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Bored of Freelancing All On Your Own? Maybe It’s Time To Checkout NewWorkMates.com?

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Caught yourself staring aimlessly out of the window recently, wishing you had a colleague to discuss last night’s telly with, whilst hoping the telephone rings with some news of a new project to get stuck into? Such is the world of the freelancer – so much to do, so little time in which to do …

What is TechDay And Why Are 7,500 People – Including 200 Start-ups Going To Be Attending On October 27th?

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TechDay is coming – even by London start-up standards October 27th represents a special date for your diary. “Meet the entire London start-up community”, the flier exclaims; “build the relationships you need for growth with the 200 start-ups and 7,500 press, investors, & early adopters attending TechDay.” …

100 Courses in 1,000 Minutes – London’s Longest Dinner Party Coming To Wandsworth Tomorrow Courtesy Of La Belle Assiette!

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A Private chef dining experience is something many discerning Londoners love; it’s the perfect way to impress your guests with beautifully presented, heavenly tasting culinary treats – and of course it’s up to you if you tell your guests who did the cooking! Tomorrow, La Belle Assiette, a Paris based based start-up founded by CEO …

#HackRealEstate Wants 2 Days’ Of Hackers and Property Professionals’ Time To Properly Disrupt The Property Market

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Prop-tech is hot in London in the second half of 2016 – think Settled, Sellmyhome.co.uk, or BrickLane.com. Folks are demanding more say in how they sell or rent their homes, bringing many of the services offered by traditional estate agents “in-house”, and now they need London’s techies and property people to help them fulfil their …

A Deep Tech Start-up Conference Is Coming To The Truman Brewery on Brick Lane in September!

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From Thursday 15th to Friday 16th  September the Truman Brewery in Brick lane, Shoreditch will play host to Future World 2016; inspired by the concept of “Deep Tech”, the conference aims to provide a “world class” platform to showcase deep tech in all of its weird and wonderful glory. Future World will “bridge new technical …

Image Selling Platform Lobster To Mark 5th Anniversary Of Oscar Winner Directed UGC Classic “Life In A Day” By Filming Its Sequel

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you don’t have to be a professional photographer to sell your pictures on Lobster’s platform – but a passion for art or imagery no doubt helps Lobster, the platform that allows amateur photographers to license their personal photography collection for use by media agencies, and charge a fee, has announced that it will be marking …

Despark’s Ignyte Networking Series is Back! Startup Superstar Vincent Dignan Will Be Talking Growth Hacking Techniques At The Hub, Golden Square Next Wed

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Is there anybody who doesn’t enjoy Wednesday night networking in Soho? Serial networkers experiencing that dreaded sense of déjà vu as they chat to the same people, in the same places, whilst swigging beer and eating pizza (admit it – it could be worse, couldn’t it?) are in for a treat, as Despark’s ever popular …

Best Of The Press (Releases) Part II; Only One More Sleep Until You Get To Make “The Biggest Decision Of Your Life”; The Left Say In; The Right Say Out; Just say okey dokey (and make sure you don’t vote out?)

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Yes, there’s a big vote taking place tomorrow and if you read on we will share the thoughts of some of the “Techerati” on Brexit, but before we do that let’s have a shizzle through what’s been dropping into Haggerston Times’ virtual postbox so far this week. Do Millennials trust and like tech more than …

Bish Bosh Bash; London Tech Week Starts With An Acquisition, An Office Move, A New Coworking Hub & $34m Of Investment

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The UK knows how to put on a festival, and London Tech Week is no exception; feisty, independent and ambitious, the festival, now in its third year, could challenge the likes of CES and Dreamforce How to get London Technology Week off to the perfect start? London based startup developing ground-breaking new AR / VR …

Will Founder of World’s Most Talked About “Secret” Startup Magic Leap Reveal All At Upcoming Wired Business Conference?

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The ninth annual Wired Business Conference will take place in New York on 16th June at Spring Studios; the first round of speakers was announced last week by Wired and as you might expect it’s an eclectic mix of thought leaders, influencers, innovators and entrepreneurs. …

Pushing The Envelope – SAScon Becomes First UK Conference To Have It’s Own Facebook Chatbot

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Got time for a chat? Thanks to the efforts of digital boffins, intelligent chatbots should become a help, not a hindrance Have you noticed things have gone a little quiet on the Chatbot front lately? What happened – is the party over before it even began? Far from it – but what businesses are beginning …

Bridging The Equity Divide – Syndicate Room Announces Latest Funding Round & Report Gauging Size Of Investor Appetite

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Syndicate Room’s latest raise, formally announced last night in front of a packed crowd at The Mermaid Theatre, begun at 9am today; a new report released by the firm suggests appetite for equities and IPOs is stronger than ever. 1 year ago Syndicate Room, the Crowdfunding platform with a unique investment model that allows online …

2 Days’ Left To Pick Up Extra-Discounted Tickets For Open Mobile Summit In June – Save £200!

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you’ve heard that mobile is the future – so how do your products compare with the rest of the market and how can you find out? Maybe at the Open Mobile Summit… Calling all mobile product developers! On June 27th-28th The Open Mobile Summit Europe returns to London, at the Crowne Plaza in the City …

DKLM Hosts Inaugural Law Tech Hub, Asks How Law Intersects With Burgeoning Tech Startup Scene

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Is your startup drowning in legalese – get some colour at TechLawHub, the last Tuesday of the month DKLM are a Law Firm started in 2004 in Shoreditch by 4 partners with a diverse range of interests and a strong presence in India, China and Africa. “Our differences are our strengths”, they say and so …

Postcard from Barcelona: 4YFN, MWC and Swedish Beers!

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When one door closes, another opens; ticket holders at 4YFN, Barcelona’s mobile start-up conference are flooding through the doors of big brother MWC 2016 today to join the nearly 100,000 fellow attendees to have walked the halls and floors of this gigantic, genre-defining conference, sniffing out opportunities, making contacts and signing contracts that will secure …

The Unexpected Trend for Multi-Stories and Pop-ups across London and London Fashion Week

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Fashion correspondent Abi Buller writes: Who could have predicted the sudden cool-factor of industrial spaces, carparks and rooftops? If you happened to be passing through the streets of Soho in mid-September, you may have noticed a particularly fashionable clan of VIPs, models and attaches hoarding their way into and around the NCP carpark on Brewer …

Match Capital showcases contacts, fills WeWork with start-ups and investors at MatchUp 1

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It’s halfway through January and, surprise surprise, London’s start-ups have funding on their minds. Plus ca change, eh; despite having attracted record levels of Venture Capital funding in 2014, £1.4 billion to be precise (that’s 20 times more than a decade ago), the promise of 5 minutes in the Company of a Balderton, DN, or …