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UK inflation in August hit a 4yr high at 2.9% after being in decline for the previous 2 months. What impact might this have on UK business? Self-employed Financial Market Analyst Fiona Cincotta who had an 8 year career at City Index and now works with them as a freelancer, shares her thoughts on what all this might mean... "The rate of inflation in the UK in August hit a 4 year hig...
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With investment now totalling $2.5m, social commerce platform Moteefe have launched a new and improved platform to help enable entrepreneurs to create additional revenue streams through customised products. London-based startup Moteefe, a social commerce platform that enables entrepreneurs to sell custom clothing and merchandise via social media, has unveiled its new website after recently closin...
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PwC's SCALE programmes for fast growth, disruptive scaleups who want to shape the future through scalable innovation, kick off in October. We took a look... PwC's SCALE programmes are aiming to bring together fast-growing and ambitious scale-ups with the world’s biggest brands to allows both sides to learn from the other and to build commercial opportunities. The 10-12 week sector or l...
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The countdown is well and truly on for SportTech, FitTech, or HealthTech startups to apply to be part of the inaugural Sport Tech Hub incubator programme - London’s first facility dedicated to startups driving innovation in physical activity and sport. With only a few days left to apply, we thought wise to share the key details you might want to know. (we're good sports like that you know). ...
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Australia’s leading, peer-to-peer caravan hire and RV-sharing community Camplify has announced its expansion into the UK. The 'Airbnb' styled business will focus on helping RV (Recreational vehicle) owners to list their caravans, motorhomes, campervans, trailer tents, static caravans and holiday lodges for hire on the site. Camplify was founded by Justin Hales in 2014 and launched acro...
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NACUE (National Association of College and University Entrepreneurs) is a fab charity dedicated to the promotion and support of student and graduate engagement in entrepreneurship and enterprise. Through student-led enterprise societies, programmes, and events, NACUE provides young people with inspiration, support, skill development, and opportunities. The organisation was founded by university st...
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If you are aged 17-24, passionate about wanting a greener, healthier planet and have an idea of how digital tech could benefit the environment - then your luck is in. You could be applying for up to £10,000 from The Environment Now to bring your idea to life! The Environment Now is an exciting new opportunity care of O2’s Think Big that will fund 17-24 years olds up to £10k to c...
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The UK’s largest listed water company, United Utilities are seeking businesses with innovative ideas in the fields of safety, well-being, predictive maintenance, connected home, customer interactions and the future of the water sector, to join a new United Utilities Innovation Lab. Invited businesses will collaborate with United Utilities on some of its key business and customer challenges ...
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Whether you are just planting the seed for that ‘big idea’ or you’ve already grown a full-fledged business, check out this fab opportunity via world leading collaborative workspace and community providers, WeWork, who are committing over $20 million to empower creators from around the world through a new platform called the Creator Awards. The Creator Awards, care of WeWork (mor...
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The most prolific multinational corporations of today had to start somewhere. Years of hard work, investment and a little bit of good luck meant some of the budding startups of 100 years ago have gone on to become some of the biggest brands in the world today. But how did they do it? The government-backed Start Up Loans Company has taken a look back at where it all began and produced an interacti...
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British Shaving Pioneer Cornerstone secures further £3.5 million investment and adds e-commerce veteran to its board. We'd like to think we can spot and scout startup talent here at Startacus HQ. Back in 2014, we interviewed young entrepreneur Oliver Bridge who had just launched Cornerstone, a subscription service offering a flexible, regular delivery of razor blades and men's shaving ...
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Co-living company The Collective launch a month-long residential social impact accelerator for early-stage start-ups – the first of its kind globally. Starting today (7th August 17), 10 inaugural members who were chosen from over 3,500 applicants from 158 different countries, will live and work at The Collective Old Oak for the duration of the programme and all share a common mission: to cre...
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