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Oyster™ Closes $4.2M Seed Funding to Remedy the Global Talent Shortage & Disrupt Cross-Border Hiring

Entrepreneurs / 23rd April 2020

 Oyster™, a startup dedicated to fixing the broken international hiring model, today announced $4.2M in seed financing. Leading the round is London-based Connect Ventures, with participation from Sorenson Ventures, Kima Ventures, and Transferwise Co-founder and Chairman, Taavet Hinrikus, among...

Closing The ‘Gender Entrepreneurship Gap’

Entrepreneurs / 18th April 2020

A study, which reveals that men are twice as likely to start a new business in the UK as women, has been used to shape UK government policy. The research,...

How to Take Care of Your Mental Health During the Global Pandemic

Entrepreneurs / 25th March 2020

As the world continues to cope with the unprecedented impacts of the COVID 19, an increasing number of people will be directed to isolate themselves at home or practice social...

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Gender Entrepreneurship Gap

Entrepreneurs / 11th March 2020

A study, which reveals that men are twice as likely to start a new business in the UK as women, has been used to shape UK government policy. The research,...

Businesses Plan £12BN EV Drive

Entrepreneurs / 10th March 2020

Investment in electric vehicles (EVs) by UK businesses is set to increase by almost 50% over the next two years, exceeding £12 billion, according to new research released this week....

U.S. Entrepreneurship Levels Continue On An Upward Trend Over 19 Years, According to Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Report

Entrepreneurs / 6th March 2020

Indicating the strong health of entrepreneurship, both entrepreneurial activity and established business ownership in the United States have trended upward over the past 19 years, according to the 2019–2020 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor...

Organisations Say Market Opportunities Drive Their International Expansion

Entrepreneurs / 2nd March 2020

Approximately 75% of organisations say access to market opportunities is the key driver for their international expansion initiatives. Businesses also named specialist skills as one of the main factors that...

Enterprise City Awarded £2 million Grant To Kick Start 2,000 New Tech Jobs

Entrepreneurs / 25th February 2020

Enterprise City, the pioneering tech, media and cultural cluster in central Manchester, has been awarded a £2 million grant from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), to support...

Self Employed Will Work While Sick As They Can’t Get To GPs

Entrepreneurs / 19th December 2019

New research from AIG Life Limited shows self-employed people are working while ill as they worry about arranging medical appointments during working hours. Its study among more than 2,000 employees and...

This is How Many SMEs it Takes to Equal Amazon’s Turnover

Entrepreneurs / 9th December 2019

Tech giant Amazon’s current yearly revenue sits at $265.468 billion, but how does the revenue of small businesses around the world compare to the tech giant’s fortune? Latona’s has analysed...