Working from home has traditionally been an exceptions approach with a strong preference by company's to have meetings and events in person. Now, however, as the impact of COVID-19 is felt across the world, home working is becoming a necessity as businesses attempt to keep staff ‘signed in’ and well whilst keeping business momentum going and revenues protected. We learn more from white.space, experts in corporate innovation.
25.03.2020
Financial problems, strategic errors, or the end of the adventure, it's sometimes hard for entrepreneurs to realise the weaknesses of their small business. However, being honest and transparent could be more valuable than we thought...
25.03.2020
The Chancellor has set out a package of temporary, timely and targeted measures to support public services, people and businesses through this period of disruption caused by COVID-19. This information is being updated regularly.
24.03.2020
How can you double or triple your growth without necessarily using a growth manager? Gabriel Gourovitch, founder and host of the podcast Growth Makers, gives you the keys to an effective growth strategy,
24.03.2020
Microsoft has announced that NHS staff will be able to use its Microsoft Teams solution for free so they can quickly communicate with their colleagues during the Coronavirus outbreak.
21.03.2020
This week, the disturbances around coronavirus rose and inboxes are being flooded by preventive and supportive emails from worried retailers sharing the measures they're taking following the government's advice, to struggling food providers saying they can't accept new orders, the list is long.
20.03.2020
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup scene. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
20.03.2020
Every week, Maddyness curates articles from other outlets on a topic that is driving the headlines. This week we look at the impact the Coronavirus outbreak is having on the environment.
20.03.2020
Maddyness provides you with a quick digest of three news items to keep you up to date with the startup scene, emerging trends and other noteworthy stories. Here's what's been happening in the news this week.
20.03.2020
Many of us are on the brink of or have well and truly fell into the black hole of burnout, a place that is almost inescapable once entered.
19.03.2020
Founded in 2015, Cognism helps companies to be data compliant offering one of the world’s leading all-in-one globally compliant B2B prospecting solutions. The introduction of GDPR in May 2018 provided Cognism with the opportunity to build this world-leading product, and today they have raised £9.4M in a funding round led by AXA Venture Partners.
19.03.2020
Earlier this year, Alex Ainsworth received an email from Citymapper offering early bird access to their new product — an Oyster card rival designed especially for London. As he hadn't signed up to a new fintech card in at least two weeks, he knew he had to get my hands on it, here's what happened.
19.03.2020
Like many across the world, we’ve changed the way we work – our whole team is working remotely. We’ve been lucky: many of our team at Web Summit have decades’ experience working from home, while others are based in offices away from our Dublin, Ireland headquarters. We’d like to share some of the things that have made our transition to remote work as painless as possible. The first section deals with how our teams have adapted to working from home: the nuts and bolts of working remotely. The second deals with the broader, structural changes we’ve gone through as a company. We hope some of it helps.
18.03.2020
One of the biggest challenges for brands today is to continually enhance an online presence while providing high-quality user experiences and growing their market share. Google currently holds over 90% of the global search engine market share, but some startups are thinking outside the box to disrupt the SEO market. One such startup, DeepCrawl has just raised £14.9M.
17.03.2020