The freelance industry has accelerated in the last decade, with more and more people opting to escape the traditional 9 to 5 working routine or make some extra income on the side.
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Alejandro Turell
12.01.2022
The phone network as we know it’s on its way out. In a move to embrace fully internet-based communications, Openreach (a division of BT) is phasing out the public switched telephone network (PSTN) at the end of 2025. A while away, you might think, but changes are happening as we speak.
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Sara Sheikh
12.01.2022
Startups have a myriad of aspects to consider regarding their business, one of which is financing. Scaling your business requires a level of financing that founders are usually unable to front themselves.
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Mark Lazarus
12.01.2022
The business landscape for SMEs looks very different today than it did two years ago. There have been mass redundancies. Entire workforces have gone remote. Social distancing and ongoing Covid restrictions are leaving high streets looking bare. Until this point, many have been in survival mode. Yet, it appears the tide may be turning.
11.01.2022
As Richard Branson once remarked, "If you ask any successful businessperson, they will always have had a great mentor at some point along the road."
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Lucci Levi
11.01.2022
“Is this investor for real?” I get that question a lot. Definitely more than I should. Because my answer is always the same and it’s always some form of “I don’t know.”
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Joe Procopio
11.01.2022
Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and Nanyang Technological University researchers have developed biodegradable food packaging that may extend the shelf life of fresh fruit while killing harmful microbes.
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Fred Fullerton
10.01.2022
When most people think of Cornwall, they might bring to mind spectacular beaches, rolling surf, Cornish pasties or cream teas. But what people might not know about is the thriving tech scene that is producing some seriously exciting businesses.
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Maddyness UK
08.01.2022
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
07.01.2022
Although freelancers make up more than four million people, a massive part of the British economy, they have long been undervalued and overlooked. Being self-employed can offer flexibility and autonomy in a number of varied sectors. However, significant stigma and snobbery around self-employment remains.
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Derek Reynolds
06.01.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Anton Derlyatka, CEO at Sweatcoin, about tackling obesity, overcoming scepticism from investors, and reaching a huge 50M users.
06.01.2022
The virtual events space blew up during the pandemic, with platforms like Hopin being valued at $7.75B when just two years old. A number of other hybrid and virtual event platforms have mushroomed over the last 12 months, with most of them optimised for the lucrative conferences, expos and webinars market.
05.01.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Vadim Toader, cofounder of Proportunity, a mortgage lender that allows homebuyers to purchase a property with only a 5% deposit.
05.01.2022
The language we use to describe ourselves and others has the power to attract, and alienate – the latter often unintentionally, and even when such descriptors come from a place of progress.
04.01.2022
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