A London-based tech company are hoping to inspire creativity in the workplace and innovation in the sector by launching their own limited edition ‘Idea Beer’. …
Exclusive! Lady Barbara Judge Opens Up On Why She Is Backing HR Tech Start-up bob; “We’re Done Celebrating Start-ups, Let’s Get To Work!”
The thing about London; it’s full of smart people. Everywhere you look, on the tube, the buses, in the taxis and Ubers; every office and every shop is crammed full of smart people, going about their business. So, when a new phenomenon, the world of tech start-ups, starts to grow up around the Old Street …
Shoreditch Based FSB Technologies Signs Another Sports Betting Client To Its Online Platform and Casino
Old Street, Shoreditch based betting platform provider FSB Technology have signed a deal to supply Bruce Betting, a bookies established in 1977 in the Republic of Ireland with 17 physical stores and a telephone betting service, with a bespoke sports betting web and mobile platform. FSB will also be throwing in their online casino platform, …
The Fickle Fortunes Of London’s Start-up Accelerator / Incubators Laid Bare As Hackney Council Pushes Business Rates Up by 46%
The story of Second Home Many amongst London’s start-up eco-system were in celebratory mood last week as Creative accelerator Second Home, led by ex-Special Advisor for tech to David Cameron and columnist Rohan Silva, secured £20m investment from Bebo founder Michael Birch, Facebook investor Yuri Milner and the Sainsbury family, to expand its business model …
Hidden Gems Of Spitalfields – Get Your Hipster Coffee @ Crisis Skylight Café!
Let’s be honest, East London’s coffee junkies are spoilt for choice; Shoreditch Grind, Haggerston Espresso Rooms, Curio Cabal, Dirty Coffee, Troy, Nude Espresso, the Hoxton…the list goes on, and on. And on. Every one of these venerable establishments will do you an excellent espresso, a lovely latte, a cheeky chai, or a f*cking good flat …
Street Feast Announces New Daytime Opening Hours – Lunchtime Feasting Fun For All The Family (& Pets)!
Street Feast is opening its doors at lunchtime and offering child friendly facilities this summer School summer holidays are nearly upon us and to celebrate, Street Feast, the start-up that operates 4 pop-up dining and entertaining sites in Dalston, Shoreditch, Lewisham and Canada Water, are announcing new daytime opening hours, bringing lunchtime feasting to the …
What Is A Lead Investor And Why Do You Need One? They Are Gladiators, & If You Find One It’s Happy Days
Whilst Ron Howard “made it”, made it, The Fonz had to make do with a role in The Waterboy – but still did pretty well. Echoes of the lead investor / founder relationship? Disclaimer – this article is pun ridden and uses stereotyping for “comic” effect The beauty of the tech startup world is that …
DKLM Hosts Inaugural Law Tech Hub, Asks How Law Intersects With Burgeoning Tech Startup Scene
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 …
Want To Work For A Startup? Join Global {M} For Tips, Tricks & 1-1 CV Surgeries @ Google Campus 29th April
If startup founders are the new rock stars, Global {M} are its New Romantics. Co-founders Nick Waller and Alex Hemsley have brought a new approach to recruitment to the Tech City table. They have created dream-teams of developers and coders from scratch and trained them up before deploying them into large corporates and multinationals by …
Hot Startup Alert! Give London the Hurry-up with Quiqup
What do London couples fight about? Who picks up the ingredients for dinner? Whose turn it is to run down to the shops when the milk runs out? Who forgot to pick up a chewy bone for the pooch? First world problems you might say – but now there’s a way to cover for your …
You will find Tech City at a crossroads, not a roundabout
Last week Haggerston Times came across a report from 2012 entitled “A Tale of Tech City: The Future of Inner East London’s Digital Economy”. The report was released by not for profit think tank Centre for London, in association with the British Venture Capital Association, British Telecommunications Plc, London & Partners and the Federation of …