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Shropshire-based agri-robotics startup upp is automating broccoli harvesting and upcycling the 80% waste into sustainable protein. Broccoli. You know it, you lov…well, you know it. We’ve all been in bed late at night, staring at the ceiling, with a nagging question going around our heads: how much broccoli is wasted in every broccoli crop? Well, wonder no more, for we have the answ...
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MEplace secures investment to provide holistic early years childcare focused on mental and physical health. MEplace, a London-based early years nursery group promoting both mental and physical health, has raised £1.2 million in seed funding from leading consumer investor Active Partners. Additional participants in the round include existing angel investors Thomas Schreiber, ex S...
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New study by business financial platform Tide reveals that over 50% of women find access to finance the biggest barrier to starting their own business. More than one in two (53%) women across the UK find it challenging to start their own business, with limited access to finance the most significant barrier, a survey by Tide, the leading digital business financial platform, has warned. Recent f...
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Investment success for Belfast-based GenoME Diagnostics to support further development of its novel testing technology. Belfast-based cancer diagnostics company GenoME Diagnostics has closed a £1.4 million funding round which will be used to further develop its lead product OvaME, a novel blood test for earlier and more accurate detection of ovarian cancer. The company successfully raise...
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Want your team to think more creatively to solve any challenges your business is facing? Chris Thomason, founder of Ingenious Growth and Author of ‘Freaky Thinking' shares some insights that will help... Chances are that the setting up of your new business venture involved a fair amount of creativity—from coming up with the idea to designing a logo—and some of this creativity ...
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Nebel Crowhurst, Chief People Officer at Reward Gateway shares insights on the importance of celebrating employees every day of the year - not just on Employee Appreciation Day. The past few years of prolonged uncertainty and disruption has had a significant impact on employees. It's been a difficult time for many as they navigate rising costs and inflation, with many companies not being in a p...
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The business of the metaverse - Chris Pottrell, founder and MD of Nebula explores what it all means for the startup and SME sectors. As 2023 looks set to see the metaverse grow exponentially and become more immersive and more expansive than ever before, Chris Pottrell, founder and MD of Nebula explores what it all means for the startup and small business community. The term ‘metaverse&r...
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No matter what sector your business is in, you'll be dealing with standardisation in some way. Dario Betti, CEO of the Mobile Ecosystem Forum explores how standardisation influences future innovation and growth. Standardisation allows us to go about our lives in the same way other people go about theirs. It is also important for business, playing a vital role in ensuring that products made for ...
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The lowdown on savvy navvy, the app that provides "everything you need for a seamless boating experience, all in one place." Boats. If there’s one thing we know about them, it’s that they don’t go on roads. And if you don’t have roads, how do you know where you’re going? We assumed it had something to do with seagulls, crows nests, and perhaps the stars, but it tur...
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The lowdown on Deciphex, the Dublin-based startup that's created an AI-driven solution to help accelerate the delivery of pathology services. A pathologist is a vitally important healthcare provider who specialises in diagnoses, as well as prevention and treatment of diseases. Pathology is a part of 95% of clinical care pathways. Currently, there is a global shortage of pathologists, with recru...
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New report from Sparta Global reveals that whilst neurodiverse teams bring in-demand perspectives to tech, many neurodiverse people are not being supported in employment. Sparta Global – a leading hire-train-deploy company specialising in the provision of emerging business and technology talent – has today released a report highlighting how neurodiverse people bring in-demand p...
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Spoke secures seed investment for its innovative AI-powered tool suite that aims to solve the problem of information overload in the workplace. Great news for Spoke.ai, the AI-powered tool suite, founded by early N26 employees, with the announcement that it has secured a €2 million pre-seed round. The round was led by byFounders, with participation from Possible Ventures and a syndica...
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