The fast roll-out of electric vehicles in the United Kingdom means the £100B ($139B) highspeed railway network HS2 won’t have any environmental benefits, a report by think thank Institute for Government has found.
16.08.2021
I’d already dedicated over a decade of my career to working in fertility laboratories and clinics when I decided to leave them behind. Or, more accurately, when I realised that the only way to drive the urgent change needed within the sector was to approach it from a different angle.
16.08.2021
Every week, Maddyness curates articles from other outlets on a topic that is driving the headlines. This week, we're talking about key takeaways from the IPCC report and what companies and financial services need to do to reduce carbon emissions.
16.08.2021
In the ever-growing investment landscape, funds are multiplying and diversifying, and for startups there is more to raising investment than the money and the media moment. With #QVCS Maddyness profiles different funds to give founders and entrepreneurs the information they need to choose the right investor. Today we interview Kamil Mieczakowski and Stephanie Opdam, Principles at Notion.
16.08.2021
In a bid to encourage sustainable innovation and business solutions, The Mills Fabrica has opened a new concept store and work space in London’s King’s Cross this month.
13.08.2021
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
13.08.2021
As services, shops and venues closed and people turned online, online shopping accelerated at an alarming rate. Retailers had to react quickly not only to the move to solely online purchasing and increased demands for a positive digital experience, but also new trends washing over the sphere of fashion, retail and homeware.
12.08.2021
In the last 18 months, more people than ever before have been on social media. From the safety of our homes we ‘met’ and connected with one another on Twitter, Facebook and Zoom. We talked online about work, life, and everything in between, we ordered from our favourite stores and our favourite food outlets, and we supported our local boutiques and delis. As the physical world ground to a halt, the digital world came into its own, and behind every brand’s Instagram account or Facebook page, there is a marketer working hard behind the scenes.
12.08.2021
This year, we saw a dramatic growth in healthcare technology, digital innovation and telemedicine. Discover some UK-based healthtechs transforming the lives of professionals and patients alike across the UK.
11.08.2021
We are in the middle of a fourth industrial revolution. First came mechanisation, then mass production, and most recently automation. Those first steps took us from the field to the factory. Now we are in what has become known as, ‘Industry 4.0’.
11.08.2021
We spoke to Emily Dunlop, CMO of Machine Compare, an online marketplace for the buying and selling of excess manufacturing inventory to discover how the company is driving for change in the form of accessible, affordable and sustainable supplies and ways of trading across the sector.
10.08.2021
LawtechUK has recently published a new study which aims to tackle the issue of late payments and poor dispute resolution infrastructure facing small businesses across the UK. The study has recommended that payment dispute resolution should be made more accessible, and has proposed a new way of making this happen.
10.08.2021
Sign up for every product and service remotely like yours and start learning. In a recent issue of Teaching Startup, I answered an entrepreneur’s question about how to find customers for his startup’s minimum viable product (MVP). While the answer mostly focused on what type of customer prospect personas he should be seeking out, I also spent a little time talking about proactively infiltrating and disrupting his competitors.
10.08.2021
In the ever-growing investment landscape, funds are multiplying and diversifying, and for startups there is more to raising investment than the money and the media moment. With #QVCS Maddyness profiles different funds to give founders and entrepreneurs the information they need to choose the right investor. Today we interview Uwe Horstmann, General Partner at Project A.
09.08.2021