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Handshake! The startup that's on a mission to democratise opportunity & help all students discover meaningful careers... We go to school, we go to college or university, we get a job with our shiny new qualifications. That’s how it’s supposed to go. It’s how we’re led to believe it will go, anyway. The reality, of course, is that it isn’t as simple as that. It is...
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Saving for a pension hopefully just became a whole lot easier! Pension The Pennies is a Welsh startup that's on a mission to help eliminate the barrier to entry for private pensions Many of us have some degree of concern about our pension - will the retirement age be changed yet again, will the amount be changed, what cuts will affect it, will it be enough to actually live on? Of course, for...
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CrowdFarming! The startup that's on a mission to create a transparent food supply chain by developing a direct link between consumers and producers... As we all know, buying food in a supermarket is a very different experience to buying it directly from the farmer that produced it. And whilst some of us may be fortunate enough to live near a farmers market where we can do just that, many of us ...
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Xero and AlphaBeta analysis reveals the latest trends and insight into the impact of COVID-19 on the UK's small business economy Analysis released today by Xero, the global small business platform, and AlphaBeta(part of Accenture), reveals trends relating to the recovery of the UK’s small business economy following the impact of COVID-19, showing tentative improvements in revenue and paym...
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Are President Trump’s ‘American First’ policies in danger of pushing American companies over the border into Canada? And if that happens, could a lot of skilled workers and essential supplies be lost in the process?At the start of the pandemic, President Trump made it clear at a press briefing that he wasn’t happy about essential medical supplies, including N95 respirators,...
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The lowdown on Temporall, the startup that gives leaders a clear picture of their organisation’s performance! Understanding where your business is and what is going on with your staff has always been important to decision making and planning, but during a time like this, where your workforce is fragmented and with unforeseen and subtle impacts on different parts of your business, it is...
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Innovative Startups in Paris... While there are now a multitude of startup hubs across France, Paris remains the epicentre of French ingenuity. Parisian startups are taking advantage of the great infrastructure, funding and inherent appeal of the city, with tech startups experiencing a particular boom. Here are eight of the most impressive up-and-coming startups in Paris, and why they deserve you...
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The London-based EdTech startup that provides digital financial education to help young people develop financial skills for life As we have written before, finances can be hard to manage. We have written about startups like Cash Coach, which helps users with saving through gamification, but nothing beats simply learning how to manage your finances early on so that it doesn’t become a big, o...
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Innovation to help the sustainability of commercial fishing... Everyone is aware of overfishing as a big problem, with fish being caught at a rate that they can’t replenish their numbers. A lesser known issue around fishing is called bycatch, where one in every five fish caught is not a fish that can be sold and used, either because it’s not legal, it’s endangered, or it&rs...
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The startup that provides AI generated news, expert analysis & fact checking Whilst we might be consuming more information and news than ever before thanks to the growth of social media and countless online platforms, it can be pretty difficult to ascertain if what we are consuming is accurate and most importantly true.Posts go viral, conspiracy stories spread, sources seem credible and ...
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Maskey! The startup that's making face masks both fashionable and more accessible... Masks are the new norm, and they will be for a while. Asian countries in particular are already well known for the familiar sight of people going about their business wearing a mask; if someone feels a cold coming on, they pull on a mask to make sure they don’t spread it to the people around them. What we ...
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Untangle - The startup that's on a mission to help us all deal with grief No matter how much we understand that death is a part of life, it still hits us hard every time. We never expect it and we’re never prepared for it. Some people are lucky enough to have friends and family that they can process their grief with in a healthy way. But not everyone has this kind of support system, and ...
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