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DBS Checks and recruiting during COVID - Managers, Don't Miss Out
by: Startacus Admin ~ 26th October 2020
Recruiting at the moment or planning to do so soon? Here are just a few of the reasons why doing background checks on your candidates is an absolute must
Hiring is among the most important tasks managers have and is doubtlessly one of the foundations of a company's success. Also, recruiting the right candidates is the hardest, most demanding, and poorly understood parts of building up a busines...
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OKRA raises ambitious target to 6 million predictions in Life Sciences by end of 2020
by: Startacus Admin ~ 2nd October 2020
OKRA continues to meet increased demand and empower the pharma industry with real-time insights amidst Covid-19 uncertainty
After the impressive news in June that OKRA had hit its target of 2 million validated predictions at >95% accuracy a full 6 months early, the company has now set its sights on a record-breaking 6 million predictions completed by year end. This means that pharma ...
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VC Firm Talis Capital critique Rishi Sunak's Job Support Scheme
by: Startacus Admin ~ 25th September 2020Vasile Foca, co-founder and managing partner at Talis Capital outlines why the Chancellor's measures are not enough to tackle the skills deficit and social security issues...
Yesterday Rishi Sunak unveiled further details of the UK government’s 'job support scheme’ to support workers’ wages throughout the pandemic, however many feel that it is not enough. Vasile Foca, co-founder...
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The role of feedback in a ever-changing Covid-19 world
by: Startacus Admin ~ 24th September 2020Amy Robinson, Senior Brand Development Manager at Esendex shares some advice on why customer feedback is so important for businesses in this current challenging economy
As the nation enters the next stage of the pandemic, economic recovery is at the forefront of most people and businesses’ minds. For the country to recover and head back towards some kind of normal, the economy also needs to...
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Unique COVID-19 stimulus initiative launched in Jersey
by: Startacus Admin ~ 10th September 2020PFS, a leading player in the FinTech ecosystem supports the World's First COVID-19 Stimulus Payments Programme of its Kind in Jersey...
Innovation in the FinTech sector with the news that PFS is partnering with the Government of Jersey via its unique spend local prepaid Mastercard initiative. The initiative is part of the government’s overall £150 million fiscal stimulus package ...
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Maskey - fashionable face masks from a vending machine
by: Startacus Admin ~ 19th July 2020Maskey! The startup that's making face masks both fashionable and more accessible...
Masks are the new norm, and they will be for a while. Asian countries in particular are already well known for the familiar sight of people going about their business wearing a mask; if someone feels a cold coming on, they pull on a mask to make sure they don’t spread it to the people around them.
What we ...
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Glug - hospitality reservations, orders and payments made easy
by: Startacus Admin ~ 5th July 2020The app that's on a mission to make things easier for hospitality businesses and customers alike...
All of a sudden, the world has been thrown into a state of lockdown and social distancing because of COVID-19. The world in the first, tentative steps towards reopening already looks different. Big shops that we’re used to seeing packed to the walls with shoppers are letting in only a handful...
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More than half of employees concerned about returning to work
by: Startacus Admin ~ 2nd July 2020More than half of employees concerned about returning to work and majority of employees NOT comfortable using public transport...
Breathe, HR software provider for SMEs, has announced findings from its survey in conjunction with Posture People and HR Central. The research polled 482 senior business leaders and employees and found half (50.6%) will limit the number of people in...
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The shared economy post Covid: The challenges and opportunities
by: Startacus Admin ~ 29th June 2020Post Covid, these could be some of the shared economy trends that businesses will be looking to capitalise on in the coming weeks and months.The coronavirus pandemic has changed the world we live in, with devastating economic effects on a whole range of different industries. The sharing economy has been hit particularly hard, at a time when interest in shared services was rising rapidly.
At the s...
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The fashion clothing box aiming to save lives
by: Startacus Admin ~ 13th June 2020Lost Stock - the fashion clothing box, set up in the wake of Covid-19 to help support garment workers in Bangladesh, has nearly doubled its annual target within its first month of operation!
Set up by the team behind fashion shopping app Mallzee, Lost Stock enables shoppers to buy cancelled clothing stock direct from manufacturers through a personalised fashion box, whilst supporting a garment wo...
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