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Design By Sol – Solveiga Pakstaite (Mimica Labs)
Solveiga Pakstaite is a 23-year-old freelance designer from Hertfordshire and her latest invention ‘Mimica Labs‘ (previously named Bump Mark) targets Britain’s rising costly food waste. Mimica Labs, a bio-reactive food expiry label showing you when your food life cycle has ended, has won her several awards including the Mayor of London’s Low Carbon Entrepreneur 2015. Working […]
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A virtual Short Film writing contest helping people to talk out more about mental health
Screenwriters from around the world are invited to write a screenplay for a short film tackling ‘the stigma’ linked to people talking out about mental health. The global screenwriting competition, launched by Layla – a Canadian-based mental health service – together with Open Screenplay – an online community helping writers break into the film industry […]
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Barclays Accelerator Programme External Open Day 2016
Invitation to join the current cohort of the Barclays Accelerator programme open day on 18th April – Powered by Techstars. Following on from three previous successful programmes in London and New York in 2014 and 2015, the event will be hosted by Michael Harte, Chief Operations & Technology Officer of Barclays. Throughout the programme, teams of […]
How To Keep Success Simple
The single most important piece of advice that you can give to a young business owner is to keep things simple – In today’s business world, it can be very easy to get carried away and doing so could put a huge dent in any future success. The young generation are been continuously fed the […]
Lean Startup Summit London
Are you a startup company looking to meet face to face with investors and get advice – Attend the Lean Startup Summit. Lean Startup Summit is the first international event bringing Europe’s finest tech startups and investors together to discuss support for continuous innovation and sustainable growth using the Lean Startup methodology. The three day event, organised […]
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 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, […]
Editorial Tech Spotlight – Corner By Athletec
Introducing ‘Corner’ by Athletec – Looking to disrupt the boxing world with its wearable tech design and IoT application. Corner is a wireless tracker that clips on to a boxer’s hand wraps and sends data to a connected smartphone using Bluetooth to help boxers maximise their training performance. The device monitors every punch and block in real […]
UK Professional Bodies Respond To The 2016 Budget
Chancellor George Osborne has finally delivered his budget proposals, announced on Wednesday, and now the comments are rolling in. His 62 minute speech included details on lowering tax to drive growth for businesses, creation of a new type of savings for those under 40 years of age, forecast for the country in the next two […]
Share Your Start-Up Story – The Great Escape Game Sheffield
The Great Escape Game Sheffield is an exciting live escape room experience where players have 45 minutes to crack different set of puzzles and escape from a locked room. The game, reminiscent of the Great Escape movie and voted #1 for Fun and Games by TripAdvisor, was discovered by Sheffield couple Hannah Duraid and Peter Lacole while travelling around the […]
Stand4 Socks – Josh Turner
Make a bold fashion statement with Josh Turner’s colourful ‘Stand4 Socks’ and save the world for a just cause. Launched in August 2015, Stand4 Socks is a social enterprise linking the purchase of everyday products, such as socks, with social issues and charities. Social fashionpreneur Josh, 24, decided to swap the corporate world to run his […]
HireHub Founder – ‘Every failure has a lesson to give’
David Elliott is the founder and product manager at HireHub App, which finds and connects people to local professional tradespeople or helping hands. HireHub was launched in July 2015 and already has over 5,000 registered service suppliers. He shares his thoughts on fear of failure. “Without wanting to sound too cliché, I truly believe every failure […]
New start-up Cab Guru raises £2 Million fund to launch its taxi cab comparison app
New start-up Cab Guru raises over £2 million in funding to launch its taxi cab comparison app. The comparison app helps customers compare and book licensed taxis UK-wide. Cab Guru joins forces with over 300 major UK private and taxi companies in the hopes of competing with Uber, by giving customers real-time information to compare […]
UK Small businesses report boost in innovation
Small businesses in the UK are seeing their biggest boost in innovation since 2010, according to the government’s department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The new report found 53% of small and medium enterprises more innovative-led between 2012 – 2014 compared to 45% in the previous two years. ‘Innovation’ has been described by the report as introduction […]
Carspring Co-founder Gives Lesson On Disrupting The Car Industry
Max Vollenbroich (pictured above) and Peter Baumgart co-founded online car dealership Carspring less than a year ago – Their mission is to completely revolutionise car buying. With the rise of digital retail, and proof of concept state side, one thing is for sure, the traditional car dealership model is in the process of a major […]
Connected cities: UK businesses pitch to Singapore and Malaysia
UK businesses looking to expand into South East Asia are on a connected cities mission to Singapore and Malaysia today. The 5 day trade mission will see 10 of the best UK companies present their tech ideas to private firms, government and investors. Organised by Innovate UK and UK Trade and Investment, the firms will be pitching […]
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