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We’ve all been there.Ordered something online, patiently waited for it to arrive and then we miss the delivery. We open the front door and rather than our coveted item lying waiting in the hallway, we find a card from the postman or courier explaining where said item now is.  Of course whilst we might be lucky and find a friendly neighbour has accepted the delivery on our behalf, it&rsq...
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Let’s face it - no matter what type of business you may have, providing excellent customer service and client satisfaction is an absolute must. After all, your brand, your reputation and everything else besides relies on it! However, try as you might, there may be the (hopefully) odd occasion when you have to let a customer down or when your product or service just does not meet the sta...
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If you’re a parent and you’d like your child to be able to explore the internet in a safe, controlled and yet fun way, then our latest startup of the week ought to be right up your street. Azoomee is an innovative new platform which is aiming to be a place “where children can be children online”. The platform which is aimed at primary school children will feature heaps of...
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Let’s face it - craft beer looks like it’s here to stay and that is surely no bad thing. After all, not only is it widening the choice which we all have, but it’s also encouraging more and more people to go it alone and start their own micro or artisan breweries. The thing with choice though is that we can sometimes have too much of it! With so many varieties of craft beer out ...
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If you’ve ever been tasked with arranging a meeting or workshop at somewhere other than your normal place of work, you’ll know only too well that it can sometimes be a bit of a chore. If said meeting or workshop happens to be in a city or country that you’re entirely unfamiliar with, it can become an even greater challenge! However, it’s a challenge which our latest Startu...
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If you’re the handy type and love nothing more than pottering about doing some DIY, then we reckon you’re going to love our latest Startup of the Week. Likewise, if you’ve decided that this is the year that you finally get around to tackling those DIY chores you’ve been avoiding forever, we reckon you’ll like it lots too. The startup in question is BonzaQuote - an on...
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The festive season is upon us once more and so too is the time honoured tradition of exchanging gifts. Whilst there are some people who are relatively easy to buy gifts for, there are others who are anything but! You know the type - ask them for a hint as to what they’d like and they’ll simply reply “Surprise me”! Well, thanks to our latest Startup of the Week, you can buy...
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Let’s face it - the Internet of Things (IOT) is here to stay and as a result, our world will never be the same again. Of course, the reality is that in technological terms, it’s still all in its infancy. At this point, it’d be fair to say that most of us have probably not yet fully appreciated the impact that internet connectivity will have on so many of our everyday objects and ...
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As we all know, time is a pretty precious commodity and the less we have of it the more we need! Whilst many of us may yearn to have a personal assistant to ease the burden of our seemingly endless to-do lists, cost implications usually put paid to any such ambitions. Our latest Startup of the Week  however is on a mission to make having a professional personal assistant a much more access...
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At Startacus we love to celebrate startups. The Innovative. The ground-breaking. The inspiring! One of the ways that we do this is through our long-running ‘Startup of the Week’ awards, which have taken place over the past 3 years. Every week, the team at Startacus HQ select a startup which we feel best demonstrates our community ethos of innovation and progressive entrepreneurship. ...
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