Inspiring

UV Arts, a local not-for-profit creative social enterprise and the team behind the Derry Girls, Factory Girls and Dalai Lama murals, announces the return of a street art and contemporary mural festival to Derry City, renamed and rebranded as Roots Street Art. The festival’s return coincides with the launch of a brand new urban arts gallery this September. (2021) Taking place between Thurs...
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The lowdown on Haru, the Belfast-based startup that is on a mission to help charities and sustainable brands sell online Charity shops are great places for people to get good quality second-hand products and support a charity at the same time. They are good places to take things that you no longer want or need, but are in too good condition to throw away, reducing the amount of waste ending up ...
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The startup that's on a mission to put new life into the discarded - ANTI transforms products destined for landfill into sustainable desirable objects... We in the UK know better than many the struggles of umbrella versus wind. We think we’ll thwart the gods of weather by taking our umbrella into battle against the hammering rain, but just as we think it’s safe to go back into the f...
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  The lowdown on Agriloops, the French foodtech startup, that's innovating how shrimp is farmed by using aquaponics Most current shrimp farming is so overcrowded and unsanitary that the farming companies use large amounts of antibiotics, pesticides, and various other chemicals in order to try to prevent diseases spreading among the shrimp. Many of these chemicals aren’t even legal in...
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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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