Qatar FinTech Hub (QFTH), founded by Qatar Development Bank (QDB), to support the growth of the FinTech industry in Qatar, was ranked as the second top investor in FinTechs across the Mena region in the first quarter of 2021 by startups research and intelligence firm, MAGNiTT.
Jane Howlett,Minister for Small Business Small businesses are the engine room of our economy and with around 97 per cent of all businesses being small.
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Developed in Durham: Sphera
(L to R) Phil Buckley (COO & Co-Founder), Antonella Pagliarulo (Research Scientist), Natasha Boulding (CEO & Co-Founder) and Scott Bush (Co-Founder).
Founded in September 2019 by three PhD students, Sphera is Durham University’s first student spinout.
It is developing low carbon next generation construction materials. Currently, the team are focussing on a world-first – carbon zero and carbon negative concrete blocks.
Their innovation pipeline includes a concrete accelerant to speed up concrete curing rate and decrease cement content. These pioneering solutions are developed to help tackle climate change by offering the industry low carbon material alternatives that specifically focus on embodied carbon content.
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The Steel City earned its title during the Industrial Revolution a time when there was such a need for workers that the entire world grew interested in the Three Rivers. The city was booming, and new businesses were being born across the region. Unfortunately, that boom didn’t, and businesses began to falter.
In a city once known for its heavy manufacturing, industry would return with a vengeance but in a different form. Google would move in. Duolingo set up shop. Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple and Uber would follow suit. See a trend?
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