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WeWALK, RNIB, and ICL consortium secures UKRI funding to improve mobility for visually impaired and elderly. WeWALK, the London-headquartered company behind unique products that enhance the lives of visually impaired people, has secured funding for a £1.7m Designed for Ageing project through UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). Partnering with Imperial College London and the Royal National ...
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The lowdown on Studeo, the edtech startup that has created a video learning app in order to democratise elite tutoring. Education is a fundamental pillar of modern society. Yet arguably the best education often comes at the highest cost, available only to those who can afford it. Universities like Oxford and Cambridge are often considered exclusive and ‘elite’, and with many from po...
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The lowdown on Foodsteps and its platform that enables restaurants, brands and retailers to track and reduce the footprint of food from farm to fork. Food production is responsible for 26% of global emissions, and is the single biggest factor in the loss of biodiversity. In previous articles, we have mentioned, for example, the huge 90% deforestation of Madagascar to make way for fish farming. ...
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Bike Club is a circular economy startup enabling subscribers to rent out and then exchange their children's bikes as they grow...  With the cost of living on the rise, many families are seeking out new ways to both save money and also ensure that they still make the most of the time they spend together. Add to that the fact that children tend to grow at a pretty fast pace and it’s cl...
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  The lowdown on The Joy Club, an online activity club that provides classes, activities and inspiration galore to help people make the most of their retirement. Retiring is supposed to be an exciting time, when you are finally free to do what you want to do with your life, travel to the places you always wanted to travel to, spend more time with friends and family, etc. But sometimes, peop...
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New podcast launched by Sport Tech Hub aims to share insights and inspiration from leaders and tech entrepreneurs in the sport and physical activity sector. Sport Tech Hub, established by London Sport, are thrilled to announce their new podcast series, Talking Sport & Tech.  Talking Sport & Tech will give listeners a glimpse into the lives of inspiring leaders and  technology...
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If you like haggling, you'll like this - London-based startup Nibble has created an AI-powered eCommerce chatbot to enable customers to negotiate a personalised price. We recently wrote about Starter Barter, a startup with a platform to allow people to bring back the old-fashioned system of bartering, providing a service for a service. But another integral part of many transactions, which is no...
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Starter Barter is a service exchange platform to help you find somebody who needs what you do, and does what you need.  Bartering used to be the way things were done - skilled work exchanged for goods or other skilled work. And then money came along and the unskilled could rest easy. Here and there, we still use this system, although it is more often in our own circle of friends or family ...
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The lowdown on Packfleet, the London-based B2B logistics startup that's creating a technology-first, customer-focused, green delivery experience. Every day, literally dozens - or perhaps even more - of packages are delivered around the country. Maybe even the world ;) Sometimes delivery drivers hurl them at your front door or face like an American football player or dropkick them onto the roof ...
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London-based WeAre8 is on a mission to empower us all to change the world in just two minutes a day. We are bombarded with ads all the time, on every website, on every social media platform. They rush in at us from all sides, spouting nonsense about things we couldn’t be less interested in, annoying us, perhaps even making us actively avoid whatever that brand is out of pure spite. But w...
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