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HowCloud – Joseph Ros
Joseph Ros extra curricular activities led to the creation of an online tutoring platform HowCloud to give students affordable access to personal tutoring. HowCloud connects students live, in real-time, online with a teacher, to give a classroom experience that is led by the students themselves. The 24 year old, from London, initially studied Philosophy, Economics and […]
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New fund ‘Common Call’ launched for UK Black-led charities and social enterprises supporting communities impacted by Covid-19
Charities and social enterprises – led by Black founders and people of colour – can now apply to receive a new grant funding of up to £3,000 to ‘socially empower’ their community-focused impact work. The Common Call fund is jointly set up by Do It Now Now (DINN), an open innovation organisation working to socially […]
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Will You Go Out On A Data With A Robot?
Human-machine romance may soon become reality as a quarter of young people in the UK say they would happily date a robot. Survey found that 26% of young adults would date a robot provided it looks like a real human being. ComRes and Nesta worked together to interview 1,000 young people, aged 18-34, on the possibility of an […]
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 […]
Young People Vs Entrepreneurship
Google’s recent survey into UK’s entrepreneurial ambition says that 78% of young people are turned off about entrepreneurship – But what about the other millennials running their own ventures. Millennials are those born from 1980 up to the millennium, including those in the university age up to the mid-thirties. Some of the reasons, noted in the survey, […]
National Innovation Plan: Call for ideas
Invitation to share your ideas on how the UK can drive forward its innovation policy to keep Britain in the forefront of cutting-edge ideas. The request, by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), is prompted by the nature of innovation in helping us to address our biggest societal and economic challenges such as energy supply, food security and […]
Editorial Tech Spotlight – BrighThinking SolarDock Charger
Modernistic student inventor Feyi Ogunyeye is narrowing the gap between consumer desire and adoption for renewable energy with his stylish BrighThinking SolarDock charger. A second year student at Plymouth University, Feyi created SolarDock to charge smartphones and personal electrical devices. It is optimised to work indoors and outdoors with no extra charges for the electrical power that it stores. […]
Two years of an average worker’s life is spent preparing for, and attending meetings
Britain’s office workers are spending around 25% of their working week preparing for, and attending meetings, according to new report commissioned by eShare. The survey of 1,005 office workers, undertaken by TLF Research, shows the average worker attending 3.7 meetings every week, with just over an hour spent preparing for each meeting and almost an hour and a half actually […]
WeAreTheCity release list of shortlisted candidates for its 2016 Rising Star Awards
WeAreTheCity has announced its shortlisted nominees for the annual Rising Star Awards – Now open to public vote. Rising Star awards celebrates the female talent pipeline from a wide range of industries. The list, released yesterday, is made up of 200 nominees and drawn from over 160 companies across the country. Shortlisted winners include a Private Banker […]
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 […]
Tech Talent Week London
Stack Overflow is proud to be hosting the second edition of Tech Talent Week – Celebrating London’s talented community of developers. Stack Overflow, in partner with ThoughtWorks and London & Partners, are hosting a series of networking events and presentations from keynote speakers that discuss London’s booming tech scene and its rapidly-growing developer landscape. The free event […]
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 […]
Technology boost for UK businesses
The EU Commission has published details on how UK businesses can increase productivity through better access to technologies. The plans sets out ways to help businesses innovate, which includes improving access to cloud computing and services, data analytics and the Internet of Things. Business Minister Baroness Neville-Rolfe comments: “The fourth industrial revolution will fundamentally change the way […]
PR Advice For Startups – Starting Up Your Reputation
PR advice – Reputation for startups may seem like putting the cart before the horse. One of the many challenges startups face is the fact that they are known for nothing, have no track record nor any established clients to vouch for them. But the truth is – reputation is the single most important intangible […]
Attract Talent London
Attract Talent London – Connecting professionals and opportunities between London & the South of France. This meetup event aims to highlight testimonials, opportunities and offers for partnerships from entrepreneurs, investors, business leaders, both from London and the South of France. Are you a Francophone, a Francophile, investor, executive, entrepreneur, academic, and/or graduate? Do you want to invest your […]
Share Your Start-Up Story – Fighting Alzheimer’s with ‘Javoo’
Javoo is a social network app helping Alzheimer’s sufferers keep record of their memorable moments and engage in daily activities to battle memory loss. The ingenious idea, launched last month, was discovered by two brothers Sam, 21, and Scott Rosenberg, 23, after losing their grandfather to Alzheimer’s disease in 2013. Javoo has the support of the University of Nottingham’s […]
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