Having studied for a BA in English, I knew PR was the career I wanted to pursue – but I also knew that graduating during a pandemic would be difficult and I would have to adapt in order to build a CV that would make an impact. Work experience and internships were out of the […]
My journey has been anything but straightforward, though. Curiosity and an ardent need to continually “upgrade” myself has led me to this point. Starting out as a journalism student, I then pursued a Master’s in International Business, and topped it off with another Master’s in Data Science and AI, which I’ll complete in a month’s […]
As a Politics and International Relations undergraduate at the University of Nottingham, the post-Covid job market is looking particularly bleak. Having the chance to intern at FieldHouse over the summer – in PR, an industry that was a complete unknown to me – seemed like an opportunity I couldn’t pass up! Cordelia – a […]
The number of first-time funding rounds into UK seed-stage startups declined for a second consecutive year in 2020, to 36 per cent below the 2018 peak for such deals, according to new research commissioned by SFC Capital. The data also points to reductions both to the amount of money available for first-time rounds and the […]
StepEx, the only FCA-regulated fintech startup that provides affordable student finance based on future earnings rather than debt, has raised £1.1 million in pre-seed funding. This follows an earlier angel investment of £270,000. Backed by BBVA Anthemis Venture Partnership, Triple Point Ventures, and prominent angel investors – including renowned fintech investor Chris Adelsbach – the […]
BeyondHERizons is a new programme from Silicon Valley Comes to the UK, designed to support the investment journey of female founders and challenge that awful disparity. FieldHouse Associates is proud to be a partner to BeyondHERizons, and we encourage everyone in our network to watch the video below that sets out the vision of the […]
The investment will accelerate delivery of a progressive new Cyber Workforce Optimization platform. With cyber risk no longer confined to technical specialists, expert skills are now required across the entire organization. From crisis management with executives, to secure software development amongst engineers and ensuring compliance in legal teams, the platform will use data insights to […]
I am aware of how improbable this whole journey was (and still is). I think its ambition, perseverance and endless curiosity in my personal and professional life that have got me this far. These are characteristics that have made every move possible – every time I challenged myself to go further, or tried to raise […]
Many colleagues, friends and family have found the first four months of 2021 the hardest part of the crisis by far. This lockdown has felt really long, stressful and depressing – a result of the awful weather perhaps, and reaching the end of our tethers. At FieldHouse, we’ve tried our hardest to keep the team […]
As we emerge from the pandemic, what does the business environment look like for budding entrepreneurs? Is now a good time to start a business? Many of the world’s greatest businesses have been started in or after a crisis. Disney was launched during the Wall Street Crash and rode out the Great Depression, while more […]
Offices are slowly beginning to reopen, but the big question on everyone’s lips is whether five days a week in the office will ever be the norm again. What are your thoughts? I don’t foresee people being back in the office full-time — at least not by choice. I think work will become much more […]
The partnership will give customers confidence that their pharmaceutical shipments will arrive at destination safely, as the innovative hybrid containers – which have an average runtime of 202 hours – have a failure rate of less than 0.1%. This is compared to an industry standard failure rate of up to 12%, which cost the pharma […]