Today at Enterprise Connect,  Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM) announced the expansion of Zoom IQ, a smart companion that empowers collaboration and unlocks people’s potential by summarising chat threads, organising ideas, drafting content for chats, emails, and whiteboard sessions, creating meeting agendas, and more.

Scottish technology will be showcased to an American audience after 14 entrepreneurs were chosen to take part in a business mission to New York.

Feel like you must ‘rise and grind’ every morning? That you need a side hustle to be successful? That if you don’t stay behind at work you’re failing? 

Yep. Sounds like hustle culture has a part to play.

Apple rolled out an update to its iOS 16 to fix two major security flaws in February, urging users to upgrade now to avoid cyber threats. It’s not the first time the tech giant has issued security warnings this year, with owners of older Apple models also being urged to upgrade their settings. With hybrid working here to stay, many teams are using their personal devices for work. But what does this mean for business security?

Last week I was lucky enough to attend the BBEC23 event at the London Chamber of Commerce. 

The aim of most startups is to achieve success locally, nationally and, finally, internationally.

Research shows one third of North America and Europe’s largest banks lack transparency and are failing to publicly report on the progress of their AI development.

London-based metaverse startup, Hadean, has raised $5 million in funding from new Web3, gaming and enterprise global investors to facilitate the rapid build-out of the company’s bleeding-edge metaverse infrastructure solution - a critical component for the creation of immersive vast virtual worlds for training and entertainment and data-driven digital twins for enterprise.

In the run-up to Stress Awareness Month, feel-good PR agency Lem-uhn finds that the number of Brits searching for the keyword ‘stress’ rose by over a third (34%) in February 2023 compared to the same month ten years earlier. 

Every day, hundreds of patients receive the life-altering news that they’ve been diagnosed with a chronic neurological condition. Right now, a colossal 14 million Brits are living with Dementia, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer's Disease, and statistics show that 1 in 6 people will be affected over the course of their life. The high prevalence of these conditions means that most of us know someone - a friend, colleague or family member - with a brain disease, and we’ve seen the devastating impact first-hand.

10 UK net zero startups pitched their technologies for up to $1 million investment and entry into an accelerator programme for green startups.

The Elite Business 100 (EB100) Awards Evening, held on Friday, 17th March, at the Tower Hotel, London, was a night of celebration for the top-performing SME businesses of the year. This prestigious event recognised and honoured the EB100 top-performing SMEs from a wide range of industries.

According to a report from Alight, a leading cloud-based human capital technology and services provider, workplace benefits play an important role in attracting, engaging and retaining talent – yet employees do not always see value in their existing benefits, while employers generally overestimate them.  

Sustainability in every sense of the word, ClimateTech and economic success: these terms describe the investment philosophy of econnext AG.

Small and medium UK businesses are being held back post-pandemic by a reluctance to adopt new technologies, experts have warned. Experts from TelephoneSystems.Cloud have warned that the future of many SMEs is at risk after the pandemic accelerated technological change across the wider business sector. 

The world has changed dramatically since the pandemic and the way we work has been completely reimagined. As we continue to face new challenges brought on by the urgent need for decarbonisation, it's crucial to adapt and acquire the skills necessary to thrive throughout the net-zero revolution.

The unpredictability of the UK economy continues unabated, with today’s unexpected rise in inflation to 10.4% alongside further casualties in the banking system. This all shortly after Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, delivered his inaugural Spring Budget with the intention of delivering stability, certainty and calm.

CYBER security experts have today (Tuesday 21st March) launched two flagship new services designed to help millions of UK small businesses stay secure online and protect their livelihoods.  

Communication software and cloud solutions provider Daktela, becomes the first call centre as a service (CCaaS) provider to integrate ChatGPT directly into their platform.

Viva Technology, Europe's biggest startup and tech event, is back for its 7th edition from 14 to 17 June at Porte de Versailles in Paris.