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Why wellness is important for hospitality startups
by: Startacus Admin ~ 22nd November 2021
Startup in the hospitality sector? Sonal Uberoi of Spa Balance shares her insights on why incorporating wellness into your product ecosystem can bring huge value...
If your startup is in the hospitality sector, in addition to the struggle you have faced during the pandemic, you will be aware that customers are now looking to nurture their physical and mental health and take a more responsible a...
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Dearbump crowdfunding to support UK’s first corporate pregnancy programme
by: Startacus Admin ~ 7th October 2021
Liverpool startup, Dearbump launches crowdfunding campaign to support development and growth of its wellbeing support programme for expectant employees.
Liverpool-based startup Dearbump is set to launch an innovative new programme aimed at empowering and supporting working mothers whilst also helping businesses to save time, talent and money.
The programme is targeted towards pregnant em...
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Great workplace wellbeing initiatives need diversity and inclusion at their core
by: Startacus Admin ~ 23rd September 2021
Oshun Workplace Wellbeing, the startup aiming to revolutionise the face of the wellness industry launches free Wellbeing Day with free sessions focusing on diversity, inclusion, confidence and joy
A new wellbeing startup is urging employers to make workplace wellbeing more inclusive in order to tackle poor mental health among the workforce.
Oshun Workplace Wellbeing, founded by Leanne Evans an...
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Startup of the Week - Heka
by: Startacus Admin ~ 9th July 2021
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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Derry Wellbeing Expert launches Nutritional Programme to help stressed out society
by: Startacus Admin ~ 19th May 2021
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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9 Creative Ways To Engage Employees To Achieve Greater Results For Your Business
by: Startacus Admin ~ 29th April 2021
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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What Startup Leaders need to know about Pandemic Fatigue
by: Startacus Admin ~ 15th February 2021
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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Startup of the Week - Healing Clouds
by: Startacus Admin ~ 10th February 2021
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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How to spot burnout and beat it
by: Startacus Admin ~ 21st December 2020
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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On-demand wellness app, Urban secures major funding boost
by: Startacus Admin ~ 28th September 2020The 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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