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StephieAnn Design – Stephanie Woolven
Stephanie Woolvens’ handmade luxury brand StephieAnn Design lingerie and nightwear is made for women to feel special about themselves. The 24 year old’s debut collection ‘Hammer Through Daisies‘, which won her the Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas award in August 2014, was inspired by Dylan Thomas poem And Death Shall Have No Dominion. Stephanie runs her lingerie […]
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London Writers Awards 2021 developing diverse writers across the publishing industry
The London Writers Awards – an annual development programme for diverse writers from across London – is open for submissions. Sponsored by Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) and supported by Arts Council England and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, the London Writers Awards 2021 is organised by Spread the Word – a London’s literary development charity – and it is focused […]
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UK Social Enterprise Awards 2016
Applications now open for the UK Social Enterprise Awards 2016 – Recognising businesses and individuals making an impact in the social enterprise sector. The awards are open to all social enterprises with specific categories for investors, corporate groups, public sector bodies and charities. There are 12 categories organisations can enter, including UK Social Enterprise of the Year, […]
Small Business Saturday UK – Applications open for Small Biz 100
Small Business Saturday UK are once again looking to spotlight 100 small businesses leading up to its campaign in boosting support for small businesses. Small Biz 100 will feature 100 businesses, one a day, in the 100 days leading to this year’s Small Business Saturday event on 3rd December. The annual event celebrates small business success and […]
Innovate UK: New Funding Programme To Fast-track UK Innovation
Innovate UK to invest up to £15 million in cutting-edge research and development projects in any technology area. The open competition targets a whole range of technology, engineering and industrial areas. Businesses of any size can apply and ideas can come from any area, including four sector areas of: – Manufacturing and materials; Emerging and enabling technologies; Health […]
How She Did It: Understanding Tech As A Non-Technical Founder
Interested in starting a tech startup but have no technology background? Blooming Founders partners with Udacity for an evening of learning, inspiration and networking. Both Women and Men are invited to the next series of ‘How She Did It: Understanding Tech As A Non-Technical Founder‘ where speakers, who all started as non-tech founders, will share their […]
Debut – Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor’s career app ‘Debut’ is reinventing how students apply for jobs – A new role can start from just simply playing a mobile game. The interactive mobile app, for both students and graduates, provides an alternative process to the current system of using a career’s website or job boards. Charles, 25, was inspired to close the gap within […]
Royal Mail launches new self-service marketing tool for small businesses
Royal Mail launches ‘MailshotMaker’ – An online tool for small businesses to design and send their own mailshots to customers. Small businesses will now be able to design and send mailshots, within three working days, from as little as 49p per mailing. The service aims to help UK companies develop and manage their own marketing in-house, as well […]
Eyetease #TeaseLondon Competition – Tweet Pitch worth £160,000
#TeaseLondon competition for Startups and SME’s – Head over to Twitter and tweet your pitch to be in the chance of winning £160,000 worth of free advertising on over 400 taxi-top screens in London. Eyetease partners with Verifone Media to see companies get creative in pitching in highlight of the launch of their advice video blogs […]
British Business Bank Launch Help To Grow
British Business Bank has launched the first phase of Help to Grow with plans to support around £200 million of growth loans in its fist two years. Supported by the European Investment Fund, the programme will see the first £30 million lending accessible to growing businesses through Lloyds Banking group. Loans of up to £2 million will […]
Share Your Start-Up Story – Weroom
Making an impact in the sharing economy – Weroom is an online flatsharing marketplace giving people a stress-free experience of sharing a flat. Thomas Villeneuve created Weroom after a bad experience of sharing a flat, which inspired him to see tenants given a lot more choice in how they rent. Weroom concept took off in Paris in 2013 […]
Lord Sugar appointed government’s enterprise tsar
Lord Sugar has been appointed enterprise tsar as part of government’s plan to get more young people interested in starting their own business or an apprenticeship. Announced by the Skills Minister Nick Boles, the Apprentice boss will aid the government’s effort in delivering three million apprenticeships in England by 2020. Sugar will tour around the UK […]
Visa Europe launches new Visa Europe Digital Enablement Programme
Visa Europe launches the new Visa Europe Digital Enablement Programme (VEDEP) – Using the influence of its Visa network to simplify the use of third party mobile wallets. The new programme will see Visa Europe partnering with Google, Android Pay and several leading UK banks. VEDEP gives banks and technology companies a turn-key framework fusing Visa’s secure token technology, […]
MassChallenge UK: Apply for No-Equity Startup Accelerator Programme
MassChallenge has once again opened the UK applications for its 2016 startup accelerator programme. Strong encouragement for disruptive talents from areas such as interactive media, life sciences, cleantech, fintech and cybersecurity. Startups from all sectors are also invited to apply. The accelerator programme connects early-stage companies with the right resources to help drive growth, create value, […]
Share Your Start-Up Story – ‘Bevy’ The Butler
Bevy is the first and only on-demand app specialised in delivering alcohol and convenience goods within 20 minutes across London. Kevin Kovar, 33, discovered Bevy as a result of attending several house parties and feeling disappointed with the low supply of alcoholic drinks available. The butler-type app is saving people’s time by placing their local shop in the […]
Tech Spotlight – 5 fun mobile apps for entrepreneurs
Life of an entrepreneur is hectic as you find yourself constantly doing things on your smart devices – We want to make your mobile more sociable so we’ve brought you 5 fun apps to use. Running a business sees us permanently glued to our phones. We want to make your phone a lot more fun, which is why we’re […]
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