Goats, bugs, thrown laptops … all part of a unicorn hunt
BREWDOG CEO James Watt is on the hunt for the next unicorn — and he’ll be investing up to £5m of his own money...
Ida Tin: a woman with the heart of a lion
BV has profiled this femtech pioneer before — and probably will again. There’s no stopping her, reports HEATHER LEAH SMITH...
IDA TIN is a Danish...
Storytelling, psychodrama and VR ‘could help Gen Z in workplace’
GENERATION Z has been posited as the most stressed cohort in the modern workplace.
According to Cigna International Health’s 2023 survey, 91 percent of 18-to-24-year-olds...
Tech Nation winds-down after grant funding is cut
AFTER a decade as a government-backed organisation in the UK scale-up ecosystem, Tech Nation will cease operations and seeks to transfer its assets.
The decision...
How — and why — to build a digital ecosystem
By MARK WASS
THE VALUE of a digital ecosystem is that it simplifies connections between partners via a centralised point.
No single stakeholder needs to own...
Quirky TikTok trends ‘can help to drive business’
WHAT happens when TikTok trends and British small businesses collide? That’s what Funding Circle, the UK’s largest small-business platform, wanted to know.
The firm paired...
‘Greener’ wind power — but military potential clouds motivation
CEO starts a pan-European crowdfunding bid to advance airborne power generator
MOBILE wind turbines tether a sea container to a kite, which turns in a...
SpaceX launch for British climate satellite programme
BRITISH Earth-observation company Satellite Vu has signed another SpaceX launch contract for further thermal data collection.
Its mid-wave infrared (MWIR) imaging satellite will be launched...
Vulnerability: the heartbeat of creativity and innovation
By CHRIS PATON
THE NUMBER of UK businesses forced to close in the last quarter was 137,210 — 23 percent up on the same period...
TikTok now a dead cert for SME owners post-pandemic
MILLENNIAL entrepreneur Anna Jenkins creates bespoke flower tributes for funerals and sells them on TikTok. She also does weddings and baby showers, but funerals...