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Heka is an innovative startup that enables you to offer a health benefits solution to your employees that is as unique as they are. Let's face it. Even before the events of the last year and a half, more and more businesses had started to understand and recognize the importance of their employees' overall wellbeing. And that's certainly not going to change in a post-pandemic world - in fact, em...
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Jade Bradley, founder of Restore Nutrition and one of our Impacting Founders discusses her holistic approach to health and gives us some top tips to ‘kick start’ our wellbeing journey… As we draw to the close of our ‘Impacting Founders’ programme which saw Startacus support NI-based female founders, we are meeting and hearing the stories from some of the fantastic...
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Having your employees engaged in your business really matters - here are a few creative ways to increase engagement that should certainly help... According to Willis Towers Watson, a leading global advisory, broking and solutions organization, employee engagement can be described as "employees' willingness and ability to contribute to company success". In essence, it can be defined as the ...
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Darren Hockley, MD of eLearning provider, DeltaNet International, shares advice and tips on identifying and managing pandemic fatigue in these challenging times As a business owner, you’ve probably heard it a million times before: tough situations will make you stronger. However, despite how comforting those words may sound, so many startups never make it past the first year. ...
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Healing Clouds is a startup that's on a mission to ensure that mental healthcare and wellness is accessible, affordable and available to everyone Even before the pandemic, it was evident that more and more of us were having to deal with mental health issues and challenges every day. And for many people, the past year has simply exacerbated that. Mental wellbeing is therefore more important now ...
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Tips and advice on identifying and overcoming burnout by the team at Spill, the startup which provides all-in-one mental health support to startups through Slack 1. Understand what burnout is Burnout is the combination of three emotions: exhaustion, negativity, and ineffectiveness. Its root cause is psychological, centring on our goals and our expectations. Whilst many people think the main c...
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The on-demand wellness app Urban raises £5.9 million on investment platform Seedrs to help it further develop its services and expand to more cities Great news to start the week from on-demand wellness app Urban which has just raised £5.9 million on investment platform Seedrs, tripling its initial target of £2 million. This is Seedrs’ third largest raise this year, and wit...
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The startup that's helping Wellness practitioners and clients to connect - even in isolation Right now is one of the more difficult times in modern history. As COVID-19 drives more and more of us into isolation, the world is adapting; looking for opportunities to come together and carry on. Communities are taking on new shapes, growing in innovative new ways, and reaching out, and this work is ...
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Businesses ill-equipped to support employee mental health according to new survey A new survey from workforce intelligence platform e-days has revealed that half of all companies don’t have the resources to properly support employee mental health. The survey results from over 100 HR leaders found that over 53% of businesses felt they had inadequate resources to support mental health issu...
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Coronavirus is, of course, having a big impact on how many of us keep active. 5-a-side football, OUT. Gyms, OUT. Yoga group sessions, OUT.   But, inspired by how people are giving their time and providing support for people and organisations during the current climate, Sport Tech Hub are adamant that tech products – sport, fitness, wellness and health – can have a huge and i...
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