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From remote, hybrid to in-person teams - Dublin-based startup PepTalk is on a mission to create a work environment where everyone can thrive. We have written a number of times over the last couple of years about how working from home has become vastly more popular since the lockdowns, even after it stopped being necessary. As some employees and companies drift away from total work from home sta...
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Employee wellbeing experts Loopin share some insights on the truth behind your employee's notice of resignation. There are many factors to consider when it comes to staff turnover – but while some may be inevitable, such as retirement, a change in career, or even moving away, others can be controlled. Employee wellbeing experts Loopin have highlighted six of the major factors in th...
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Pact launches its first £30M fund to back early-stage European tech startups using technology for economic inclusion, well-being and climate solutions. Pact has launched its first £30m seed fund to back early-stage startups across Europe using technology to tackle key priorities for the next generation - economic inclusion, personal and professional well-being, and climate solutions...
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Climate tech startup Airly announces series A funding round to support scaling and further development of its innovative air quality monitoring platform. Air pollution is the most-pressing environmental health crisis of our time with approximately nine in 10 people around the world breathing unclean air. Helping to spotlight this existential threat, cleantech startup Airly is today a...
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Thalamos is a healthtech startup enabling healthcare professionals to provide a swifter, simpler and safer experience for those in need of acute mental healthcare. Unfortunately, the number of people in the UK who are being sectioned under the Mental Health Act is on the rise. Being sectioned essentially means being detained and treated for a mental health disorder against your will. This can, ...
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Investment success for PsycApps to help it scale and further develop eQuoo, its innovative mental health platform and game. Good news from PsycApps, the UK-based developer of the evidence-based mental health game for teens and young adults, eQuoo, that we've previously featured here on Startacus. The company has just announced  that it has raised £1.5m in seed funding from US-based M...
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Leading wellbeing training company PUSH Mind and Body, announces new partnership with charity Deafblind UK to help improve life and work for people with hearing and sight loss. Innovative wellbeing company PUSH, which is on a mission to make work better for three million people over three years, have revealed details of its new partnership with Deafblind UK. Its aim is to support the charity&rs...
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The lowdown on Somerset-based social enterprise The Burnt Chef Project and its mission to tackle mental health issues in the hospitality sector. Kitchen staff don’t need Gordon Ramsay screaming obscenities in their faces in order to experience mental health issues and burnout. The hospitality industry is one full of stress, and with long hours under intense pressure and in tough condition...
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Andrea Szell, Founder of Spare Desk shares some insights on how flexible co-working can benefit both the planet and the health and wellbeing of employees... As hundreds of UK employees return to enduring their commute to work, an important question is raised - is this necessary? Already in the press, there are talks about hybrid working and the cost saving benefits to employers of having them w...
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Bike Club is a circular economy startup enabling subscribers to rent out and then exchange their children's bikes as they grow...  With the cost of living on the rise, many families are seeking out new ways to both save money and also ensure that they still make the most of the time they spend together. Add to that the fact that children tend to grow at a pretty fast pace and it’s cl...
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