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Mental Health Awareness Week 2022

Mental Health Awareness Week took place from 9th to 15th May. Organised by the Mental Health Foundation, this year’s official theme was ‘loneliness’.

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#ChooseToChallenge

This year’s theme for International Women’s Day is “Choose to Challenge” encouraging us all to challenge gender bias, celebrate the achievements of women, and raise awareness on the issue of women’s equality.

A Tech Nation report on diversity in technology revealed that only 19% of the tech workforce are women, with 77% of director roles filled by men.

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Exciting news from our founder.

The Up Group (Up) has been acquired by PE-backed, global talent management firm, Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS).

This is a huge moment in our thirteen year history, and marks the start of an exciting third chapter for us in our mission to become Europe’s leading executive search, networking and advisory business, and to positively impact the tech ecosystem through the power of outstanding talent and connectivity.

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Europe's first FAANG? The rise of Spotify and the war for talent.

Over the past decade, Europe's tech sector has come of age. Visionary founders, vibrant venture investors and seasoned executives have combined to create over fifty unicorns, from Barcelona's Glovo through to Munich's Flixbus. Several FinTech’s could soon be decacorns, with both Revolut and Klarna boasting valuations north of $5bn. And from Just Eat through to Farfetch and Zalando, plenty have gone public.

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International Women’s Day 2020 - #eachforequal

The Up Group is a proud supporter of International Women’s Day, a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women - while also marking a call to action for accelerating gender equality.

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Less cake, more water

charity: water are one of our partners, along with BEAM who we make part of our day to day work with each other and with our clients.

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PropTech - The Journey Continues

The Property industry is taking a hard look at itself in the mirror as it imminently faces the question of how technology can help alleviate its legacy problems. The archaic structures of the sector now stand primed for change as innovations in blockchain, AI and big data begin to be leveraged to automate traditional paperwork, processes, governance and regulatory frameworks.

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#BalanceforBetter

International Women's Day (8th March) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity.

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Commercial Interview: Melissa Di Donato, SAP

As part of our Insight Interview Series, we spoke to Melissa Di Donato, COO, and former Chief Commercial Officer, of SAP and winner of the 2018 Digital Masters Award for Excellence in Commercial Management, on disrupting a legacy business, moving fast, and implementing culture change.

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