At the moment, only 17% of tech roles in the UK are held by women. A new and encouraging campaign has cropped up to try and do something about this.
23.10.2020
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
23.10.2020
The new programme will provide hot desk workspace for 12 months, plus support for start-ups in the UK and Ireland. WeWork, the global flexible workspace provider, has opened applications to its new Diverse Founders Programme in collaboration with award-winning social enterprise, Foundervine.
22.10.2020
This week, Caroline Franczia, founder of Uppercut-First, takes advantage of the spooky, foggy, rainy season of Halloween to call upon the ‘Ghostbusters’ to share best practices with your frontline teams.
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Caroline Franczia
22.10.2020
Maddyness recently interviewed Shawn Tan, CEO, Skymind Global Ventures to understand why he believes AI could be an essential tool and the key to tackling the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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Darren Rebeiro
22.10.2020
Starting with the simple mission to help people to lower their energy bills and their carbon emissions, Bulb is now the biggest green energy company in the UK. Maddyness spoke with Hayden Wood, Co-founder and CEO to understand how the business has coped, evolved and grown in troubled times.
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Hayden Wood
22.10.2020
For office workers, 2020 has been the year of adjusting to remote working. Flexibility and remote working is not a new concept, but COVID-19 has fast-tracked these workplace trends, and they’re steadily becoming the new norm. Tobi Lutke, CEO of Shopify said: “Office centricity is over” in a tweet where he announced that most staff will move to working remotely permanently.
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Hannah Lloyd-Jones
22.10.2020
Discover ParlayMe Power Players Podcast - brought to you ParlayMe the tech news and networking platform for Startups, Investors, Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders.
21.10.2020
Maddyness hears from David Morel, Founder and CEO of Tiger Recruitment, who shares his advice from both 2008 and 2020 to help businesses to manage productivity, support mental health and follow government guidance during a crisis.
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David Morel
21.10.2020
The Arctic is melting; the Amazon is burning; the wheat is climate-resistant. Can we save the world?
Every week, Maddyness looks at the good, the bad and the ugly in climate change news. Today, we look into the state of the Arctic, the veggie burger debate and climate-resistant wheat.
21.10.2020
2020 has put a lot of important issues on the back-burner - climate change and corporate diversity being two of them! But just as governments across the world are taking measures to ensure the ‘good’ from this year plays out into sustainable climate change measures, so too should companies see this year as an opportunity to improve their diversity and inclusion strategies.
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Lauren Stewart
21.10.2020
Diversity in the imagery we see on screen or print is a very big deal. There is an importance in seeing all races represented in the media. Kukua is doing that with its’ ‘Super Sema’ educational cartoon that follows the main protagonist; an African girl named Sema and her twin brother, MB.
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Cleo McGee
20.10.2020
Let’s face it, there are more people out there with ideas than talent. When it comes to online marketing, content is key but not everyone has the writing skills to create readable, searchable and trendable content. That’s why outsourcing content is a common choice for thousands of brands the world over.
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Ashley Halsey
20.10.2020
PR agency JIN has just launched Jervis. Its mission is to enable senior management to keep track of anything relevant to their company happening in the media.
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David Johnson
20.10.2020
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