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intu, owner of many of the UK’s largest and most popular shopping centres, such as intu Trafford Centre, intu Lakeside and intu Metrocentre, are on the hunt for innovative startups to work with as part of their new innovation programme, intu Accelerate. Applications are now open for startups to apply, so read on for all the details... The intu Accelerator programme aims to develop and colla...
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Name any city in the world and there’s a good chance that there will be a statue of someone famous there (okay, maybe not any city). The chances that said famous person will be a woman (and not royalty or Generic semi clad lady), however, are slim.Where there are statues of women, they are grossly outnumbered by those of men, and are often hidden in secret corners of the city. For example, i...
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Insurance is an industry that has remained unchanged for a very long time. The structures used by the vast majority of insurance companies by no stretch of the imagination favour the customer, they are outdated, and the industry needs a shakeup. Here are some disruptive InsurTech startups aiming to do just that. InMyBag InMyBag is aimed primarily at mobile workers, for whom insurance cover on th...
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The innovative PetTech startups seeking to lend a helping hand to pet owners...We spend a lot of money on our pets, to keep them healthy, to keep them fit, to keep them happy. We also spend a lot of money on technology, so when the two merge, it just makes sense. From locating lost dogs, to keeping an eye on pets’ health, to finding people to look after them when you go away, there are plent...
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The startup that's on a mission to help businesses innovate by engaging with their own employees...It’s almost like the Magnificent Seven, but not. Sideways 6 is a startup that looks to empower companies to make use of their employees’ invaluable insights into their own inner workings and product or service. The best businesses are those that take notice of what their people are saying...
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If your startup is focused on catapulting the retail shopping experience into the future, then you may well be delighted to hear that JLAB, the startup accelerator programme from the John Lewis Partnership, is back open for applications for its fourth year. With Waitrose also joining the programme to make JLAB 2017 even more valuable, we thought it wise to share all the key details and handy link...
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Officially launching in May, SMARTIFY aims to be your personal digital arts curator (think Shazam for the Arts)...we took a look... Art is evocative, thought provoking, and possibly confusing. Some pieces we are happy to just enjoy, but others we want to know more about - more than the little plaque beside it can tell us. Who is/was the artist behind the name? Why did they paint this picture...
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British logistics company Wincanton has launched W² Labs – a fab looking new programme aimed at challenging startups from around the world to develop innovative solutions to industry challenges defined by the Wincanton Group. Wincanton is a leading third party logistics and supply chain solutions provider in the UK and Ireland working across various industry sectors from defence, milk,...
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We are loving the look of Howz - an innovative IoT connected home system that helps you stay linked with elderly relatives wherever you are. Developed by Manchester based health tech company Intelesant the Howz platform has been getting a little well deserved press recently. Not wanting to miss out, we thought it about time we also shared word on this connected home system that offers p...
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We are loving the look and sound of Museum in a Box - an edtech company from London who are aiming to increase the accessibility of museums and their objects with an innovative interactive handling box. Intrigued? Museum in a Box  - is pretty much just that. It is a box of miniature objects found in museums from around the world that you can have sent to your school, office or to home. Insid...
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