Protein Rebel is shaking-up the sports nutrition and meal replacement markets with 100% natural protein powders that are great for the body, good for the gut and kind to the planet. Containing no synthetic ingredients, whey, artificial sweeteners or micronutrient blends, Protein Rebel’s products are packed full of nutritious ingredients and new types of protein, such as crickets and plants, that have a low planetary impact.
Protein Rebel is normalising the eating of alternative proteins such as insects and plants, as they're great for supporting a healthy diet and are key to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and rainforest destruction. Research proves that plants and crickets are high in protein and very nutritious. In fact, crickets are nutritionally right up there with kale, goji berries and turmeric. They’re rich in protein and essential amino acids, high in iron and vitamin B12 and are packed full of prebiotic fibre making them good for the gut.
Since the release of Caroline Hirons’ book and the Fenty launch, the already booming skincare industry has skyrocketed. However, there is a definite lack in the market for a sustainable, natural and customisable skincare brand. Enter PERLcosmetics, a brand that has sustainability at the heart of what it does with one hero product, our customisable pearl powder clay mask with illuminating oil.
The idea of PERLcosmetics came in November 2019 after I was inspired by the popularity of Australian clay masks. However, it wasn’t until May 2020 when I lost my job during the pandemic that I decided to bring my idea into reality. I am a one-woman team doing everything myself, from creating my website through to formulating my product. I’ve loved every second of starting my business and am excited for what the future holds for PERLcosmetics!
Essentialise Workplace Wellbeing is a coaching and training provider based in Preston. They specialise in bespoke wellbeing strategy and tailored delivery for SME’s, with a focus on data-driven measurement and people centric design. Their workshops, coaching and training are all created around the specific challenges of workforces, and crafted to engage with specific groups. Actionable advice and encouragement is delivered in an interactive environment, designed to cultivate behaviour change and transfer of authority to employees. Outcomes are measured and provision is evolved, making wellbeing advancement embed and it’s business case sustainable. Outcomes include higher productivity, engagement and morale, while lowering sickness, conflict and mistakes. They specialise in interconnecting areas of wellbeing including sleep, mental health, resilience and nutrition.
99POINT9’s appeal stems from door handles (in any sector) being the main cross-contamination point for viruses, and which are inadequately disinfected by the flawed/infrequent hygiene routine of most companies.
99POINT9 is a UK company with a top-quality wider management team. Its medical advisory board includes the former CEO of the British Medical Association.
Out of the Cube helps visual artists sell their art online and build their business. Prior to Out of the Cube's creation, Gavriella Abekassis, founder of the company, has worked in art galleries in London, Amsterdam, and Paris for five years. During this time, she realized that most artists cannot be represented by art galleries. When they are not represented, they are labelled as unsuccessful, or they don't know where to start when it comes to sales.
It is with the goal to share the knowledge of running an art business with artists that Gavriella has founded Out of the Cube.
The heart of Out of the Cube is the Artist Entrepreneur Club which gathers a community of business-minded artists. The members receive weekly trainings and articles to get their business going as well as a monthly webinar. They also have direct access to Gavriella for any questions.
Sara launched Actually at the start of this year with the aim of Actually changing the world.To achieve that, Sara works with purpose-led small businesses & entrepreneurs training, coaching & supporting them to unleash the power of great communications to grow their business and increase their impact.
Having successfully established one of London’s most successful PR agencies over the last ten years, Sara identified a gap in the market for entrepreneurs who can’t afford agency support to do PR but can’t afford not to do PR.
Brightlobe is a VC-backed child healthcare startup headquartered in London and has raised over £500K in funding to date. Founded in 2013, Brightlobe has developed patent-pending technology that can assess and support a child’s developmental trajectory through mobile games and smart toys. These games feature original IP based on an original children’s book manuscript written by the founder, Shivani Lamba. Brightlobe is comprised of a talented, multidisciplinary team, including founder, software engineer and neuroscience researcher, Shivani Lamba; artist and animator, Oliver Timms; and mobile games developer, Ryan Murdoch.
The Good Coffee Project, a local roaster and supplier of specialty coffee, just announced the launch of its new website for retailers and wholesalers who are looking for good quality coffee beans. Just like its customers, The Good Coffee Project appreciates good quality coffee, with a deepened respect for its origins, which leads the company to find their perfect harvests and roast profiles. The Good Coffee Project makes its growing range of coffees available to the public through its online store and social media, as well as through trusted partnerships with businesses sharing the same ethos: that coffee should be of good quality, and ethically sourced from sustainable farming communities.
Officially launched in 2020, OneDash is a solution for monetising video-based media instantly via the use of interactive tools. Its aim is to create a more seamless shopping platform; one that shortens the consumer journey by putting the point of inspiration next to the point of transaction. This creates an environment in which customers can interact with retail outlets in real time, enhancing engagement and boosting brand loyalty.
The OneDash platform gives users the ability to upload video, edit their content directly, add sound, integrate social media publishing, and add buttons or overlay for direct to product purchasing. Users can then track impressions and gain insights through real-time analytical features.
OneDash was ranked in the top five at Google’s ICCV 2019 Deepfashion2 Challenge for Artificial Intelligence in 2019, and has offices in the UK, Singapore, and Dubai.
Tumbao is young start-up, tackling big questions facing the fashion industry, such as sustainability and supply-chain issues.
Its founders – students at IE University in Spain - Nicholas Saye, Federica Caso, Ecab Amor and María José Heshiki de las Casas - have created an entirely biodegradable product line of wallets and purses out of an innovative new alternative for leather - the skin of the Mexican nopal cactus, also known as prickly pear.
Until now, sustainable or slow fashion have been a luxury that only few can afford, and contrary to popular belief, most vegan leather products contain harmful chemicals such as polyurethane and PVC plastics. Tumbao seeks to change this, by offering an entirely natural alternative at an affordable price.
Sustainability and circularity are key to Tumbao’s business model. Each Tumbao wallet purchased contributes towards cactus biodiversity in Mexico, making Tumbao not only carbon neutral but carbon negative. What’s more, their supply chain is small and local, based in Guadalajara, Mexico, and they work with a small family owned business.
Liana Fricker founded Inspiration Space to connect creatives and entrepreneurs to opportunities and one another. A champion for women in business with experience creating community for global brands, she's lovingly referred to by members as the Inspirer-in-Chief.
Throughout lockdown, Inspiration Space has worked in collaboration with the University of Winchester Business School to help small businesses quickly adapt to the new digital economy. With the community experiencing 200% growth in membership and international reach, Liana secured Angel investment in August to launch a new digital platform in January 2021.
A new online publication on a mission to take up space and amplify the voices of the under-represented.
The purpose of The Spill Mag is to build a welcoming journalism platform for its writers, and compelling content for its readers. Real stories, written by, and relevant to, Black people, people of colour, indigenous people, people with disabilities, people who identify as part of the LGBTQIA+ umbrella and beyond, people who are non-binary, Muslim people, and others attacked for their religious beliefs, and everyone at the intersection, people who have been subject to stigma and been boxed up for too long.
Ilana is a platform for Black Owned Fashion Designers and Brands to sell, connect and collaborate. Our mission is to create a pathway for emerging talent, allowing luxury black brands to sell through our store with a percentage going towards supporting fashion designers based in West Africa. Fashion Designers will also be able to join our online community, be assigned a Fashion expert to receive consulting in order to validate their designs through a four step process.
ThirdShift is disrupting how families work and stay connected so that every person has the freedom to find their purpose. Our goal is to create a more equal world – starting with the 2 hours more unpaid work that women do every day. ThirdShift’s technology helps busy parents to find a better balance by managing unpaid work at a household level, going beyond productivity to help improve relationships, and prioritise wellbeing. We make the invisible work visible – addressing the gender data gap, and helping shift the inequalities in housework and mental load that still exist at work and home.
ThirdShift originated from Catherine’s experience of trying to build gender balanced teams in tech businesses and struggling to find female talent. Despite trying proven steps to attract female candidates, they still couldn’t get to 50%. At the same time, she saw her friends with successful careers struggling to continue to do what they wanted professionally after having children. It was clear there was a deeper problem – and it started at home.
Launched in October 2020, Zero Procure is headquartered in London, co-founded by experienced industry stalwart John Stevenson and luxury hospitality purchasing and procurement specialist Clive Sheppard together with Director and strategic and operational leader, Lucy Flinter. Zero Procure helps operators and suppliers work together to make procurement effortless, efficient and above all save money. As well as simplifying procurement, Zero Procurement adds great value through their vast network of suppliers and most importantly, their customers pay zero. Zero Cost, Zero Risk, Zero Contract. Customers and suppliers to date include Louis London, Huckletree, Cave Hotel, Valimex, Hemingway, Evolve Hospitality and Sybron.
In the near future, Zero Procure will announce further initiatives including:
Foundation Zero charitable trust into which a percentage of Zero Procure’s profits will be paid, with the funds being used to support business, who have been impacted financially by unforeseeable and unavoidable events, get back on their feet.
Zero Connect, a thought leadership platform, offering opportunities for networking though our program of roundtables and social events as well as industry insights through dedicated white papers.
NPN is a space in which women of colour can come to get their fill of empowerment, inspiration and healing. This platform was created by a Black woman for Black women. To find out more about the woman behind the words, click the button below.
Even though, NPN caters to the demographic of women of colour within the UK (and beyond), its messages, poetry and overall content centre around many universal experiences, however, with Black women being a collective that is often overlooked, neglected and or silenced NPN strives to uplift and amplify the voices of women who look like and have similar experiences to Nadine.
