The global pandemic has made most of us hyper-vigilant with hand hygiene, leading us to avoid touching things unnecessarily when in public. Wouldn’t it be easier if the machines we are accustomed to using on a daily basis were touchless?
22.01.2021
The popularity of no and low alcohol spirits is soaring. From 2017 to 2019, UK volume sales of non-alcoholic spirits grew by 169.7%, according to IWSR data.
22.01.2021
Trading in old phones and laptops is on everyone’s to-do list – but the process has felt outdated, sometimes even pretty impenetrable, for a while now. With reboxed, Phil Kemish wants to bring the circular economy to consumer electronics.
21.01.2021
With remote working becoming the norm for many over the past ten months, never has there been a bigger need for technology that streamlines online collaboration between individuals working apart.
21.01.2021
If you want to work in a startup, you have to be prepared to adapt to constant change and accept it’s all hands on deck. It can be exciting, so why not join one of the best London has to offer?
21.01.2021
Maddyness is collaborating with environmental publication Ours to Save to bring readers fresh perspectives on sustainability. Here, we interrogate how you go about removing 1,000 gigatons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
21.01.2021
The past 12 months have been tough for many, with the pandemic completely altering our way of life in many different ways. This has been most notable in healthcare, says Dr. Ian Braithwaite, CEO and co-founder at Habitual.
21.01.2021
Industrial action like that happening at British Gas will become more common unless we configure a green and just transition – and workers can and should be advocating for this. Responding to the climate crisis from within key workplaces could see trade unions take on a new relevance and attract a younger crowd.
20.01.2021
There are many perks to being self-employed, but the benefits that are a given when working for someone else – including a pension – can be sorely missed.
20.01.2021
Over the next ten years, businesses will need to green up to avoid becoming redundant. Tuesday saw the launch of a new sustainability-centric arm of corporate innovation leader The Bakery.
20.01.2021
The UK is a great place for incubating tech startups. But despite the obvious entrepreneurial talent and market opportunity, we’ve still never managed to produce a Facebook, or a YouTube, or a Tesla. Why?
20.01.2021
Almost two men die of skin cancer for every one woman – a statistic that’s forecast to double over the next 20 years. Maddyness interviewed Billy Boulos, cofounder of LifeJacket, the skincare brand trying to get men to take life outside, while taking UV protection seriously.
20.01.2021
The tech industry has the most open job roles in Northern Ireland – ahead of healthcare and nursing, and accounting and finance – with tech workers on average earning £10,000 more compared to non-tech workers.
19.01.2021
Don’t fall for the lure of the billion-dollar IPO. If you are, like me, watching all these jaw-dropping entrances into the public markets and looking for common denominators that you can apply to building your own company, there aren’t any.
19.01.2021