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Every crowd has a silver lining: Crowdfunding tips for start-ups

Money. Just the one thing holding us back from fulfilling our dreams and launching our ambitious projects. Or is it?
In the past, starting a business would require months of trawling the investor circuits and pitching over and over again…

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Inside the mind of a freelancer

We love this infographic from DailyInfographic.com, which looks at some of the drivers that inspire freelancers to go independent, as well as the issues that keep freelancers up at night and shape our happiness levels.
If you’re a freelancer yourself,…

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Our Cleaners Cleaning Up their Carbon

In the next few days the climate will pass the symbolically important threshold of 400parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide.  This is the politically recognised safe limit.  While the implications of these readings are terrifying (and should be), here…

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We’ve updated our world map!

Hello Hubbers
Great news: The Hub community is expanding quickly. So fast in fact, that we had to update our world map at Hub Islington. Hubs in Singapore, Bari, Copenhagen, Belo Horizonte, Bogota, Curitiba, Tampere and Los Angeles have been…

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Interested in green investment?

Hey there Hubbers
I’m Angela Zollinger from Zurich and I’m doing a mini internship for two weeks at Hub Islington. My goal is to pick up some work experience while I’m still in High School and to brush up my…

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Streamline social media with Hootsuite

HUB London has partnered with whizzy social media platform Hootsuite to get you all free Pro accounts and access to Hootsuite University for three months – a great chance to kickstart your online marketing and get social media savvy.
But…

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Spanish media loves us!

“Where ideas gather to become reality. Where entrepreneurs and social innovators can co-create. Where changes are carried out and things happen.” This is how Carlos Fresneda, correspondant in London for El Mundo, describes the HUB and the 6,000 Hubbers’ reality.…

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HUB Insights

“How does it feel to be part of a revolution?” asked NESTA Chief Executive Geoff Mulgan on Wednesday afternoon.
Each year, the founders and leaders of HUBs all over the globe come together to engage in a discussion about the…

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RTI: Are you up-to-date?

If you’re an employer (including of yourself!), there’s been a recent change to payroll that will have big implications for how you report to HMRC. So take note and get Real Time!
From April HMRC are introducing a new regime…

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Freelancers rights recognised in TIME 100

The founder of the Freelancers Union in the United States, Sara Horowitz, has been shortlisted for TIME magazine’s TIME 100 list.
A former lawyer, Sara founded the Freelancers Union in 2003. In that time, she has built a movement of…