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Big Education Challenge from Big Change

£1m prize launches as 68% of young people say school did not prepare them for work

The Big Education Challenge, a new £1 million prize fund, has been launched by education charity Big Change. It will…

Sonovate partners with Demica to redefine embedded finance for the contingent workforce

Sonovate, the leading provider of embedded finance and payment solutions for the contingent workforce, today announced a new partnership with…
Richard Prime, co-CEO and co-Founder of Sonovate

Freelancers waiting three times longer than full time staff to get paid as businesses struggle with cashflow

New research shows that, although contract work may be on the rise following the Covid pandemic, freelancers are still…
Time Lapse Photography of Blue Lights

CRIF expands open banking-powered consumer credit scoring to the UK, enabling lenders to better understand consumer and business customers

Europe’s leading provider of credit information, CRIF, has expanded its open banking-powered consumer credit solution to the UK, helping more…
Nuance Hearing Voice Selector Study

New device for young people with ADHD launches to cut through the noise

Nuance Hearing, a specialist in focused listening technology, has launched a new device to help young people concentrate in noisy…
Forest

Climate VC launches impact-first investment strategy to fund net zero founders

Climate change investor, Climate VC, has launched today to exert a “gigatonne scale impact” on climate change in the next…
Lydia Amoah, Black Pound Report

Untapped economic power of the UK’s Multi-Ethnic consumers revealed in Black Pound Report 2022

Up to £4.5bn of Multi-Ethnic consumers’ disposable income is being ignored or overlooked by big brands and British businesses, according…

Small business creation doubles despite disproportionate impact of pandemic

A new report from Mastercard has revealed that the UK has the fastest growing rate of entrepreneurship globally, with the…
The Sign Champions - Winner of the Amazon Longitude Explorer Prize

Teen entrepreneurs win £20,000 for AI-enabled sign language app

A team of teenage entrepreneurs from St Paul’s School for Girls in London has triumphed over hundreds of students from…
The Remarkablz | Radioactive Fallout: Katusko's Story

Family run edu-games business turning science pioneers into superheroes

A new comic book is turning real-life science heroes into superheroes, bringing diverse pioneers of science and engineering to a…

Nesta and UKRI offering £6m funding for start-ups in healthy ageing

Innovation foundation Nesta and UK Research and Investment have announced a new two year partnership to provide up to £6…
River Cleanup - Amazon Longitude Explorer Prize

Young entrepreneurs into national final of 'tech for good' innovation prize

A sea-cleaning robot sphere, a hand sanitiser-dispensing phone case and an app to tackle period poverty are some of the…