The "Stress in the Workplace" survey asked employees from 140 companies across the UK the causes of their ‘excessive stress at work’, how they combat stress to maintain good mental health and what their employers do to support them through stress. Here's a summary of the survey's highlights.
17.04.2020
This week I have been speaking to a few members from the global business community to gauge their positioning in terms of our model of the four stages of emotional response: from uncertainty and frustration to acceptance and optimism. What has become apparent is the truly global nature of the pandemic challenge. China, previously in severe lockdown, has eased restrictions on its own citizens while firmly banning entry to outsiders. Sweden, bold in their response, has yet to enter a total lockdown and perhaps never will, while the USA grapples with different approaches in different states. All are now dependent in some way on how the other acts.
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17.04.2020
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup scene. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
17.04.2020
Headquartered in Oxford, Perspectum, a medical software company that provides seamless technology for identifying and monitoring multiple diseases, received a $36M investment from Blue Venture Fund, HealthQuest Capital, Oxford Science Innovation, Puhua Capital, and the University of Oxford.
17.04.2020
As the lockdown and self-isolation continues, here is a selection of books that you could be reading. They will inspire and entertain and give great lessons to help you grow your business and yourself. On top of that, they will give you things to talk about in the world outside of your startup.
16.04.2020
Based in London, Onfido, the startup that uses AI to “read” a person’s identity documents and uses facial recognition and other data points to verify that a person is who she or he says they are online has received £80M ($100M) from TGP Growth.
16.04.2020
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tech services are seeing a rise in levels of use for streaming services, online media, and food delivery. With the world self-isolating, online services have to pivot, to review their products and services, to test where user experience is failing or could be better. One of them, Glassbox, aims to help businesses improve their overall customer experience.
16.04.2020
Decentralised finance is here, and has the potential to become the driving force of a more open economy. Evgeny Yurtaev, CEO at Zerion explains what DeFi is in detail.
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Evgeny Yurtaev
16.04.2020
Founded by CEO Geoff Watts and Julia Fowler in 2009, Edited is used to analyse markets, drive sales, maximise margins and trade more efficiently. Advised by GP Bullhound, retail decision-making software received a £23.1M growth investment from Wavecrest Growth and Beringea.
16.04.2020
To tackle the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, UCL and IBM have collaborated to create the IBM Industry Exchange Network (IBM IXN). This educational partnership aims to develop an experimental program to enable students in the UK and beyond to work on proof of concept research and development projects using IBM technologies.
16.04.2020
At Maddyness we are always keen to hear from you our readers so that we can tell others about your startup, and you can do just that with #MaddyPitch. Complete the form below to tell us more about your business and we can look at promoting and publishing your work.
15.04.2020
With the global pandemic such as COVID-19, it is hard to escape and could be one of the biggest biological disasters to impact the planet. The situation became oh too real yesterday evening as I said goodbye to my sister who is working in the NHS as front line staff. Saying goodbye today, because we can't see each other for the next six to eight weeks due to self-isolation when she lives one road over, hit home the impact of COVID-19 is touching everyone's life.
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Darren Rebeiro
15.04.2020
Richard Leslie of The Sourcing Hub looks at the fundamental changes that are taking place in management, communication and talent management as we live in lockdown. Changes he argues that can be drastically beneficial to the tech industry, and changes that COVID-19 has proven that we are capable to make.
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Richard Leslie
15.04.2020
You can read as much as you like, and study for hours on end, but nothing can match the learnings and expertise gained from actually carrying out a task or project. We were fortunate enough to spend some time chatting with Amit Patel, Creative Director at Experience Haus, to pick his brains on the importance of real-world learning, and how both startups and students can benefit.
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Esat Dedezade
14.04.2020
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