We all know that using one-use products such as plastic bottles, coffee cups and plastic bags contribute to the release of greenhouse gases and have dire consequences on the environment but what do we know how our internet use is damaging our planet?
09.03.2020
It’s 2020 and although many people don’t have it, 5G is here. Using the interconnectivity of the Internet of Things (IoT), 5G is the next step in digital technology as it will eventually allow devices to work by connecting to each other. The future is here.
05.03.2020
The plight of the UK high street retail has been widely reported and analysed. But how significant is the shift to online shopping, and are other factors, and opportunities, being overlooked?
05.03.2020
In the last decade, the sports industry has been growing with increasing amounts of money from broadcasters and sponsors. Fabien Paget, sports business specialist, Founder and CEO of 17 Sport, shares important global trends to take into account if you were deciding to create a business related to sports.
27.02.2020
Last week, one of the founders I’m advising landed a lucrative and potentially game-changing customer. This was a moment of truth in more ways than one. First of all, it staved off what had been a downward spiral of unfortunate events in the life of her company. But more importantly, it reestablished her faith in herself — faith that, by that point, seemingly no one else had. Joe Procopio tells us more about what makes an entrepreneur stand out.
25.02.2020
Death remains a taboo subject; hard to discuss, understand and prepare for. But with constant breakthroughs in science and technology, a greater understanding of the human body it seems we are moving closer to a breakthrough and answer to the age-old question of can we live forever?
25.02.2020
Adam Joseph is a serial entrepreneur and leading property industry ambassador. He successfully exited his first venture five years ago and decided to make the move to The Happy Tenant Company because he felt there was a real gap in the market for a property management firm that serviced the both part-time and professional landlords.
20.02.2020
Twitter recently announced that it would be deactivating accounts from the deceased to make room for more user accounts within the EU. People weren’t happy about having to wave Goodbye to the tweets of those that were close to them and had died or famous figures who they felt should have their Twitter words preserved.
14.02.2020
It’s 2014 in Mexico and Jorge Ríos, Diego García and Roberto Betancourt have created Bidgefy. It’s a clever messaging app available for Android and iOS that allows users to communicate via a mesh network that sends messages over Bluetooth.
04.02.2020
There is much talk on the development of digital technologies and the impact it is having and will continue to have, on the future of work. Artificial intelligence, machine learning, automation, robotics, virtual reality, augmented reality, big data, digital platforms… the list goes on. These technologies are enhancing our businesses in ways that ten years ago we could not imagine. But they are also changing the way we work.
30.01.2020
2019’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show might have had some impressively manicured moss courtesy of Ishihara’s Green Switch garden and the meadow-like wilderness of Kate Middleton’s Back to Nature garden, but it was Tom Dixon’s Research Studio collaboration with Ikea that caught our eye. This Sci-Fi-like garden helped bring the future farm into the foreground, demonstrating the benefits of hydroponics and giving both food producers and enterprising at-home gardeners something to think about.
28.01.2020
However often we see the unanswered issues in the structure of society, be it homelessness; the plight of refugees seeking safety; providing support for those suffering from mental illness; connecting communities of those deemed less ‘able-bodied’ than the societal norm; even reigniting the hopes of the disenfranchised, it takes true visionaries to seek solutions. And smart solutions, too.
21.01.2020
Humans first landed on the moon in 1969. Apollo 11's spaceflight was televised for audiences across the globe who saw Neil Armstrong become the first person to step foot on the moon. Now 50 years later, space is becoming an accessible arena for startup companies on earth, outside of NASA and a new race has begun.
16.01.2020
This past summer, the Google Campus in Shoreditch has launched a long-overdue venture, a Female Founders programme. Over a period of five months (which was extended from the original six weeks), the diverse group of entrepreneurs - from different ethnicities, countries and backgrounds - will learn everything they need to know to launch a successful company.
16.01.2020