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Wayra Fair By Design is a new acceleration programme that will tackle the poverty premium: where people in poverty pay more for many everyday goods and services – such as energy, insurance, borrowing, transport and food – than those who can more easily afford them. The programme, which will be based in Wayra’s Open Future_ North facility in Oldham, will support up...
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We’ve all been there. The quick dash to grab a lunchtime sarnie becomes an ordeal when we’re met with a huge queue. Of course the same applies with the all-essential morning coffee. Everyone else always seems to get there first. If that all sounds pretty familiar, then we reckon that our latest Startup of the Week ought to be right up your street. Ordoo is a mobile ordering app desi...
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If you've ever considered turning your passion for food and cooking into a business, chances are the initial startup costs may be somewhat prohibitive. Your own kitchen may suit fine initially but when it comes to batch or bulk cooking, nothing compares to a commercial setup. Help is now at hand though thanks to our latest startup of the week. Kitchup is an online marketplace to list and hire k...
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GHOGY is an online personal training service that provides interactive personalised fitness plans via instructional videos and customisable meal plans.The startup venture set up by entrepreneur Samuel Abbott and Personal Trainer David Hogan went live at the start of 2017, so we thought wise to find out more about this subscription service and how it plans to create a healthy turnover (sorry). Over...
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If you’ve ever had to organise an event or function, you’ll know only too well that getting the catering right is an absolute must. However as we all know, finding the right caterer can be a bit of a chore - whether you’re organising an intimate little gathering or a full blown business conference. Our latest startup of the week is on a mission to make the entire process easy an...
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We’ve all been there - called our fave restaurant to book a table only to be told that there are none available. So we try another one. If it’s a similar story there, we’re generally faced with two options - keep going until we do find a table or give up entirely and try for a different date! If that’s a scenario that you’ve faced and been frustrated by, then we reck...
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Some of you may already be well aware that this is no ordinary week - it’s Chocolate Week - seven days when it’s an absolute must to embrace all things cocoa-related. Our latest Startup of the Week are doing just that - however the difference is that they’re doing it the entire year long. Love Cocoa is a new artisan chocolate service which delivers letterbox chocolate gifts ri...
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As we all know, the food industry has become ever more complex in recent years. Therefore it’d be fair to say that a farmer’s lot is not an easy one. They’re faced with challenges galore - from dealing with environmental changes, to the practical impact of new legislation. The entire farm to fork process can be a challenging one with a pretty complicated supply chain. That, h...
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Food technology covers a range of businesses, from simple delivery to game-changing business ideas. With the world becoming more complicated, more built up, and more unhealthy, it’s hard to exaggerate the importance of some of these food tech businesses. We have already written recently about a couple of food-related startups, Convibo and Mindful Chef, and it inspired us to find some more Fo...
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Let’s face it - whilst many of us may have aspirations to eat healthily, our busy lives can often get in the way. Eating on the move, grabbing late night takeaways or supermarket convenience food can become the norm. If this sounds like you and you’d like to do something about it, then our latest Startup of the Week would be well worth a look. Mindful Chef is a healthy recipe box co...
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