Culture is a top priority for startups and large groups alike, and Kymono offers their clients an ever-evolving selection of products to ensure that culture, even in the most difficult times, is kept sacred. Maddyness spoke with Olivier Ramel, CEO and co-founder of Kymono to understand how the company is coping during the COVID-19 pandemic and what the future holds.
03.08.2020
Ash from Drax’s UK power station has been used in the concrete structure of the £1.5B A14 Cambridge to Huntington road-building scheme. The use of power station ash in cement production has reduced energy consumption and prevented fresh aggregate from being mined.
03.08.2020
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
Every week, Maddyness brings you MaddyCrowd revealing our selection of projects available on crowdfunding platforms. Here's this week's selection.
01.08.2020
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