Few have understood how the reverberations from COVID-19 have left markets wide open for major disruption by new entrants. By accelerating digitisation and innovation, this turbulent period dramatically lowered barriers to entry for new players while simultaneously stifling innovation spending among industry incumbents.
14.12.2021
A tech entrepreneur who founded a service to connect charities, the NHS and schools with the UK’s available stock of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s New Years honours list for services to charity.
31.12.2020
Maddyness speaks to one of the team behind the COVID-19 track and trace app that has taken the world by storm, about how open source code has allowed for borderless tracing, data protection, and speed of delivery.
29.10.2020
By capturing the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on infant businesses in the UK throughout Q2, we can track financial distress, sector-specific struggles and compare month-on-month statistics as the economy continues to battle the harsh consequences of COVID-19 and enters into a new phase of recovery.
21.09.2020
Made in Britain, this award-winning tech company has launched the first smart hand sanitiser to disrupt the hygiene sector post-COVID and make people safer as they return to work. This IoT product can deliver a precise amount of sanitiser using smart touchless technology.
03.08.2020
Since reopening, pubs and restaurants are now obliged to keep a record of customers and visitors for 21 days to assist the NHS Test and Trace application. To support this, a tech startup has created, in just24 hours, a quick and efficient app that can be used by pubs, restaurants and customers.
16.07.2020
UK startups are far less likely to have applied for Government funding during the coronavirus crisis than their counterparts in France and Germany, according to new data published by the EuropeanStartups.co project, an initiative that uses data to support European startup ecosystems by informing policy makers with real-time insights into the health of startups across the European Union.
07.07.2020
The startup ecosystem will take a year or more to fully recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, with economic and political risk representing the biggest barrier to innovation in that time, according to new data from Kamet Ventures.
25.06.2020
Only 3% of natural disasters are covered by Insurance and so funds raised from this online auction comprising more than 200 pieces, will support frontline charities and NGOs providing healthcare, food, medicines and guidance to those affected by COVID-19.
22.06.2020
Businesses around the world have had to collaborate with competitors in order to survive the coronavirus pandemic - in some cases, they have grown – but sharing excessive amounts of information with rivals comes with risks.
10.06.2020
Figures compiled by Tech Nation and Dealroom for the Digital Economy Council show that investors continue to back some of the UK’s most promising tech teams, despite the challenges posed by COVID-19.
10.06.2020
A new study from Rainmaking Innovation shows this crisis is the time for innovation, not hibernation, but the survey found that 200% more businesses are currently cutting innovation spend.
04.06.2020
The government’s answer to supporting startups throughout the pandemic is the £250M commitment to the Future Fund. Wrong. The Future Fund will be used to support scale-ups and it’s important that we understand this difference.
01.06.2020
Breega and Connect Ventures have decided - with 28 other UK-based VCs - to create the "VC Hours" to provide free and confidential advice to startup founders looking for help on coping with COVID-19 challenges.
29.05.2020