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Want to reach and communicate with your customers wherever they are? WhatsApp SMS can be an effective marketing tool to help you do just that. Text messaging is no longer just a convenient way for friends or partners to chat. It's become a powerful mobile marketing tool for startups and small businesses. Many people today own phones and use them for communication. Since the phone is always in y...
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London-based food-tech startup Better Nature on a mission to create a plant-based fish alternative, created using food byproducts. These days, with more environmental consciousness and a significant rise in the number of people taking on a vegetarian or vegan diet, it comes as no surprise to see more and more meat alternatives on the market. What is a little surprising, though, is that there ar...
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Cambridge-based startup, CardiaTec Biosciences raises investment to support further development of its mission to develop the next generation of cardiovascular disease targets. Great news for CardiaTec, an AI drug target discovery company specialising in cardiovascular disease, having just secured a £1.4m pre-seed investment led by Laidlaw Scholars Ventures and APEX Ventures.  ...
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Raise Ventures on a mission to empower the next generation of business leaders and founders with the launch of their pioneering Emerging Leaders Summer School. Belfast-based Raise Ventures believe that building the right foundations for your business journey is the key to achieving and sustaining success. Business skills alone are not enough. They have an ethos to embed balance, wellbeing ...
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The recipients of the 2022 Ulster Bank Enterprise Fund are announced, each aiming to promote and encourage entrepreneurship amongst underrepresented groups. Ulster Bank has partnered with three organisations to champion diverse entrepreneurship across Northern Ireland. ArtsEkta, One in Five, and Enterprise Northern Ireland, have each been awarded funding through Ulster Bank’s Enterprise ...
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Leading disability-focused organisations join forces to launch the #Access2Funding campaign - calling on the VC and investment community to improve the representation, opportunities presented to and experience of disabled founders. A congress of disabled entrepreneurs and leading disability-focused organisations have joined forces to launch a ground-breaking campaign this Disability Pride Month...
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WeWALK, RNIB, and ICL consortium secures UKRI funding to improve mobility for visually impaired and elderly. WeWALK, the London-headquartered company behind unique products that enhance the lives of visually impaired people, has secured funding for a £1.7m Designed for Ageing project through UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). Partnering with Imperial College London and the Royal National ...
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The lowdown on Studeo, the edtech startup that has created a video learning app in order to democratise elite tutoring. Education is a fundamental pillar of modern society. Yet arguably the best education often comes at the highest cost, available only to those who can afford it. Universities like Oxford and Cambridge are often considered exclusive and ‘elite’, and with many from po...
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The impact of standards, ethics and conduct on business success and profits - Work.Life has some interesting insights... From hiring environment directors to running charity fundraisers, small businesses and major brands alike are doing more to be conscious of their effect on the planet. But can a business be ethical and profitable? ‘Business ethics’ may sound like a secondary topi...
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The lowdown on Space32 - the startup that wants to help hybrid-working businesses find the working space and solution that's right for them. Space32 is a recently launched startup that’s on a mission to help companies and employees across the world to benefit from the new hybrid-working revolution.  Founded by seasoned entrepreneurs Jon Dweck, Keith Lomas and Richard Fine, the start...
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The lowdown on Bidnamic, the startup that's combining advance machine learning with human expertise to help retailers to maximise revenue and profitability from Google Shopping. Anyone who uses adverts to try to market anything from products to services will be familiar with the struggle of trying to determine the best locations to place those adverts, and with matching the high impressions lea...
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Exceeding expectations in your work can help you tap into your inner potential; Aine O’Neill of Toastmasters International shares some insights on doing just that. As a startup founder you know you will find yourself being challenged as you pitch to investors and build your business.   However, even as a driven entrepreneur, you may have some limiting preconceptions about yours...
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