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Improve your startup's digital marketing and create compelling messages that resonate with your target audience thanks to these tips from Cristina Plamadeala of Toastmasters International. As we know you need to work hard to keep up with the ever-changing digital landscape and digital marketing for your startup. A big influence on my approach to digital marketing has been the book by Simon Sin...
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Travel that you can feel good about - Viatu is the next-gen travel platform that lets you design, share and book your complete sustainable trip with ease. Most of us like to go away when we get time off work. The problem is that planning and booking a trip away can equal the stress that we’re trying to escape. Not to mention that there’s no getting around the fact that travelling ab...
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The lowdown on Nory, the AI-powered startup that's on a mission to help hospitality businesses perform, every single day. Running a restaurant is notoriously hard work. Staying on top of everything is stressful, and tends to be an endlessly uphill battle, with the idea of actually getting ahead of it all nothing but a dream. You have to think about inventory, staffing, performance, and all of t...
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  Residential solar start-up, Glowb has raised £1.2m in its first funding round in a bid to become the UK’s most trusted and people-centred solar brand. Mission-driven VC firm Ada Ventures led a funding round oversubscribed by 80%. Other participants include consumer-focused investment firm Active Partners which has backed brands like Soho House, Finisterre and Leon, as well as ...
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Upp., a London-based technology business that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to disrupt how retailers market and sell their products online, has raised $10 million in a Seed funding round led by California based Bonfire Ventures. Upp.AI, the company’s platform, analyses data using sophisticated AI and ML technology to optimise ad spend, improve product discovery, and in...
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Enterprise tech innovation - London-based startup Deployed has developed a scoping platform that aims to make it simpler to write, edit, and publish Statements of Work. For a significant number of businesses, when you are in talks to start a project for someone, you need to create a statement of work. A statement of work is a formal document that outlines the specific objectives, tasks, deliver...
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SQUAKE closes €3.5m Seed round to enable travel and logistics players to make more sustainable choices – completing €5m of total funding SQUAKE – the climate tech startup powering accurate carbon calculations and providing tangible compensation for travel and logistics emissions – has announced it has raised €3.5 million in funding led by Simon Capital, with par...
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Ten of the most promising start-ups in Northern Ireland have each been awarded £10,000 proof of concept (POC) grants following their involvement in Catalyst’s early-stage entrepreneurship programme Co-Founders. Co-Founders is an innovative programme which brings together ambitious people from diverse backgrounds who are interested in creating a start-up with high-growth potential in...
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The lowdown on Spendkey and its mission to translate spend data into tangible spending insights, accelerating and automating business decision-making in the process. Businesses need to know what they are spending. That’s common sense. They need to know what they’re spending, where they’re spending it, how it’s being used, and most vitally, whether they need to be spendin...
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Robots-as-a-Service; Barcelona-based startup Keybotic develops an autonomous robot dog that can carry out industrial maintenance and inspection checks. Dogs are great. They keep you company, make you feel better, fit in small spaces to search for survivors of disasters, and make us smile. Robots are also great, and we’ll be happy to one day serve them in return for sparing our lives. So w...
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The lowdown on London-based startup BeneTalk and its mission to develop the gold standard evidence-based digital therapeutic solution for stuttering. Stuttering (or stammering) affects around 1 in every 50 adults, or around 70 million people around the world. Stuttering is an interruption of speech flow, and it can cause frustration, anxiety, and low self-esteem. Those affected can sometimes av...
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Having a clean office can help with everything from productivity to lowering stress - these basic tips will help you keep all in order. Keeping your office clean and comfortable is paramount to keeping your employees healthy and safe. It can help improve productivity as well because excessive clutter & disorganization can lead to high-stress levels, lower employee morale, higher turnover, a...
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