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Scottish startup Phox Water saw that 100 million water filter cartridges go to landfills every year. This is their simple solution. We’ve written already about startups tackling the world’s problem with plastics. From replacing packing material, to breaking plastic down into reusable chemicals, to turning it into aggregate for building, startups are taking on this huge waste issue wit...
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Engaging with customers could become easier and better than ever before thanks to Welsh based startup, Doopoll. Polls and surveys are not things that many people tend to think about, unless they are going to tell us which Disney princess we are, which a disappointing amount of them do not. However, surveys and polls can be a simple but powerful tool to keep on top of what your customers and ...
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Procrastination be gone! Focusmate is an innovative startup which has created a virtual co-working space providing distraction-free productivity. If you’re a freelancer or if you regularly work from home, chances are you may sometimes find it difficult to concentrate on your work. It’s very easy to procrastinate and get distracted when you’re in your own home environme...
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Frolo is a social networking app on a mission to connect single parents to likeminded single parents living in the same area... We have written in the past about networks for parents to share news and tips, to meet up, and to simply talk with other parents. For example, Mush, a social network dedicated to new mums (and parents fullstop). Single parenting, though, has its unique challen...
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How one fintech startup, FilmChain, is using blockchain to help filmmakers with the money side of things... Filmmaking is a vastly more involved process than pointing a camera at some actors and shouting ‘action’. There is a huge amount of work that goes on behind the scenes before actors are even cast and long after they’ve handed in their costume and gone home. From location s...
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The London based startup, Erase All Kittens, that's created a game that inspires children to code and teaches professional programming skills. Yes, we know you want to rush through the opening to see if the titular kittens are okay, so we’ll make it short. Our world is ever more reliant on technology. Our own articles have detailed how even things like farming, house building, and gett...
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Innovation in MedTech thanks to Manchester based startup Elucid Mhealth who are on a mission to support patients to take their medication properly. One of the biggest concerns for healthcare professionals when it comes to medication is the issue of patients not taking it correctly – by either forgetting to take the correct dosage or even forgetting to take it at all.Having recogni...
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Mindfulness made easy thanks to recently launched startup Moment Pebble, who've created a tool that makes mindfulness accessible, quick and easy. We have written many times about the importance for entrepreneurs to take care of their mental health. One of the ways in which to do this is to practice mindfulness, helping you to stay relaxed, even when working; to remember to simply unclench y...
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The lowdown on Talentful, the startup that's using your cultural fit and personality to match you to a job and employer... Most of us have worked in jobs where we might not be so unhappy with the work if we were in a slightly different position or just had the right people around us. Our mentality doesn’t quite suit the role or team we are in. Perhaps we are at the bottom of the food chain,...
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Mouldbox, the startup that's on a mission to disrupt the manufacture of composite tooling using applied AI Creating carbon fibre and fibreglass parts are crucial for all sorts of markets and uses, from Formula 1 to aerospace to yacht building. And crucial to that process is the creation of a good mould, with the perfect design and the perfect materials. Oxford-based startup Mouldbox are spe...
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CityMaaS Assist is an app aiming to achieve spontaneous and inclusive travel for disabled people using innovative dynamic UX/UI and machine learning. Even in 2019, the options for those with disabilities to travel from place to place are limited. Many buses still do not have the ability to simply allow someone with a wheelchair to board, meaning that person has to sit at the bus stop and wait for...
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Hot flushes affect around 1.5 million women in the UK alone. Step forward Grace, the world's first automated tracking and cooling bracelet that counters menopausal hot flushes. We’ve all experienced the unpleasant heat of a fever, burning us from the inside out and lighting us up like a Christmas tree, it feels. But 1.5 million women in the UK alone feel these hot flushes without the fleeti...
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