fashion

ASOS and Wayra In Search For World’s Most Innovative Fashion-Tech Startups

ASOS and Wayra partner to find and accelerate innovative fashion tech startups to upgrade ASOS shopping experience for its 11 million customers around the world. They are looking for smart technologies to accelerate the pace of innovation within the fashion technology space, making the customer experience easier, more enjoyable, and more personalised. Existing startups, with a proven track record of developing technologies, products and services […]

accelerator

Top Pitch By Topshop – New Startup Accelerator Focus On Wearable Tech

Topshop launches ‘Top Pitch‘ – A new startup accelerator aimed at bringing wearable tech fashion items to consumers. Entrepreneurs, with startups in the smart accessories or emerging apparel space, are invited to join the month-long bootcamp from 13th June to 8th July. Jointly organised by Topshop and L Marks, a corporate innovation and early-stage investment company, Top […]

Funding

Innovate UK Funding Competition – Innovation grants for businesses

Are you looking for funding to test-run your idea and develop it? Check out these LIVE funding competitions run by Innovate UK. Innovate UK funding competitions covers these industry sectors – Emerging and Enabling Technologies | Infrastructure Systems | Health and Life Sciences | Manufacturing and Materials. These are some of the currently open funding competitions –  Energy […]

Catalyst Incubator Programme

Calling Science and Tech Startups – Catalyst Incubator Programme 2016

Are you running an early-stage Science or Technology startup? Applications now open for the 2016 Catalyst Incubator Programme. Now in its 5th year running, Catalyst helps boost growth for early-stage scientific or technology-led businesses. Set up by the University of Southampton Science Park, the equity-free programme package includes access to an entrepreneurial community, £1,000 plus further […]

scholarships

Imperial College Launch Scholarships for Female-led Businesses

Imperial College Business School is offering scholarships for female entrepreneurs to join the London Stock Exchange’s ELITE programme. Applications are open for high growth focused female led businesses to join the ELITE programme. The initiative supports most enterprising businesses to get through their scale-up challenges. Two scholarships, each £7,500, will be awarded to the most enterprising […]

PWC

PWC – Great Innovation Challenge 2016

Opportunity to reveal your innovative business at the Great Innovation Challenge 2016. PricewaterhouseCoopers UK, in partnership with the GREAT Britain campaign, are looking to showcase the best of British innovation at the International Festival for Business 2016. Entrepreneurs and firms, of all sizes, are invited to present their business’s creativity demonstrating British innovation – This can either be a new product or […]

Restaurant

Shell LiveWIRE ‘How To Video’ – Starting A Restaurant Business

Deciding to launch a restaurant start-up is an exciting decision – But there are several things to consider before leaping into the complex world of running a food business. Joe Tager, Executive Assistant at Luke Johnson, shares eye-opening tips about starting up in the restaurant industry and the common mistakes entrepreneurs need to avoid. Luke Johnson […]

My Country Business Awards 2016

Country Homes & Interiors: My Country Business Awards 2016

Country Homes & Interiors is on the search for the UK’s brightest country businesses for its 2016 My Country Business Awards. The modern country lifestyle brand launches its seventh annual ‘My Country Business Awards’ in partnership with Not on the High Street. The award, opened to businesses in all stages, celebrates existing country businesses, pioneers and champions a new breed of rural creative […]

Guildhall Creative Entrepreneurs

Guildhall Creative Entrepreneurs 12 Month Incubator Programme

Opportunity to join the prestigious Guildhall Creative Entrepreneurs on an intensive startup 12-month incubator programme is now open. Guildhall School of Music and Drama is partnering with social enterprise Cause4 to offer this business incubator initiative starting in September 2016.  The scheme offers enterprise training, mentoring, networking, office space and funding support to aspiring entrepreneurs, in the performing arts and creative industries, […]

Tech

Women in Tech Mentoring Schemes – April 2016

Structur3dpeople are running three mentoring schemes starting in April for women in the tech industry. The mentoring programme targets women looking to move or advance further within the tech sector. Structur3dpeople is a recruitment company working within the tech sector, providing mentoring and resourcing services to help organisations build a more diverse workforce. Each event takes place quarterly […]