Do brands benefit by using AI Systems? June 13, 2018 Artificial intelligence is becoming one of the most popular topics among brands and marketers. This is because it is proven to make everyone’s life easier. Brands have chunks of data they need to process and make the best out of them, and AI proved to be very helpful with such tasks. Most people tend to [...]
Home secretary Sajid Javid announces new start-up visa route June 12, 2018 Home secretary Sajid Javid has announced a new visa route specifically designed for people who want to start a business in the UK. The new visa path, announced during London Tech Week tonight, will replace a visa route which was exclusively for graduates, opening it up to a wider pool of business founders. The current [...]
We talk to the founder of maternity fashion brand Seraphine about sexism and style June 11, 2018 What do the Duchess of Cambridge, Angelina Jolie, and Gwen Stefani all have in common? At different points in time, they have all worn clothing from the Seraphine fashion range. But Seraphine is no normal fashion label – this is a brand that specialises in maternity clothing. In its 16-year history, it has become a [...]
Living With Dementia June 8, 2018 In the UK, there are 850,000 people living with some form of dementia. With an ageing population, those numbers are set to rise to 1 million by 2025 and 2 million by 2051. Although there is no cure for dementia at the moment, there is much that can be done to enable people living with [...]
All eyes on The Amazon June 8, 2018 All Eyes on the Amazon has been awarded £300,000in funding from players of People's Postcode Lottery. This funding will save one million hectares of Brazilian Amazon rainforest through an innovative training programme for local forest ranger teams. This will allow them to use drones, smartphones, and satellite-based monitoring systems to collect images, maps, and stories [...]
Greener, healthier Cities June 8, 2018 Charity Trees for Cities has announced the beginnings of new woodland in Little France Park in Edinburgh thanks to £300,000 in funding from players of People's Postcode Lottery. This funding will enable Trees for Cities, the only urban tree-planting charity that operates across the UK, to achieve its goal of planting one million trees by [...]
Supporting Green Entrepreneurs June 8, 2018 Green-minded entrepreneurs and sustainable start-ups from all over the world are set to take on this year's Postcode Lottery Green Challenge. The annual, international competition gives entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch for a share of €1 Million (£891,000) to help bring their climate change tackling business idea to life. Now in its 12th year, Postcode [...]
Revealed: The 15 best employers in Britain for work-life balance, as rated by staff June 7, 2018 Dealing with millions of busy commuters might not sound like the dream job, but according to a new study workers at Transport for London (TfL) are the most content with their work-life balance. The rankings, compiled by job site Indeed, showed that TfL had a better “staff first” mentality than any other company in the [...]
How the founder of Push Doctor hopes to take the stress away from the NHS June 4, 2018 Nowadays, it’s rare to hear any mention of the NHS without the word “crisis” trailing closely behind. Increasing patient numbers and the worst winter period on record have left the NHS bowing under the pressure. A recent report from the Institute of Fiscal Studies and the Health Foundation said taxes would have to increase by [...]
