A worldwide pandemic is certain to change many things that were seemingly standard. According to Winning Omnichannel and their recent research into how the retail environment has reacted to COVID-19, the world’s shopping habits have shifted dramatically within a period of three months.
31.07.2020
Digital disruption in media and marketing is in evidence everywhere you look. From the rise of streaming and on-demand television to the ubiquity of highly targeted online advertising: new digital technologies are transforming the behaviours of both consumers and the businesses that sell to them.
31.07.2020
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
31.07.2020
Every company, as the saying goes, is a technology company. Those that don’t embrace technology will lose their competitive edge and falter in the face of new players. While the banking industry is steeped in more tradition than most, the winds of change are already here. We learn more from Diana Biggs, Global Head of Innovation at HSBC Private Banking.
30.07.2020
This week Caroline Franczia takes us to Amity Island to explain how you can build a strategy to move from catching small fry to snaring the biggest deals in the ocean.
30.07.2020
MIT’s Alex Pentland speaks to David Lee of the DDI about the importance of ‘neighbourhood data’ in tackling some of the world’s biggest challenges – and why we need data unions.
30.07.2020
Nowadays, just about everyone has a side hustle. If you don’t, what are you doing with all your free time and no extra money? In the past, a side hustle may have been a casual way to pad out your paycheque, but things change. Now, you need to go legit.
29.07.2020
Founded in 2016 in Cambridge, techspert.io is a rapidly-growing tech startup that is revolutionising knowledge sourcing within the healthcare and life sciences sectors using machine learning. Maddyness spoke to co-founder and Managing Director Graham Mills to discover more about techspert.io and what the future holds.
29.07.2020
As lockdown eases and workers are being encouraged to return to their desk job, new research shows that almost 2 in 5 Brits (37%) are considering starting their own business as a result of the pandemic. Here are a few more insights.
29.07.2020
According to Eurostat data, April saw the jobless rate across Europe increase to 6.6%. While some were furloughed, others were made redundant in two-minute Zoom calls. As the furlough scheme comes to an end in October, a huge number of unemployed people will be looking for new roles in what could be a very challenging time for job hunting. Here are some tips to give you a boost you if you are looking for a job post-COVID.
28.07.2020
Using AI, Wolters Kluwer has partnered with Della, an AI contract analytics software provider for corporate legal departments and law firms. At a time when the need for increased productivity is accelerating for legal professionals, Wolters Kluwer and Della offer lawyers a new way of analysing their contracts.
28.07.2020
Flexible business school Jolt offers courses run by the likes of Google, Netflix and Tesla execs and has now launched its most disruptive, most exciting UK course to date. Switch is a unique, live, immersive bootcamp that retrains people to enter the highly in-demand world of tech in just a month.
28.07.2020
Why do some startups take off like rockets while most others drift like leaky rowboats? The key to startup growth is what’s commonly referred to as “scale.” Scale is something everyone will say you absolutely must have, but only Joe Procopio can explain it and give you six phases to build your efficient growth machine.
28.07.2020
Creator Fund has released a report on the student-led tech innovations born in the UK universities' labs and classrooms (rather than its accelerators) and highlights an exciting and diverse pool of talent. The report gives insight into what is happening on campus and the future of business.
27.07.2020