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Skrap is an innovative PropTech startup that offers all kinds of construction hire services on-demand to construction companies Skip hire is something that most of us don’t think about ever needing, and yet whether it’s work being done to the house or a big clearout of the garage, a skip is likely to come in handy for more people than would expect it. This one-off use means that we&rs...
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Does (or could) your tech startup offer innovative solutions for the logistics sector? The third edition of Wincanton's innovation programme W² Labs is now open for entries... From robotic automation, demand forecasting, through to people and process planning, Wincanton, the UK’s largest third-party logistics provider, has launched the third edition of W2 Labs - an innovation lab ...
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Caper is an innovative app for all the family to use -  combining interactive storytelling with fun activities and tasks People are forever frustrated with the amount of time their children spend in front of a screen. Ignoring the £600 phone we just bought them to keep them occupied, we lament the fact that they don’t play outside like we used to. But perhaps there is a happy me...
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Five of the teams from NI-based Catalyst's first Co-Founders programme in the NW have been successful in securing £10,000 of Innovate UK funding  Great news from NI-based Catalyst which successfully completed its first North West Northern Ireland Co-Founders programme, supporting a new generation of first-time entrepreneurs and early stage start-ups from the region....
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Major funding secured by Glasgow-based ClinSpec Dx to help further develop its innovative, impactful and early detection cancer testing technology  Efforts to improve the early detection of cancer have received a significant boost with a £2.4 million funding deal to support the further development of innovative testing technology.Glasgow-based ClinSpec Diagnostics Limited (ClinSpec Dx)...
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Bed Pod - the innovative new solution to pre-empt and minimise the damage bed bugs can cause to guests, reputation and earnings Hopefully, it isn’t a problem that many of us have encountered, but for those who have experienced bed bugs in a hotel bed, the night would not have been a comfortable one. Nor would the following, itchy days. Needless to say, that hotel would immediately make it ...
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We take a look at Qudini, the London-based startup that's created innovative solutions for retailers to deliver an excellent customer experience and manage their queues both in-store and virtually... In July, we wrote about Glug, a startup helping the hospitality sector stay afloat by bringing virtual ordering and payment to customers to cut down on the amount of physical interaction with staff a...
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Yorkshire and Manchester based innovation agency Alt Theory launches and announces it has already secured a key client and partnership... Great news for Alt Theory, a Growth and Innovation agency, launched in the first week of August 2020 with the announcement that it has signed up new client zerotwonine (029), part of the Hirschen Group. Based in Yorkshire & Manchester, Alt Theory challenge...
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Liopa - The AI startup that's innovating visual speech recognition Anyone who uses speech recognition technology, such as Siri or Alexa, for example, knows that it can be difficult to get the thing to understand what you are saying sometimes. Particularly if you are in a noisy environment. If other people around you are also talking, it may have a hard time identifying what is you and what isn&rs...
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The lowdown on Frequency, the Dublin-based startup that's on a mission to innovate internet based communication systems for the aviation industry... Delays cost airlines around $25 billion every year - just over $1 million per aircraft. This is the problem that 3 Aer Lingus pilots founded Dublin-based Frequency to combine their 40 years of flight experience in order to solve. They say ...
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