Inspiring

The lowdown on ChopValue, the Vancouver-based startup that's creating beautiful homeware and decorative products from recycled chopsticks... It may not be the world’s biggest environmental disaster, but every single week, hundreds of thousands, millions of chopsticks are thrown away. Bear with us.  These may be cheap, they may even come free with your takeaway, but that doesn’...
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The f:Entrepreneur ‘#ialso100’ campaign that's showcasing the inspirational female entrepreneurs who are running small businesses and supporting their communities at the same time Some of the UK’s most inspiring entrepreneurs have been recognised for their powerful contribution to society, the economy and communities. As part of its annual f:Entrepreneur ‘#ialso100&rsqu...
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A review of the innovative, interesting and quirky startups that have featured as one of our Startups of the Week during 2020... It’s been a year that we’ll never forget! However despite all the challenges that we’ve faced, 2020 has seen startups continuing to create, innovate and disrupt in all sorts of sectors. Now as we embark on a new year, we thought it’d be the per...
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The Dublin-based startup that's created a disruptive and innovative solution for whole cell imaging to help accelerate progress in viral disease research... When it comes to viruses and diseases, our understanding is still severely lacking. A part of this is due to the difficulty for biologists and virologists to actually get a good look at cells that have been invaded and what’s going on...
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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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  The innovative Spanish startup on a mission to help us have a greener future by disrupting how we can source electricity from nature... It’s no secret that we are in need of a sustainable source of energy that doesn’t contribute to the destruction of the planet. We have wind farms, solar farms, hydroelectric whatsits, and a drive to improve on these and the batteries that stor...
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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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