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Sona is a London-based startup that's created a solution to empower frontline workers with the tools they need to make work easier Not all workers are desk workers, and while those who do work at a desk have a wealth of tools at their fingertips for all sorts of things, from booking time off, to submitting time sheets, to seeing important announcements, not only are they scattered around differ...
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  The lowdown on the innovative companies that have been selected as the latest cohort of FinTech, Tech Nation’s sector-specific growth programme for fintech entrepreneurs. We’ve heard lots of good news recently from the Tech Nation team with details of the cohorts taking part in their Net Zero programme for climate tech companies, their Future Fifty programme for late stage tec...
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Interested in discovering how best to advertise a job vacancy? These tips will help you to do just that... It goes without saying, but employees are the heart and soul of any company; any business owner will tell you that! They ensure that your business's day-to-day comings and goings are attended to, all the while ensuring that new solutions to obstacles you might be facing are discovered.&nbs...
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Five Seasons Ventures has raised its flagship Fund II to continue investment and support of innovative consumer Food Tech startups in Europe It’s a great start to the week for European Food Tech venture capital firm Five Seasons Ventures with the announcement of the final closing of a €180M second fund. Fund II will continue making Series A and B investments into the most promising ...
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  Force for Good joins the Sport Tech Hub accelerator programme by London Sport to help with its mission to help people turn physical activity into giving back and driving change Fantastic news from Force for Good, the world’s first social impact network with the announcement that it has joined the Sport Tech Hub accelerator programme by London Sport and will support it with its miss...
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The success and recognition continues for Alchemy Technology Services as they make the Top 10 of the UK’s Best Workplaces™ for Tech List 2021. The good news keeps coming for Alchemy Technology Services! Following on from their recent rankings as number 29 on the UK’s Best Workplaces List and number 11 on the UK’s Best Workplaces for Women List, the company has just...
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https://startacus.net/culture/work-in-progress-event-to-reflect-the-changing-face-of-work-and-workplaces#.YVsQ9JNKjPA New research by small business lender iwoca reveals the concerns small business owners have about staff returning to work after furlough As furlough nears its end, research by iwoca, Europe's largest small business lender, has revealed that two in five small business owners are c...
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Tiffany Kelly, founder of Beyond Bamboo, a global community of sustainable products, services and suppliers shares her insights on why ethical accreditation is a must for all new businesses Ignoring the growth in ethical consumerism would be a bold move for a new business, and by bold, I mean foolhardy. Many consumers now see ethics as a key element when purchasing both on and offline. But what...
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The lowdown on Veremark, the London-based startup that's created an automated digital first solution to help employers and recruiters with pre-employment candidate screening Some of us are familiar with slightly exaggerating our CVs to make ourselves sound a bit better. Spent a lot of time browsing Twitter at work? You’re a social media specialist. Once corrected a spelling mistake before...
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Remote collaboration doesn't need to be dull and boring. Tangle enables teams to work, play, and exist together in a spontaneous and organic way. Have you ever had a friend or colleague on the other end of Windows Messenger (in the old days) or Skype or even just WhatsApp to whom you can just send a message every now and then throughout the day, and basically chat as though they were in the sam...
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New survey by office solutions supplier Fellowes Brands outlines the impact that workspace satisfaction has on employees' happiness and productivity levels Still working from your kitchen table? Well you’re not alone!  A new survey by office solutions supplier Fellowes Brands has revealed that more than half of us are still working from kitchens, living rooms, and bedrooms, rather t...
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An impressive cohort of 30 businesses from across the UK are announced as participants in Tech Nation's inaugural Libra programme for Black and Multiracial Founders The Tech Nation mission to support innovative UK tech companies continues! Following on from their recent announcements on the companies participating in their Net Zero, Future Fifty and Applied AI programmes, they have just announ...
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