munich (Munich Connect), Cologne (Marsdorf), Schwetzingen and Plochingen, with more locations being added every week

During his training, Dr Maroof Ahmed saw the significant impact smoking had on patients and wanted to do something about it.

Tokio Marine is to use an AI solution to process auto damage across its insurance operations in Japan, to help drivers recover more quickly from car accidents.

Are there specific entrepreneurial attitudes and motivations that influence business success? For investors, founders, business leaders and boards alike this is the million or even billion-dollar question.

Tech trailblazers, Gapsquare have been selected alongside the UK government, to be part of the Equal Pay International Coalition.

A workplace analytics solution that provides office utilisation intelligence for corporate real estate leaders and managers, Locatee has announced that it has secured $4m in Series A funding.

Most people don't tend to let dehydration get to the point of medical attention. Older people however, are more vulnerable to dehydration.

As we are all starting to hope that the end, or at least a temporary reprieve, is in sight, thoughts are starting to turn to how we and our businesses can bounce back. In fact, another week and another acronym.