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The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic is something that’s affecting near enough everyone, and for business owners, being locked indoors and unable to work in the traditional sense can be concerning. There are a lot of factors that are outside of our control when it comes to the coronavirus, but what steps can we actively put in place to ensure that we’re able to keep on turning as the days a...
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Countingup, a VC backed startup building one financial hub for 1m small businesses, and nearly 250 accountancy firms have written to the UK Government to appeal for gaps in coronavirus support for small businesses to be bridged. it's fair to say we've been reporting on concerns about the level of some support that the UK government is offering to the UK startup and small business community. ...
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Startacus' latest roundup of Northern Irish tech and startup news, powered by RealTime Recruitment, highlights some of the key brilliant covid-19 focused initiatives and responses that are being, or have been developed across the island-of Ireland.  Coronavirus / covid-19, has understandably dominated our thoughts, work and home lives over the last month or two. In Startacus' latest tech ne...
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Most business owners had big goals for 2020 before coronavirus happened and turned things upside down. The world pandemic has had a huge impact on people’s lives and the economy. Many businesses have had to close down or minimise operations in efforts to slow down the spread. Hopefully, with such efforts, the curve will flatten, and it will be business as usual again in a few months. But unt...
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A UK-based social enterprise Lanterne, has developed, and is soon to launch, Keep Your Distance, a free app that will help us observe ‘social distancing’ more effectively in our collective effort to break the transmission rate of the coronavirus. With a mission to improve global public safety and reduce the spread of the coronavirus, Lanterne’s Keep Your Distance platform&n...
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The startup that'll help you create a truly memorable customer experience... We have written multiple times in the past that one of the best and simplest ways to connect with your customers and clients, and to make them feel like they are appreciated and valued, is to simply communicate with them. That means, in part, following up any calls, meetings, etc., with a quick thank you note, keeping th...
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Learning maths can actually be fun - thanks to this edtech startup, that helps kids learn and compete! Ask anyone what their least favourite subject in school was, and the most likely answer will be maths. For a lot of people maths is a subject that, despite the fact that sums and equations aren’t up for interpretation, the degree to which we are able to learn it depends very much on the wa...
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patientMpower, the innovative app that is providing remote monitoring for those in self-isolation because of COVID-19We all know that the current direction for those who are concerned that they may have COVID-19 is to continue self-isolation and call your doctor or 111 (in the UK) for advice, not head to the hospital. While this seems counterintuitive when you are feeling ill, the reality is that...
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In order to combat some of the impact caused by the coronavirus, many tourism companies are, or could, turn to tech solutions. Here's a few new and existing tech focused innovations, care of the team at luggage storage app Bounce, that might offer up some inspiration to others. It’s no exaggeration to say that the coronavirus has impacted the entire world.  With most countries in...
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WebARX creates a COVID-19 cyber threats page to collect all the cyber attacks and online threats surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic As the COVID-19 virus has led many to work from home, scammers are taking advantage. WebARX, an Estonian web security company was inspired by the #hackthecrisis movement to do their part in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. On late Friday evening on 20th of March, WebA...
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