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Research has demonstrated how productivity can be positively impacted by employee engagement and workplace culture. Jonathan Richards, CEO and co-founder at Breathe, explains... Productivity in the UK has been falling for more than a decade. According to the Office of National Statistics, it currently takes the country about 10 years to deliver the same level of growth it would once have achieved...
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We take a look at smart platform and app Medicus AI, the startup that's empowering people to participate in their health and wellbeing decisions with easy-to-understand health insights.  Medical reports and lab results such as blood tests can be difficult to interpret for the layperson. They can’t necessarily be dumbed down too much for us for the risk of oversimplifying or mischaracte...
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KeepAppy, a personal wellness app, designed to empower users to take control of their mental and physical wellbeing, was recently selected to participate in this year’s Launchbox in association with Tangent, Trinity’s Ideas Workspace in Dublin. We took a look... By enabling people to track all of the vitals that most impact an individual’s wellbeing, KeepAppy is a wellness app t...
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"Financial wellbeing at its simplest" thanks to new FinTech startup Huuti!  Whilst some of us may be pretty savvy with our finances, for others, the opposite is true. Budgeting and saving can prove to be a lot more challenging than spending!If you can relate to that, then we reckon that our latest startup of the week will be right up your street.Huuti is an innovative new startup which ...
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Staff continually off sick? Exploring health & wellbeing at work, absence management and presenteeism and leavism in the work place. When an employee calls in sick, it’s acceptable as it’s only natural to have sick days every once in a while. When this behaviour becomes repetitive, it’s the business that feels the negative effects. As the cost to hire temporary talent increa...
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Keith McNiven, founder of London based personal training company Right Path Fitness, tells us why you should provide health and fitness training for your team. Your staff are your most valuable asset, they are the ones who represent you at the front line, provide customer service to your customers and clients and ultimately determine if your business will sink or swim. What you need to succeed ar...
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With a background in occupational therapy, Glandore Director, Clare Kelly’s experience has shaped Glandore’s own wellness initiatives. Hosting Pilates and yoga classes, lunch and learn seminars and meditation guidance, among other offerings, Glandore’s wellness programme has become a way of not only supporting their members’ wellbeing but offering them a healthy opportunity...
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After the excesses of the festive season, it’s pretty much a given that healthier eating becomes a high priority for many of us as we begin a new year. It’s quite timely then that our latest startup of the week is on a mission to make healthy living more convenient and easier than ever to adhere to. The Goodness Project is an online e-commerce platform whose aim is to help us all di...
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Let’s face it - we’ve all been there at one time or another. Patiently counting down the days until we get paid again. And it’s something which as an employee, is pretty much out of our control. After all, in most cases, we start a job, are given a salary and then our employer decides how and when they will pay us. Although we might be able to negotiate the odd pay rise, we ca...
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We're liking the sound of… Rebel Book Club The what? Rebel Book Club? Yep, Rebel Book Club is much like you’d expect - it’s a book club, but with an application process to be approved to then attend. London based.  So why are you writing about it on Startacus? Well the type of books they read range from books focused on creativity, motivation, business, entrepreneurshi...
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