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Whilst flexible ad hoc work doesn’t suit everyone, there are times when it can be a perfect solution - both for employees and employers alike. However for both parties it’s not always easy to either find flexible employment opportunities or the flexible staff who can fill them. Until now that is. Our latest startup of the week is on a mission to do just that. Labour Xchange is an onli...
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Tech City UK was created approx six years ago to make London a tech hub - the place to be for tech startups. It had great success in helping London become a flourishing tech ecosystem and, three years later, it expanded into the North, thereby creating Tech North. By interconnecting all the tech hubs of London and the North of England, Tech City UK and Tech North helped elevate the region to &lsqu...
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Google Maps is good for getting directions and checking how long it will take you to get to the cinema to see Star Wars, but it isn’t updated often enough to be useful for business. When looking up your childhood home in Google Street View, you may notice that the images are from years ago; the satellite imagery isn’t much better. Usually, it is updated every 2 to 4 weeks, but images c...
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Whether you’re buying a gift for the festive season or simply buying for yourself, chances are you’ll spend quite a bit of time researching your purchase. Hours and often days can be spent trawling through countless websites, comparing prices and checking out reviews before the final buying decision is made. That however need no longer be the case thanks to our latest Startup of the ...
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Snow Joke - Get the Christmas Tree you want delivered to your doorstep and use an AR app to see how it will look in your office or home first... Courtesy of DeliverTree - this is a real possibili-TREE (well in London at least). Their promise is to deliver Londoners amazing Christmas trees. Using their app to choose the tree you want, you can see what it looks like in your room before you buy...
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It seems that drones are the future. From simple deliveries to photography to survey work to search and rescue, the applications of drones extend far beyond simple entertainment. We have written about this and many other drone uses and startups before, and the technology only gets more useful and innovative. Now we are seeing a rise in solutions around the base of drones rather than direct applica...
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It wouldn’t be controversial to claim that many people like to eat out, and getting good deals on those meals and saving money is always a big plus. Many people also like to help others, especially underprivileged children. We wrote recently about The Dealer, the startup promoting discounts as local venues in return for users helping to fight homelessness. This time we have a similar startup...
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If gadgets are your thing, you’ll no doubt love nothing more than discovering the latest innovation or piece of quirky tech. However with new and awesome stuff appearing on the market all the time, it can be a challenge in itself to keep up! Thanks to our latest startup of the week, that need no longer be the case. Crowdfindly is an online curated platform aimed at showcasing crowdfunding...
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Are Price Comparison Websites (PCWs) really any good for insurance consumers? Insurtech Startup honcho doesn't think so. Their solution, a reverse-auction marketplace, is looking to revolutionise the way people buy insurance, by making insurers bid and re-bid to win a consumer’s business. Say what? Yes that's right, honcho - is a mobile-first reverse-auction marketplace where insurers...
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After being admitted to hospital with kidney failure, Glaswegian Cameron Graham found himself sharing a ward with an elderly man with dementia. Seeing how this man was unresponsive and introverted when alone and with staff, but responsive and talkative when his granddaughter visited with photo albums, Graham began looking into tools or products that might be capable of helping this man and people ...
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With small businesses accounting for 99.3% of all private sector businesses at the start of 2016 it’s easy to see why they are the backbone to the UK economy, driving growth, innovation and jobs. Yet, recent statistics show that almost 40,000 companies have failed to pass their first year of trading since 2007, and after five years just four in ten small businesses are expected to survive. I...
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If you’ve ever tried to sell a car, you’ll know only too well that it can be a bit of a chore. Putting an ad in the local paper can prove to be a waste of time if you get no calls or enquiries and if you decide instead to traipse round some local dealers and they’re not offering you a decent price, it can be frustrating to say the least. Help is now at hand however thanks to an ...
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