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Ulster Bank seeking entrepreneurs to enter the elevator pitch competition at the Harkin International Disability Employment Summit. Ulster Bank is encouraging entrepreneurs to enter the elevator pitch competition at the Harkin International Disability Employment Summit which comes to Belfast later this year (7-8 June 2022). Four entrepreneurs will be shortlisted to present a business pitch...
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PUSH Mind and Body reports significant increase in requests from tech companies seeking to support their people’s growth and innovation mindsets. Soaring numbers of tech companies are turning to wellbeing specialists to optimise staff’s growth mindset mode. PUSH Mind and Body, a leading wellbeing and mental health training company which seeks to make work better, reports a 54% ...
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Small business owner facing challenges with payments? Gary Prince, Chief Strategy Officer and Vice Chairman of SimplyPayMe shares insights and tips on how to resolve them.  You’ve got a lot to deal with as a small business owner. Unlike the larger companies, where managers have the luxury of delegation, daily operational requirements are down to you. And in most instances, some ...
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  Arbolus secures major investment and is primed to be the leading disruptor in the expert knowledge industry. The good news keeps on coming for Arbolus, the knowledge sharing platform! Following last year's successful $6million raise, the company has now announced that it has closed a $15million Series A, led by Element Ventures alongside existing investors Fuel Ventures. With this ne...
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  Belfast-based BrokerIQ secures investment to support growth and scaling of its innovative customer engagement solution for the insurance and mortgage broker industry. Fantastic news from Belfast-based startup BrokerIQ with the announcement that it has successfully completed the first phase of a two phase seed funding round led by Symvan Capital. The platform will now enter into recru...
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Oneday, the platform that helps entrepreneurs turn their passion into business secures £2.5M seed funding to accelerate product innovation and scale up growth. Oneday, a new EdTech platform helping aspiring entrepreneurs turn their passion into a business through expert-led coaching, community & content, has today launched with £2.5 million seed funding. The seed funding round ...
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  New partnership between Seedrs and Vevolution aims to increase investment in European plant-based and cell-based businesses. Seedrs, Europe's leading private investment platform with over £1.8BN investments recorded to date, and Vevolution, the leading global investment marketplace for plant-based and cell-ag fundraising opportunities, today announce a new partnership to increase in...
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From a West Cork garage to plans for Europe-wide expansion, Period Product subscription service Riley goes from strength to strength.  When friends Aine Kilkenny, Fiona Parfrey, and Lauren Duggan launched Riley last year from a garage in Schull, West Cork they had no idea of the twelve month whirlwind that lay ahead. Riley, an eco-friendly period product subscription service, was foun...
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Edinburgh-based startup Touchlab secures investment to support further development and commercialization of its innovative skin suits for robots. UK startup Touchlab, a deep tech venture in EIT Digital's Innovation Factory roster, has raised £3.5m (€4.36m) in a funding round led by Octopus Ventures. Touchlab is successfully pursuing an ambitious goal to give robots a human touch. Whi...
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  The lowdown on Sellalong, the circular economy startup making it easier for retailers and shoppers alike to recirculate clothes. How many times have you worn something, or used an item once or twice and then thrown it away? With recent research showing that 70% of household items currently go directly to landfill, startup Sellalong have created a much needed and timely solution via a syst...
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  HomeLink Healthcare secures investment to support further growth and scaling of its Hospital-at-Home and Virtual Ward services. Foresight Group LLP, a leading listed infrastructure and SME investment manager, has just announced details of a £2.15m investment into HomeLink Healthcare Limited to further support the company’s growth. Formed in 2015, HomeLink has provided “...
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Get those nominations in! Only a few weeks left to nominate talented women in tech for Women in Software Awards 2022. Calling all women in the software sector! There are just a few weeks remaining for submissions to this year's Women in Software Awards. Now in its fourth year, the Women in Software Awards initiative by award winning Software developer bootcamp Makers, in partnership with Compu...
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