Mayor Sadiq Khan Launches New £1.6m Clean Tech Incubator And Shares His Vision To Make London The World’s Leading ‘Smart City’
#LondonTechWeek: New £1.6M Clean Tech incubator ‘Better Futures’ launched as the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan shares his vision to position London as the ‘world’s leading smart city’. Speaking at the launch of London Tech Week, yesterday, Sadiq Khan called on the global tech community to help tackle issues such air pollution, housing and the […]
Forum of Private Business Sounds A ‘Mayday’ Distress Signal For Small Businesses
The Forum of Private Business – a dedicated small business support group – is urging UK’s politicians to recognise the country’s economic strength in relying on its five million small businesses. Last week’s general election resulted in a ‘hung Parliament’ with no single party achieving the 326 seats needed to gain the majority – the Conservative […]
University Graduates & Student Inventors – Apply For The James Dyson Award 2017
The James Dyson annual design competition is looking to award up to £30,000 for an inventive solution to real world problems. Run by the James Dyson Foundation, the award aims to celebrate and publicise the work of young designers on a global platform. This year’s brief is asking entrants to design something that solves a […]
Launch Of CcHub Diaspora Challenge To Attract Top UK Tech Entrepreneurs To Help Solve Africa’s Social Problems
Nigeria’s “leading technology and innovation space” Co-creation Hub (CcHub) recently launched the CcHub Diaspora Challenge to fund UK tech entrepreneurs with innovative ideas to tackle Africa’s social issues. The CcHub Diaspora Challenge is looking to engage entrepreneurs, innovators and scientists, from African communities in the UK, to find scalable business ideas to solve Africa’s “brain […]
Sir Richard Branson’s Voom Bus Tour 2017 – VOOM Pitch
The UK’s “biggest pitching competition” VOOM 2017 is back with a new twist – The Voom Bus will be touring the country for the first time in search for the best new business idea. Launched earlier this month by Sir Richard Branson, the Voom Bus will give regional start-ups the opportunity to pitch their business […]
Great.gov.uk – New digital service helping UK businesses access global markets
GREAT.gov.uk aims to boost the number of British businesses exporting overseas to meet the high demand for UK goods and services. The new online directory will act as a single digital destination for trade and investment, connecting UK businesses with international buyers. Great.gov.uk was recently launched by the government’s Department for International Trade as part of the push to help a further […]
Creative England And Barclays Launch Creative Tech Accelerator – Eagle Lab Flight
‘Eagle Lab Flight’ is a creative tech accelerator launched by Creative England and Barclays to boost growth in the UK’s creative technology sector. The 12-week programme, which includes workshops, masterclasses and mentoring, will help creative tech entrepreneurs to ‘scale-up’ their business. Barclay’s ‘Eagle Lab Flight‘ is looking to invest £25k in eight creative tech and digital companies, with […]
ActiveLab Accelerator programme chooses 12 startups to innovate the health and fitness sector
ActiveLab – a newly launched accelerator from not-for-profit health body ukactive – has chosen 12 startups to revolutionise the health and physical sector. ActiveLab aims to stimulate scalable health solutions to help overcome the UK’s physical inactivity epidemic, which is costing the government ‘£20bn each year and causing 37,000 deaths’. The 12-week accelerator programme, supported by […]
Welcome To London Growth Hub – New Business Support Tool For Start-ups
London Growth Hub – A newly launched innovative business support tool for London startups by the government. The London Growth Hub gives entrepreneurs free access to an online business support search tool and events calendar, an interactive guide to London’s incubators, workspaces and studios, and online forums to share best practice and interact with support providers. […]
Pitch@Palace 6.0 Selects 12 Startups To Pitch At St James’s Palace
Pitch@Palace 6.0 – a programme set up by The Duke of York in 2014 to accelerate UK businesses – has chosen 12 startups to pitch at St James’s Palace to investors. The selected 12 tech startups, pitching on 2nd November, are: 3D Industries; Codec; Doodlemaths; Drenched LTD; Flock; Jumpack; Mobile Power LTD; OfferMoments; Prison Voicemail; Pzizz; Senergy […]