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Most companies suck at flexible working. Yeah, they talk the talk. “Come join us! We’re modern! Open-minded! Work the way that suits you!” They have all the tech in place (though that’s not much of an accolade: my kid’s dance teacher sorted outlive classes via Zoom in just a few hours). But do they really want people to work flexibly?
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Tom Cheesewright
23.04.2020
Are you an entrepreneur? Maddyness has compiled a toolkit to help you create, grow, and even sell your own startup. From recruiting a team and protecting your brand to financing your innovation, you will find tips, tools and advice to help you navigate the entrepreneurship labyrinth. In this article: several recommendations to protect your trademark.
23.04.2020
Nearly one month after the launch of Tech London Advocates (TLA) Resource Hub for COVID-19, I caught up with Founder and all-round startup hero Russ Shaw who shared some early insights and trends he has observed during the past few weeks since the hub's launch to support the startup ecosystem.
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Darren Rebeiro
22.04.2020
Soldo has launched Soldo Care which will deliver prepaid emergency aid cards available immediately across Europe to facilitate the distribution of €400M in aid from the Italian government’s Solidarity Fund.
22.04.2020
As part of our coverage of initiatives born during the coronavirus and honouring hard workers of those on the frontline, here's the story of Jack Manley. This London-based A&E doctor launched DeliverAid, a new public donation platform in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The platform aims to raise funds for food donations for frontline NHS workers.
22.04.2020
Another week in lockdown brings another dose of 19 stories to boost morale, inspire creativity and help our readers stay connected and inspired.
22.04.2020
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.
21.04.2020
Digital mental health platform SilverCloud Health has received £12.7M from MemorialCare Innovation Fund, LRV Health, OSF Ventures and Unity Point Health Ventures. SilverCloud’s services are used by more than 300 organisations globally, including over 70% of NHS mental health services.
21.04.2020
Pietro Invernizzi enjoys spending time thinking about and investing in companies shaping “the Future of Work”. In this article he shares his comprehensive and detailed analysis.
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Pietro Invernizzi
21.04.2020
In the recent weeks where we have seen communities locked down in self-isolation, a government urging people to stay home while daily commuters are still flocking to work and a frozen property market, landlords have understandably become uneasy. Due to the uncertainty of the period ahead, more and more tenants are contacting them to negotiate some kind of agreement as their incomes have been slashed in a world of zero-hour contracts.
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Adam Joseph
21.04.2020
British engineering giant Rolls Royce has announced the launch of Emer2gent, a data alliance collaboration aimed at sharing data across different sectors to jumpstart the economy after the COVID-19 lockdown. In the face of prolonged lockdown and economic catastrophe, could data be the answer to our problems?
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Simon Lovick
21.04.2020
Led by Magnus Rausing, heir to the Tetra Pak fortune, Blueprint, which lets brands sell to their customers through SMS, Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp messages has raised £1M seed investment. The investment was supported by Hambro Perks and Founders Factory, with the private beta version of the platform expected next month.
20.04.2020
Recently, Onfido created a free resource for not-for-profits and charities in healthcare, home service and education working on relieving the COVID-19 outbreak: "a fully automated document and selfie service for no cost for the next six months". This should help these organisations to save time by remotely verify identities and build trust as it's never been more important.
20.04.2020
Since the pandemic began, innovators and businesses from around the world have produced blogs, launched emergency resource landing pages, made their events virtual, pivoted their products or services and recorded podcasts to support founders in crisis. To help entrepreneurs navigate this information overload, Microsoft for Startups has created their #StartupStrong guide.
20.04.2020
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