There were warning signs for the arrival of COVID-19 in the UK, but the sudden shift from it being seen as a China-specific problem to a global pandemic happened at such high speed that many of us were ushered into social distancing and lockdown before we had time to really get to grips with world events. Those first few days of regulatory social distancing sent a shock wave through the country as we scrambled to make sense of the changes around us.
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Alexandra Pearson
10.04.2020
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup scene. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
10.04.2020
Data-streaming and cloud provider Ably has raised $7M (£5.6M) in Series A funding led by MMC Ventures with Forward Partners co-investing. Today, consumers take real-time information for granted, like instant messaging, transit updates, and live scores but all of this takes complex engineering to be delivered at scale.
09.04.2020
Yapily, fintech and open-banking solution has raised a $13M (£10.5M) Series A investment from Lakestar, HV Holtzbrinck Ventures and LocalGlobe, as well as angel investors.
09.04.2020
In the current fast-paced and constantly evolving commercial landscape, an ecosystem has emerged requiring businesses to go beyond key points of difference to remain competitive. To truly thrive in this modern environment, brands are no longer relying solely on basic consumer behaviour studies and instead exploring the far-reaching applications of multisensory perception.
09.04.2020
In this interview, Kristyna Smetanova, partner at True Search, a talent management agency serving the global technology sector, shares her insight into the current situation in recruitment and explores the opportunities of the future.
09.04.2020
Tony Hughes shares his insight into the effect COVID-19 is having on the creation of global startups ecosystems from Warsaw and Bucharest to Bangkok and Hanoi that the landscape continues to shift post-Brexit.
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Tony Hughes
09.04.2020
COVID-19 is forcing companies to adapt quickly to change and redesign their products or services or even create new ones to respond to the demands of millions of people self-isolating around the world. Maddyness has selected more examples of these pivots from the UK and beyond.
08.04.2020
More and more NHS staff are embracing new technology to help them cope during the coronavirus outbreak. Pando Health, built by NHS doctors to allow clinicians to quickly and securely communicate with their colleagues via an app saw a 700% increase in daily downloads in March.
08.04.2020
Many employers are currently worried about how best to help their employees and manage their own cashflow. The government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme can help take off some pressure. It’s a temporary scheme put in place by the Government to support those workers who would otherwise have been laid-off as a result of the crisis. Such workers have been designated as ‘furloughed’.
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Vanesha Kistoo
08.04.2020
“As the founder of four companies, I can say that I’ve had quite a few stressful situations in my lifetime - the biggest one was dealing with burnout”, the founder of Chanty, Dmytro Okunyev explains. “There was never enough time in the day and I always yearned for something more. After all, if I could launch four companies, why not five? Why not even more?” Difficult work-life balance, stress, mental issues, burnout... this article shows how entrepreneurs can be impacted at work.
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Tal Imagor
07.04.2020
Another week in lockdown brings another dose of 19 stories to boost morale, inspire creativity and help our readers stay connected and inspired.
07.04.2020
Innovate UK is inviting applications from businesses and startups to find innovative solutions to help combat the global disruption caused by COVID-19.
07.04.2020
Leave it to a global pandemic to fundamentally get organizations to re-think how they work and get the most out of their teams. From Milan to Dublin to San Francisco, companies of every industry are scrambling, defining and refining work-from-home protocols, in certain instances for the entirety of their staff. Will turning to remote today offer lasting organizational change for tomorrow?
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Charles Kergaravat
07.04.2020
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