Posted in Local News on 8 October, 2010| 29 Comments »
FreeAgent Central were last night named Best SME Accounting Software in the U.K. The surprise win by the Edinburgh-based company was revealed at the Software Satisfaction Awards in London, which are chosen based on customer satisfaction surveys and interviews.
FreeAgent faced fierce competition, namely from New Zealand-based Xero and London-based Kashflow. Other contenders included Accountz, Arithmo and Benchmark.
In response to their win, FreeAgent wrote: (more…)
Posted in Local News, tagged festivals, Loc8 Solutions, London Film Festival, mobile app on 7 October, 2010| Leave a Comment »
The BFI London Film Festival kicks off next week, and a new free app from Loc8 Solutions will enrich the experience for festival-goers this year. Following stellar apps for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and International Film Festival, Loc8 Solutions is well immersed in the events scene with apps that make visitors’ lives easier and more fun.
When overwhelmed with choice at these large scale events, festival-goers can use the app to more effectively plan, discover and decide. Moving beyond the information that’s scattered across brochures and leaflets, (more…)
Posted in Local News on 25 September, 2010| 1 Comment »
Launch48 is holding another 48-hour-business-building-marathon in London this weekend. The action started last night when participants descended on the PayPal offices in Richmond and pitched dozens of new business ideas. From these, four teams materialised yesterday evening, and are now working non-stop to produce functional demos, business plans, and a little marketing buzz before the event ends tomorrow night.
This weekend’s teams are:
1. MoveNearby:
Search for real estate based on criteria other than price – school catchment areas, nearby facilities and services.
Posted in Local News, Opinions, tagged anti street harassment, Dawn Foster, Hollaback, iphone, LASH, mapping, Vicky Simister on 23 September, 2010| 1 Comment »
A new iPhone app is being launched to help women deal with harassment in public spaces. The mobile phone app will be used to capture the user’s location and an image of the harasser. Once used, an email will be sent to the participant asking for an account of the experience. The application links to a dynamic mapping system so that photos and experiences submitted by participants can be pooled together to help paint a clearer picture of the scale of the problem of street harassment.
Hollaback (first launched in 2005 in New York City as a blog) is creating a unified reporting system via geo-mapping that can be scaled globally. The information (more…)
Posted in Events, Local News, tagged David Law, Entrepreneurship, Speck Design, Speck Products, Stanford REE on 21 September, 2010| 2 Comments »
Our Stanford REE Series picks back up with insights from design entrepreneur David Law of Speck Design, Speck Products, and many more companies he’s founded. By guest blogger Kirsty Macgregor.
“Design and build a tool that will carry an egg as far as possible – and come back on Friday with a prototype” was the brief the young David Law was given as he applied for entry to the new, collaborative degree in Product Design and Engineering run by Glasgow University and Glasgow School of Art ( back in the dawn of time). Working on this project created a degree of engagement David hadn’t experienced in years and gave him a taste of the “can do/ hands on” mindset fostered by the course… which was critical to his development. David kicked off his keynote speech on day 2 of the conference with a deliciously deadpan “walk through (his) memory lane of failure“ which included his first failed attempt at gaining a degree in London leading to his second, formative -and successful- effort in Glasgow. (more…)
Posted in Local News on 20 September, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Monday 20th September: EPIS tech sales talk from ThinkTank Maths, 11am-1pm
A semi-closed talk for EPIS folks and other invitees, sorry this isn’t a totally open event, but wanted to remind anyone who said they’d be there…
Tuesday 21st September: Meet & greet Russ Wallace, TBC
We’re excited to have visitor Russ Wallace, founder of trend hunting site Trendero, visiting Edinburgh this week from San Francisco. In addition to running Trendero, Russ does some freelance blogging for Valley publications and is interested in consumer web and social media startups here. We’ll be meeting with him Tuesday night and wanted to see who else might like to join? Give us a shout below if you’d specifically like to meet him and we’ll see what we can sort out, or holler to @Trendero on Twitter… (more…)
Posted in Local News on 16 September, 2010| 8 Comments »
Critically acclaimed social enterprise Red Button Design has today announced an imminent collaboration with renowned jewellery designer Alex Monroe, on a Christmas Gift Initiative.
To celebrate the launch of Midomo – a revolutionary water purifier for developing countries – Red Button Design has commissioned a limited-edition bracelet by award-winning jewellery designer, Alex Monroe. Each bracelet will cover the cost of donating one Midomo to an African community and, through a unique serial number imprinted on the jewellery, the owner of each bracelet will be able to track the journey of their donated Midomo. The bracelet is a perfect Christmas present; forever symbolising the gift of safe water, it can be worn as a reminder of growth and development, as well as a beautifully crafted, stylish piece of jewellery. (more…)
Posted in Events, Local News on 15 September, 2010| 9 Comments »
This week, Edinburgh Hacklab throws open its doors and invites you to its grand opening. The Hacklab is a new co-working space in Edinburgh for tinkerers, inventors, techies and other people who like to get creative and make stuff. And they’re looking for new members.
Housed off Leith Walk, the Hacklab offers tables, a workbench, soldering irons, wi-fi, and loads of kit and other materials to play with. For £30 per month, members can access the space 24/7. If you know a member, you can visit them at the Hacklab for free. (more…)
Posted in Local News on 11 September, 2010| Leave a Comment »
For those of you getting money off customers (or preparing to), we hope you find this helpful… By Lucy Langdon.
So you’ve got a business, a website and some customers. What next?
The decision to accept credit card payments on your site shouldn’t be taken lightly. Here are a few questions you should ask yourself before you even look up what a ‘payment gateway’ is:
Posted in Events, Local News on 9 September, 2010| 1 Comment »
Take thirty seconds right now to introduce yourself to a dynamic group of investors, policy makers, entrepreneurs, academics, non-profits, and support organisations who make it their business to create more and better entrepreneurs.
Yesterday, this group converged on Edinburgh for the tenth annual European Roundtable on Entrepreneurship Education (REE). Over the next two days, they’ll be discussing and designing the future of entrepreneurship education in schools and universities across the continent, as well as determining the types of funding and startup support programmes that are available in the next decade. (more…)
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