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Finding entertainment for an event just became a whole lot easier, thanks to Derry-based marketplace startup BookEntertainment. These days, we are used to getting pretty much anything we want with just a few clicks or taps. Whether it is ordering takeaway or booking a holiday, it takes a couple of minutes at most and we’re back to binge-watching something, safe in the knowledge that ...
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The lowdown on how Edinburgh-based startup Folarity is using tech to reverse the decline of our forests... Forests are the lungs of the world, absorbing huge amounts of carbon dioxide and keeping us all alive. Until we decide that a wooden toilet seat is warmer to sit on and so we go and chop them down. As well as breathing, forest cover helps with biodiversity. In the UK, a prolonged decline in...
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Gravity Co-living! The business that's creating a global community of young professionals by offering beautifully designed living spaces with an emphasis on co-living Housing is a difficult subject at the moment. In dense urban areas, it can be near to impossible to find accommodation that strikes a balance between quality and price. A compromise might be to find somewhere to live with others, ...
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The lowdown on Garçon Wines and its sustainable innovations in one of the world's most traditional industries  - the wine industry!  Interesting developments in one of the world's oldest industries - wine - with the news that it is being brought right up to date thanks to London-based startup Garçon Wines. They have created a revolutionary flat wine bottle that’s mad...
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Networking, mentoring and career progression made easy...Guidance through your career is not something that is necessarily readily available to a lot of people. We’ve probably all heard stories about school career advisers giving the most absurd ‘advice’, and if our first exposure to some form of mentorship is going to be that bad, it only increases the need for good mentorship l...
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Ah, startup funding. For many, their absolute worst nightmare, one that is out to get their wildest dreams and tear them, limb from limb.In a world where we’re often told it takes money to make money, and that a penny saved is a penny earned, gaining access to said pennies is often easier said than done.After all, everyone who’s already been through the grinder and made it through, w...
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The future and success of Britain’s high streets has been long debated. So, what are the tech trends that could help impact the Highstreet in 2020? Ian Jones, founder of LoLo, an app that rewards shoppers for buying and eating from local restaurants and retailers, shares his thoughts... In recent years the future and success of Britain’s high streets has been long debated; what&r...
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The child health app on a mission to become the first nationwide digital redbook, just got a step closer to making their mission a reality... Nurturey, a child health app on a mission to become the first nationwide digital redbook, just got a step closer to making their mission a reality, thanks to a £550K investment that includes investment from the Owners and Directors of Day Lewis Plc, t...
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  The Cambridge-based startup BiologIC Technologies that has created an empowering tool to drive the next wave of biological innovation Cancer. The big C. It’s something that we’ve been working towards a cure for - not Startacus personally - for a long time. One way of going about this is cell therapy, but the barrier is, as always, money. The cost is prohibitive. As...
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Valentine’s Day, Easter, Christmas, Black Friday, Cyber Monday: the list of seasonal holidays and...let’s call them seasonal occasions is long, particularly when you factor in those celebrated by other countries (which an online retailer must). Presidents Day, Indigenous Peoples' Day, Fiesta Nacional de España, whatever holidays you choose to take part in, there are some things ...
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Penfold - The fintech startup that's making it a doddle for the self-employed, freelancers and contractors to organise their pensions... Pensions are never an easy subject to get your head around. However when you’re self-employed it can be even harder. With recent stats showing that only 14% of the UK’s self-employed people are actively saving for old age, it’s clear that it is...
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Generating online sales. The lowdown on how Calming Blankets, an Australian startup generated global sales for their innovative product, "weighted blankets"... Calming Blankets is an Australian company that was founded in 2017 and has since sold over 50,000 blankets online. With blankets starting from £119.00, the product is high-end and niche – yet has gained global interest and a lo...
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