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Five key trends for Managed Service Providers in 2023
by: Startacus Admin ~ 15th December 2022
Dave Adamson, CTO at managed services provider Espria shares some insights on the key trends that MSPs are set to face in the year ahead.
Whether it's outsourcing, cloud services, IoT, or hyper-converged infrastructures, 2023 promises to continue to see several trends that are disrupting the managed services sector. This is according to managed services provider Espria.
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Meet the Rebelots – How Rebel Energy is using automation to support vulnerable customers
by: Startacus Admin ~ 27th July 2021
Bwalya Kasase, Business Process Consultant at Rebel Energy shares insights on how the renewable energy supplier uses digital workers to improve the customer experience
Perhaps more than any other sector, the energy industry has an engagement problem. The average consumer spends around seven minutes per year dealing with their energy supplier. To make matters worse, those seven minutes often pro...
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Tines - transform your workflows
by: Startacus Admin ~ 27th April 2021
Tines is a Dublin-based startup that automates those repetitive workflows so you can get on with all the other stuff!
We have written only recently about another startup with a platform to consolidate workers’ tools and tabs and browser windows into one place - and about how many times we’ve written about such startups (is this Inception yet?) - but there is still plenty that can be...
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We Build Bots creates the world’s only citizen service automation platform
by: Startacus Admin ~ 14th July 2020We Build Bots! The Cardiff-based startup that's creating innovative AI powered automation solutions for Local Governments and Public Sector organisations
At one point or another, most of us will have contacted a business’s customer service and found ourselves answered on the first touch by a chatbot. If we are looking for simple information on policies, dates and times, and small issu...
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Greyparrot - reinventing the management of waste
by: Startacus Admin ~ 14th July 2020Greyparrot! The startup that's using AI to create an innovative waste management solution
We have written many times previously about the problems around waste management and how hugely damaging our current methods of landfills and ocean dumping are to us all. We have looked at several startups shaking up recycling by turning non-recyclable plastics into usable chemicals or into building aggregat...
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A third of UK businesses struggle to transition to remote working
by: Startacus Admin ~ 3rd June 2020New YouGov research commissioned by SAP Concur reveals that whilst a healthy 68% of businesses found the transition to remote working easy, a significant third of businesses (32%) found it difficult or very difficult.
The global sweep of COVID-19 has meant a fundamental shift for businesses; travel restrictions and mandated social distancing have meant, in a short space of time, huge s...
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WeGift - the digital rewards and incentives platform
by: Startacus Admin ~ 9th March 2020The lowdown on WeGift, the tech startup that is automating the gift card business...
Gift cards. Saviour of bad present-thinker-up-ers everywhere. But also a great way for businesses to reward and incentivise customers and employees. Send out a gift card every month to the employee who got the highest customer service rating, who closed the most deals, who sent out the most gift cards. But the cu...
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30% of the UK's jobs at risk of automation
by: Startacus Admin ~ 15th January 2020The Countries at Risk From Automation! According to new research by MerchantMachine.co.uk, at 82%, the UK takes fourth place in the list of European countries being most ready for automation and robotics, whilst 30% of the UK population’s jobs are at risk of automation.
The research also offers insight into the amount of global revenue automation is set to generate in the next thr...
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The Rise of Automation is a necessity not a choice
by: Startacus Admin ~ 21st May 2019Here, Chris Unwin, CEO at LAC Conveyors and Automation explains how these developments in technology can be used to address the skills and labour shortage across a number of sectors.Automation has received mixed reviews from businesses in recent times; often depending on the type of organisation you are speaking to and the level of seniority of the individual being questioned.
For some ...
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TUC calls for new tech to pave way to shorter working week and higher pay
by: Startacus Admin ~ 9th September 2018New technology like AI, automation and robotics could pave the way for better working conditions – including higher pay and reduced workloads – a new TUC report called 'A Future that Works for Working People' sets out (10th September 2018).
Government and business estimate that new technologies could boost UK GDP by at least £200bn in the next decade. But most UK...
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- SureIn Secures €4M to Close the SMB Insurance Gap 15th Aug 2023 Innovative InsurTech startup SureIn announces a €4M Seed round to further its mission of making insurance easy, transparent and hassle-free for SMBs.
- SuperFi raises $1M pre-seed funding round 28th Jul 2023 SuperFi, the debt prevention platform, has announced a $1m pre-seed funding round to support people during the cost of living crisis.
- Startups rely on AI & sustainability for new partnerships 27th Jul 2023 41 startups from 13 countries, including the UK, have been selected for the 8th Kickstart Innovation program, one of Europe’s leading innovation platforms.
- Another Round closes £300k Seed round to revolutionise personal training 21st Jul 2023 Personal training platform Another Round has secured £300k in its latest fundraise, including investment from angels and its community.