The UK financial industry faces a wave of disruption. Customers are demanding digital, personalised and seamless client experiences. Meanwhile, regulators are driving best practice around data security and industry professionalism to ensure clients’ prized assets are kept in safe hands.
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Thomas Lowe
24.06.2021
Ecosystem builders are often the behind-the-scenes figures we do not see. But DEEP Ecosystems’ new Accelerator programme aims to combat this by providing builders with professional training and networking opportunities with their global counterparts.
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Abby Wallace
23.06.2021
Since 2015, the OVHcloud Startup Program has facilitated the growth of over 2,000 startups and scaleups. Maddyness is interviewing its participating founders, and today we speak to Dr Sarah Campbell, founder and CEO of Play Well for Life.
23.06.2021
Your initial fundraise should be treated and run similarly to any good sales process. Utilising both your personal and professional network, you can begin to fill the middle of your funnel quite quickly with warm leads. For the top of the funnel and colder leads, a good old fashioned outbound strategy will help you qualify investor leads and build momentum for your round.
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Maddyness UK
23.06.2021
‘I want my company’s name everywhere!’ This often-heard cry from CEOs of early-stage companies is guaranteed to strike fear into the heart of a newly installed PR lead. With such lofty, all-encompassing (and unfocused) PR goals, it is pretty much impossible to know where to start. This is especially true if a company is relatively new and struggling to be heard in a noisy business environment.
22.06.2021
Tech hiring has hit a five year high according to job search engine Adzuna, with 132,000 open vacancies per week in May. That means tech jobs now make up 12% of all open UK vacancies.
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Abby Wallace
22.06.2021
The UK tech sector has recently hit 100 unicorns. AI startup, Tractable secured enough funding in a Series D investment to push itself to £1B in valuation, simultaneously pushing the UK tech sector to its new milestone.
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Abby Wallace
22.06.2021
When my startup signed its first subscription customer, it was a good day. When my startup signed its 100th subscriber, it was a better day. But then I started thinking, now what?
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Joe Procopio
22.06.2021
A climate law that would introduce a higher surcharge on car fuels and a levy on flight tickets has been rejected by a majority of Swiss voters. In a national referendum, 51.6% of voters opposed the plan. The government, which supports the bill, said it would be difficult for the country to reach net zero emissions by 2050 and to comply with the Paris Agreement on climate change without the legislation’s measures. The government will continue to work with the public to develop climate policies, said the environment minister, Simonetta Sommaruga.
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Nick Jardine
21.06.2021
Building strong and lasting revenue should come from a strong foundation built with your customer, an investment that they make in your vision, and a common understanding shared at the highest executive level. You are committing to take your customers further than any of their traditional vendors. To do that, you must look further than the product, beyond the solution and harness the beauty of the story telling to craft a never ending story with your clients.
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Caroline Franczia
18.06.2021
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
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Maddyness UK
18.06.2021
A report published by Pivotal last month found that Northern Ireland’s ‘Brain Drain,’ or the number of young people travelling abroad for employment or education, is still increasing. 17,500 students from Northern Ireland are registered in universities in England, Scotland and Wales, two thirds of which are unlikely to return after they graduate.
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Abby Wallace
18.06.2021
The UK tech sector is growing fast, but a representation and investment gap remains for minority groups. Tech Nation is hoping to combat unequal representation in UK tech with its Diversity and Inclusion Toolkit.
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Abby Wallace
18.06.2021
Sold! Bidder pays $28M for spare seat on space flight with Jeff Bezos. Bids in 10-minute auction started at $4.8M for 20 July trip on Blue Origin spacecraft with Bezos and his brother. The auction winner will join the Bezos brothers in a Blue Origin capsule for the flight next month.
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January Barnes
16.06.2021
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