Businesses working through digital transformation projects have to plan for GDPR compliance from the very beginning, rather than struggling to rework it so as to meet requirements. Under the data protection legislation, data concerning health and care must be protected against unauthorised and unlawful processing, on top of accidental loss, destruction, or damage.

Critizr have introduced a new policy to provide menstrual and miscarriage leave for all 100 plus employees working across the company’s offices in the UK, France, Spain, Japan and the Netherlands.

The Rug Seller Limited has been renamed the Luxury Home Design Group Ltd, which includes four distinct home and interior e-commerce brands under the umbrella company – TheRugSeller.co.uk, Shabby.co.uk, LuxeTapi.com and UltimateGrass.co.uk

A new start up called Ad Astra has launched, becoming the UK’s first non-fungible token (NFT) agency that specialises in connecting artists, art collectors and galleries with end-to-end NFT services.

The Arkbound Foundation, a charity focused on widening access to literature and improving diversity within publishing, have received £45,000 in funding from Big Issue Invest, the investment arm of The Big Issue.

New research by WhatsApp Business shows that young people in the UK are more entrepreneurial than ever, as over two thirds (68%) of Gen Zs have had a new business idea - compared with 38% of the general population.

Flexa Careers, the platform bringing transparency to the hiring market, has raised a £2.3m ($2.9m/€2.7m) Seed Round to expand their global reach. The round was led by Ada Ventures and joined by Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund, angel syndicate HERmesa, and a wide group of angel investors.

One of the UK’s most-exciting brands in FMCG, THIS™, is offering consumers the chance to invest with leading online private investment platform, Seedrs.

RO Capital Partners (“ROCP”), the RO Group’s venture capital arm, announces that it has led an investment round in InferSens (or “the business”) alongside the Oxford Innovation Fund, and Bruce Melizan, the former MD of Interserve’s support services division.

‘The Future of the Stenosphere’. Panellists from the CAA-UK, Royal Mail, Sellafield, SkyBound Rescuer and Ajuno explored the topic of ‘Accelerating drone adoption’, in an interactive two-hour session with c.50 attendees.

RÈDUIT’s latest innovation spearheaded the brand to unrivalled success at this year's Cosmoprof awards.

Yet the study of 1,500 20- to 35-year-olds, commissioned by the Open University, suggests it’s difficult to find something new, as 28 percent feel they fell into a career path they can’t get out of.