Inspiring

New Manchester-based accelerator programme launches to empower women working in digital, creative, media and technology to meet their business needs and growth ambitions A new accelerator will help to kick-start the entrepreneurial careers of 100 women who have lost their jobs due to the pandemic by giving them access to the skills, self-belief and confidence to pursue their ambitions as a...
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Beam, the training platform for homeless people is announced as the best emerging tech startup to bring positive social change through technology... Fantastic news for Beam, a training platform for homeless people as it has been announced as the national winner of the Super Connect for Good competition run by Hays, the recruiting experts, and global super connectors Empact Ventures. The compet...
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Crackd is an innovative new startup from Hertfordshire that's created a plant-based substitute for people who can’t, don’t, or won’t eat eggs Veganism is ever more popular these days, with more and more people deciding that they not only don’t want to eat animals, but they don’t want to eat anything that was produced by animals. In 2014, there were around 4 mi...
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The 14-year old entrepreneur who started a beauty business this year and is now supporting the #BeautyBacked campaign to help those adversely affected by the latest lockdown... 2020 will be a year to remember for all of us but for Jasmine Bull, 14, it’ll be remembered as the year she started her own business! First-time entrepreneur Jasmine, transformed lockdown uncertainty into creativi...
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Sid Madge, founder of Meee (My Education Employment Enterprise) shares insights that can help us to shift our mindset and get into positive action to achieve our dreams...   With the pandemic continuing to cause chaos it is incumbent upon us as business leaders and as individuals to find the silver lining.   A UKGov survey says that only 8% of Britons want to go back to life as...
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The lowdown on Mirthy, the innovative platform that’s on a mission to combat loneliness in older people by providing online talks with live audience interaction... Older people are more likely to live alone than any other age group, with over 2 million over 70s living alone in England. With many older people forced to self-isolate for much of the year, loneliness has become a danger on a ...
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  Major success for 24 year-old UK entrepreneur having sold his bedroom-built app to UCAS, the UK's university admission service Fab news for a 24 year-old first-time entrepreneur who built a mobile app company from his bedroom, as he has just announced that the business has been acquired by UCAS, the UK’s university admissions service. What is even more remarkable is that the young ...
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An insight into breaking down barriers as a female entrepreneur from Marie Bates, Partner, and Beth Balkham, Trainee Solicitor, London law firm Farrer & Co The 2019 Rose Review found that 1 in 3 UK entrepreneurs are women, and LifeSkills recently revealed that the pandemic has encouraged 51% of aspiring female entrepreneurs to start their own business. Yet, with gender bias prevalent i...
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We take a look at Jelly Drops, a new product developed by 26-year old inventor Lewis Hornby to boost the water intake of the elderly and those living with dementia After 18 months of development and several months of beta testing during Covid-19, an innovative new startup, Jelly Drops, has just launched in the UK aimed at boosting the water intake of the elderly and 850,000 Britons living with ...
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Running a startup and parenthood - Jemma Goba, Managing Partner & Founder of Tanami shares her thoughts on how running a startup can be a training ground for becoming a parent...and vice versa?  People told me time and time again that nothing could prepare me for motherhood. I heard it so often, I believed them. And of course, they were right (yes, I’ll even concede that my mother ...
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FiltraCycle - The Irish startup that's tackling environmental pollution in an entirely innovative way... A cigarette doesn’t seem like a lot of waste, does it? One little piece of paper, dry leaves, and some kind of compact cotton filter. Unpleasant to see scattered about the street or getting stuck to your shoe, but there’s far worse litter out there, isn’t there? But what abo...
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You often hear that starting your own business is really not that difficult. And while that is true, the necessary motivation and involvement is usually quite downplayed. That said, some of the most successful companies of today had very different beginnings. Here, we’ll be talking about some of the most successful startups that started off as simple side hustles.However, it’s also w...
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