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Got a business in the manufacturing sector? These tips on how you can reduce energy costs while being more sustainable are well worth a read... Energy is expensive these days, both for businesses and consumers. Sadly, the manufacturing sector utilizes a lot of energy, which can affect a business’s bottom line. When energy costs go up, your profit margins go down.  This is a signific...
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Innovative InsurTech startup SureIn announces a €4M Seed round to further its mission of making insurance easy, transparent and hassle-free for SMBs. Berlin-based InsurTech startup SureIn has closed a €4M Seed round for its mission to provide end-to-end insurance solutions to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The funding round was led by Pact VC and will be used to f...
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Nassia Skoulikariti, Director of IoT Programmes, Mobile Ecosystem Forum shares some insights on how IoT is having a significant impact on all our lives. Sooner or later, most (if not all) businesses are going to bump up against the Internet of Things (IoT). Even if you haven’t come across the term before you will have had some experience of IoT already. Anything with an IP address can be...
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Roger James Hamilton, Founder and CEO of Genius Group, a world-leading entrepreneur Edtech and education group, discusses how introducing a globalized curriculum will help better prepare students for work and entrepreneurship and bring education into the 21st century.  Investing in technology companies has always been a challenging task for investors. The industry is constantly evolving, w...
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SuperFi, the debt prevention platform, has announced a $1m pre-seed funding round to support people during the cost of living crisis. The round was led by UK seed fund Ascension and its impact fund, Fair By Design, and includes Force Over Mass, and a number of other prominent investors. The London-based fintech startup is revolutionising debt management by providing users with an overview of th...
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41 startups from 13 countries, including the UK, have been selected for the 8th Kickstart Innovation program, one of Europe’s leading innovation platforms. Following a marathon of pitches, 41 startups from 13 countries, including Germany, Austria, Singapore, USA, UK, Sweden, Denmark, Portugal, Israel, Spain, and Estonia were selected for the 8th Kickstart Innovation program. Ove...
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Personal training platform Another Round has secured £300k in its latest fundraise, including investment from angels and its community. The latest investment will go towards building a world-class team, advancing Another Round’s product capabilities and R&D. Set up in 2018 by Max Cotton, an ex-professional MMA fighter turned fitness tech entrepreneur, Another Round applies its ...
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Thingtrax Secures £4.3M to Empower Manufacturers to Build the Factories of the Future IoT SaaS startup Thingtrax has raised £4.3M in a Pre-Series A round co-led by Concentric, Superseed and Puma Private Equity. The investment was also supported by Haatch, Portfolio Ventures, Vinci Venture Capital and several well-known angel investors, including super angel Charlie Songhurst. T...
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A measure of inflation relief for small firms sees transport costs fall but service price increases remain elevated... Responding to news that CPI has fallen to 7.9%, while core inflation fell to 6.9% in the 12 months to June 2023, Martin McTague, National Chair of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), said: “The fall in CPI buys small businesses a little bit of breathing space, and ...
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Bedfordshire-based HR tech startup HR DataHub has built a range of tools for HR departments to make better decisions and to compare their departments and companies against others to better gauge their performance. It’s no secret that HR is a hugely important part of a company. The department drives employee success and overall company prosperity through its careful selection of new talent...
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The newsroom mindset: A blueprint for startup content strategy success Blaise Hope, Founder and CEO, Origin Hope Content marketing is vital for modern businesses, especially startups, creatives, innovators and self-starters facing fierce competition in crowded marketplaces. Engaging with target audiences becomes even more challenging due to content overload, while limited resources and budgets f...
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Want to improve your public speaking? These tips from Anthony Garvey, the newly crowned Toastmasters International UK Public Speaking champion will help you do just that. When you are a startup founder you have a lot to do and much of your success will depend on how well you communicate. In your new business venture you’ll need to persuade and cajole your audience to support you, to inves...
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