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Fri, 17 May 2013 10:50:29 +0100

ESS Finalists 2013

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:54:21 +0100

Feeligo
Feeligo is the new way to monetize, engage and grow a specialized social network by selling virtual goods to its members.
Virtual goods are a huge market, with $3.7 billion Europe+USA in 2011. They consist of in-game items, avatars goods and virtual gifts, which are a successful source of revenue for leading social networks; in 2009, Facebook made $75 million selling virtual gifts. But for millions of niche social networks, implementing virtual gifts successfully is still too complicated.
Feeligo makes it a no-brainer, with a pluggable “virtual gifts store” which is easy to install, customizable, complete with analytics and marketing tools, and generates engagement and revenue sharing. It’s Google Ads for the social web, without the nasty ad banners!

O-food
Cuisine with a Conscience
O-food combines the appeals of fast food with care and respect for people and planet - but first and foremost an authentic culinary experience. To achieve this ambition, Jens teamed up with former two-Michelin star Chef, Mikkel Maarbjerg, and his partner, Nikolaj Kirk, to create a unique menu reflecting a modern fast food concept with high gastronomic aspirations.
Using fish from sustainable stocks and fresh produce in its imaginative and healthy recipes. O-food exploits a gap in the market for a convenience concept that addresses the need for genuine culinary authenticity combined with health and convenience.

iConcipio
Student mental health is a central concern to Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). HEIs have an obligation to provide wellbeing support. While demand for these services is increasing, HEIs face significant budget reductions. As a result, there are often long delays in meeting student needs, risking escalation of the problems and an increased probability of student drop out. Recent fee increases add further pressure on HEIs to enhance ‘student experience’ mean a more practical approach to delivering student support is needed urgently.
iConcipio offers ‘mypassporter’, an online system, which addresses both the wellbeing and educational needs of HE students. Students engage with their difficulties through answering an interactive questionnaire, or selecting directly from a list of topics which are relevant to them. A suite of videos demonstrates coping techniques using animated characters or objects. Students can practise these techniques and use a rating system to monitor progress.

VirtualPatient
Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death nowadays, responsible for 50% of all deaths in the western world and is mostly related to disorders of the arterial wall, such as atheroscleroses and aneurysms. The state-of-the-art method to treat these disorders is a minimally invasive vascular intervention with the deployment of a tubular structure — stent — inside the diseased vessel. During the surgical intervention, the optimal design and placement location of the stent in the vessel is of the paramount importance to avoid complications, as indicated by clinicians. However, nowadays it is neither possible to determine the best parameters of the stent for a given patient in a rigorous manner, nor to assess the way the device will ‘sit’ inside the vessel.
Our idea is to create a software platform that would allow for the direct and interactive virtual positioning of the device in the artery, enabling a clinician to perform rehearsals of the intervention, choosing the most optimal device and deployment position for each patient. Such rehearsals would play a transformative role in aiding clinical decision making on a patient-specific basis and also give rise to overall improvements in treatment outcomes and in implant design.

Swogo
Swogo offers the simplest way to make the best purchase decisions. Consumers make complex decisions about products and services everyday, from shopping for electronics, to buying a car, or even booking a holiday. More people are shopping online than ever, but making the right choice still isn’t easy. Making a decision requires endless research, and online reviews are contradictory and time-consuming. Search engines point users to information, not answers. We help consumers make purchase decisions like experts, in just 60 seconds.
Our target market is the 77% of consumers who are overwhelmed by technical specifications. In order to further target our marketing efforts, we have identified a further seven key audiences. We have just closed a deal with a major price comparison service, which allows us to implement a PPC business model. At the end of each recommendation, the user is then shown the best price from a selection of retailers, when the user clicks on this, we are paid. The service is free to users.

Be My Eyes
Be My Eyes works on the development of a service that establishes a live video-interface connecting severely sight impaired with a community of volunteers who can help with tasks requiring visual assistance via smart-phones - utilizing cameras in smart-phones and existing video conference technologies.
By using Be My Eyes, the severely sight impaired will be able to get help in many more situations than it is the case today. Thus, they will not rely on people on-site willing to help - it would only require a smart-phone with our application and a 3G/4G Internet connection. The service will create a feeling of independence for the users; they can easily come in contact with people who have expressed their willingness to help. It is more about the help supplied on a volunteering basis and less about the help resulted from the social pressure.

MyPocketGarden
Revolutionize the way people plant their own food.
Easy-to-use homegarden box that involves a ‘lego’ assembling concept. It is offered in different options according to the preference of the client. In addition, the box used is designed in a way that can be placed as an item part of a third device in the hydroponic system.
As a first step our customers can buy a basic pocket garden box via the Internet. Additional to it they can order special vegetables and spices, which can be added to this box and gets priced accordingly.

GetHealth
GetHealth is a mobile and online platform which helps people improve their health through social interaction and gameplay with their family and friends! Our beta users describe us as the “”Foursquare for Health”“, allowing people to check-in to the healthy tasks they do each day, earn points, and motivate their friends to a better healthy lifestyle.
GetHealth is initially aimed at employers as an interactive corporate wellness programme which reduces health care costs such as absenteeism and health insurance. Employers invest in corporate wellness programmes as a way of reducing healthcare costs, such as absenteeism and health insurance.
However, the problem employer’s face is trying to improve engagement in these programmes and also measuring their return on investment. GetHealth aims to solve this problem with an online wellness platform which helps employees achieve their health goals through interaction and gameplay with their co-workers. The company’s aim is to turn GetHealth into an e-marketplace where companies and health organizations can come and purchase the online products they need for their wellness programs.

SourceCulture
We are SourceCulture and we bring handcrafted and locally sourced goods of all kinds to the world. From clothing and jewelry to tools and home furnishings, SourceCulture provides global retail access to goods of provenance.
At SourceCulture, we believe we have found a problem or gap in the retail market that needs to be filled. This gap is the inability of individual craftsmen and small boutique lines to access the broader market. This retail void between the consumer and boutique producer exists for a number of reasons, including language barriers, inability to facilitate online sales, cross-border shipping difficulties, and cross currency payment issues.
In the last two years there has been a robust movement toward locally made goods and traditional styling (e.g. Harris Tweed production or Barbour sales). Further, there has been a push back by the consumer against the ubiquity and low quality of cheap products. These two factors comprise the “Made In…” movement. SourceCulture seeks to capitalize on this movement by providing great online retail access to locally sourced goods from across the globe.

AQDOT
Microencapsulation is currently a multi-billion-per-annum industry with established applications in food, cosmetics, pharmaceutical, and consumer products. The current unmet consumer demand is to produce sustainable and inexpensive capsules that can be triggered to release bio-macromolecules. To address this critical challenge, AQDOT was founded based on the scientific achievement of researchers in the University of Cambridge that developed an innovative platform technology to produce microcapsules with greatly simplified manufacturing procedure and unprecedented ability to encapsulate and release high value materials.
Currently we are focusing on the industrial enzyme market, validating technical challenges and building a prototype for the detergent market segment. AQDOT has significant competitive advantage because (1) The manufacturing procedure is considerably simplified at room temperature; (2) the payload per capsule is much higher, saving raw material costs; (3) the enzyme activity is greatly preserved post-encapsulation, and the cargo can be triggered to release on demand.

Dreamups
Dreamups is an open source platform to create and explore sustainable Do It Yourself (DIY) solutions. It is a playground where inventors and eco-thinkers can share new and tested concepts for sustainability development all around the world, from slums to high-tech cities. It is unique, because it is free. Communities in need can find and build sustainable solutions within hours. It is sustainable. It has a transparent follow up, and the best solutions can receive financial help from the community. It is cooperative. The library brings together the “”thinkers”” and the “”doers”” to turn sustainable ideas of the former into real solutions by the latter ones. It is global. It contributes to international and multicultural networking, sharing of ideas, innovations and empowers application in the areas where it is needed.
Everything belongs to the community and we believe there is a great need on sharing sustainable solutions with local communities. Everything on Dreamups is under the shareAlike Creative Commons License, totally free to use, copy, edit and share with community.

Racquet Depot
Racquet Depot UK was founded in September 2008 by Jack Otton at the age of 14 as an online racquet sports equipment retailer, specialising in tennis, squash, badminton, racquetball, table tennis and injury supports. The company operates worldwide, specifically targeting the end consumer, however, an increasing number of coaches, clubs and so forth are purchasing direct due to the exceptional pricing across many brands.
To date, in excess of half a million pounds of revenue has been transacted with £375,000 of business made in 2012 alone. The customer base is increasing rapidly, exceeding 10,000 customers with 15,000 orders having been shipped to over 100 countries. The company has therefore been trusted by a number of customers, including the CEOs of British Gas, BNP Paribas and Agility Logistics, as well as Jonathan Ross, Amanda Holden and the United Nations.
Finally, there are some particular brands with market dominance that have margins of up to 200% established. Average gross profit margins currently stands at 30%. The company operates from its headquarters in Guildford, Surrey. All logistics and operations are presently outsourced to a distribution company that provide fulfilment to a select number of companies.”

Carnaby 20% Shopping Party

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:17:42 +0100

As well as 20% discount in over 100 shops, restaurants and bars including, The Kooples, Monki, Pretty Green, American Apparel and Levi’s Vintage, there will also be loads of free activities to enjoy.

Take part in the Carnaby Instagram shoot, with a Benefit Makeover and Carnaby styling session, then be photographed for the Carnaby Instagram hall of fame.

Premier Model Management will be scouting for new faces throughout the night and taking part in a Q&A session on what they look for in a model.

There will be live music at Lambretta and DJ sets at Pretty Green, Flying Horse Jeans and Fourth and Main. There will be live art on Broadwick Street from Carnaby resident artist Amar Stewart who will be painting an iconic portrait of Jimi Hendrix

As well as this, you can enjoy a free drink from the White Horse Kopparberg Bar in Kingly Court and you may even be lucky enough to win a coveted goodie bag!

For more information or to register for your 20% discount please visit: http://www.carnaby.co.uk/events/events_item.cfm?id=462

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Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:29:04 +0100

Crussh Taster Day at eOffice

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:21:04 +0100

The Crussh Taster Day which took place on Tuesday was a great success. The wide range of food and smoothies provided by Crussh was more than enough for the queues of eOffice members who came along to enjoy.

Everything was absolutely delicious, and the best thing of all is that Crussh food is made with the best organic ingredients and always avoiding additives, preservatives, GM foods, added salt and sugar. What Crussh manages to do is offer great healthy food without compromising on taste or quality.

eOffice would like to thank Tom and Dawid for organising and hosting the taster day. It was a delightful and delicious experience!

First Tuesday Event

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:22:25 +0100

On Tuesday 9th April, First Tuesday held their ‘The Emerging Tech Trends in Travel Enter First Tuesday Award’ event here at eOffice.

The event ran from 6:15pm - 9pm and there was a great turnout. Key speakers highlighted key information on which tech trends we should be watching, exploiting or investing in. Following the presentations, attendees had the opportunity to network with one another.

We look forward to holding the next First Tuesday event here at eOffice in June.

Big Data Week - Putting Data to Work

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:45:31 +0100

Date: 25th April, 2013
Time: 9:30am - 6pm
Location: Innovation Warehouse, EC1A 9PT

Big Data Week have brought together some of the smartest people across the Big Data domain to make the one day ‘Putting Data to Work’ event a real eye opener.

Edd Dumhill (program chair for the O’Reilly Strata Conference and the O’Reilly Open Source Convention) will host and chair a day of case studies, presentations, community showcases and debates with the UK data community. Dunn Humby, Bloomberd, Economist, Smart Cities, FutureGov, The Guardian and more will also be participating in the event.

If you’re looking to get to grips with data and see it in action across a number of case studies, share knowledge and learn how big data can help you, then you should be at the event.

Tickets include a free invite to the launch party and are limited so be quick. To buy tickets, or for more information please visit: http://bigdataweek.com/2013/03/20/big-data-week-london-putting-data-to-work/

CompuB on Coworking at eOffice

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:45:21 +0100

CompuB is a Premium Apple Reseller offering Apple products and services. They have been an eOffice member since 2011.

Marc from CompuB took a few minutes to tell us about their Coworking experience.

How does coworking benefit CompuB as a company?
With limitations of space and locations in the business environment these days, it is important to be situated in the hub of your industry. We have a wealth of customers within London from the Design and Media sectors and our location enables them to visit if they so require.

Working alongside eOffice is also of great benefit because it means we can keep our budget for space to a minimum. Having the additional benefits of meeting rooms and the facilities offered means that routine jobs such as mail sending are taken care of.

In your opinion, what is the best thing about the coworking environment offered by eOffice?
I think the best thing about Coworking is the integration of different companies from all arenas being able to communicate and offer their services to each other. It works well for us and we look after companies from most floors within the building, including eOffice.

If you are interested in the services offered by CompuB or would like more information please visit: www.compub.co.uk or email: marc@compub.com

Crussh Taster Day at eOffice

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:04:14 +0100

Exclusively for members of eOffice

Date: Tuesday 16th April
Time: 11am
Place: eOffice Soho

Please join us to sample a wide selection of freshly made drinks and platters provided by local establishment Crussh.

Crussh opened their first store in Cornhill in 1998 and they strongly believe in avoiding additives, preservatives, GM foods, added salt and sugar. Instead they opt for using the best natural and organic ingredients whenever possible to create some of the tastiest sandwiches, ‘super-food’ salads, sushi and soups.

iTAGG SMS Keywords

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:53:28 +0100

iTAGG provides a very useful service to help all UK businesses dramatically increase the responses received from their marketing. Simply add an SMS Response Keyword to all ads & promotions, such as ’Text EOFFICE to 80809 for more info’.

Keywords can be setup to automatically send back an SMS response with company & product information, or even a website link. iTAGG passes on the users mobile number so that follow up calls and texts can be made.

Adverts & promotions are powerless if people can’t respond in a way that suits them. Research shows that nearly half of UK consumers prefer to use their mobile to respond to an advert – with SMS being the preferred method.

For a 5 day trial + 25 SMS visit http://eoffice.itagg.com, search for an SMS Keyword and then use the EOFFICE invite code on the signup page. eOffice members also enjoy a 25% discount off annual SMS Keywords.

The Big Egg Hunt

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:46:00 +0000

This easter the Big Egg Hunt is back and this year it’s taking places across five cities i the UK beginning and ending in London.

there will be two chances for you to hunt down the giant eggs starting on Tuesday 12th February until Sunday 17th February and then again from Friday 22nd March to Monday 1st April. What’s more, if you can find Humpty Dumpty you could win a year’s supply of Lindt chocolate!

At Covent Garden you can pick up a guide book and get advice on your hunt from one of the ‘Eggsperts’ making this the best place to begin your hunt.

There are a total of 101 eggs to find which have been decorated by leading artists, designers, architects and jewellers.

To download a map or family activity pack and for more information please visit: http://www.thebigegghunt.co.uk/

First Tuesday Event

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:53:21 +0000

The Emerging Tech Trends in Travel Enter First Tuesday Award

Date: Tuesday 9th April
Time: 18:45-20:45
Location: eOffice, Ground Floor, 20-24 Broadwick Street, W1F 8HT

The US online travel spend just pushed past the $100 billion mark for the first time. Despite being an online pioneer 15 years ago this sector is still growing at nearly double-digit growth rates every year. The British digital travel economy is the largest in Europe and last year our very own Travel Republic was acquired for £100m. This space is booming.

What tech trends should we be watching, exploiting or investing in moving forward?

Come and find out at this executive roundtable with keynote presentations from the most successful and inspiring online travel innovators.

For more information or to book your seat please click here

Company Formation Services

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:17:00 +0000

eOffice offers UK Company Formation services. Please find some of our options below:

eOffice Start-Up Base:

Set-up and company formation (UK Limited)
Prestigious business address in central London W1
Registered business address
Mail collected and forwarded
Dedicated telephone number
Telephone answering service
Bank account opening

eOffice Start-Up Business Accounting:

All services above
VAT registration (UK Limited company) + VAT returns (quarterly)
Financial support (Financial online package + Management accounts + Payroll)

For more information please call 0870 888 88 88 or email eO@eOffice.net

Big Business meets Startup London 2013

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:10:23 +0000

Date: 23 April, 2013
Time: 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Need a mentor? Someone to look up to and to emulate? At this event, startups can learn how the big guys became so successful! In return, big business can learn from the “startup mentality”

WHY SHOULD BIG BUSINESS MEET STARTUPS?
Big Businesses can learn a lot from Startups who work on state of the art technologies and on breakthrough concepts. A lot of these Startups’ innovative solutions are very viable for Big Businesses today. Taking the traditional route of waiting for technology to mature or IT partners to understand it wastes precious time and gives competition the edge.
Enterprise IT decision makers: email enterprise [at] techmeetups [dot] com to apply for attendance.

ARE YOU A STARTUP THAT HAS AN ENTERPRISE SOLUTION?
Do you have a solution which will help enterprises solve a business problem?
At Big Business meets Startup you will present to some of the UK’s largest enterprises looking for new technologies to help them resolve today’s business problems.
If you would like to present at the event email bbms [at] techmeetups [dot] com for more details.

For tickets please visit: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5046111054?ref=ebtnebtckt

GroupyPlus

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:08:10 +0000

GroupyPlus is a new card membership that makes the social experiences for individuals, groups and growing companies easier than ever before. The GroupyPlus card, starting from only £29.99 per year, it is the ultimate social activity companion offering a vast range of social experience choices. With discounts ranging up to 60% dependent upon the size of the group - now everyone in the company can attend the team activities with discounts for all.

The bigger the group, the bigger the discount. Whether it’s bars, clubs, pubs, restaurants or even go karting, paint balling or ice-skating. GroupyPlus has something for every team event.

eOffice members can enjoy an exclusive 50% discount off the GroupyPlus card

To redeem simply visit www.groupyplus.com, scroll to the bottom of the page to ‘special offer’ and enter the code eGroupy2013

eOffice eNetwork Centre Directory

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:31:00 +0000

Over 100 affiliate centres across 48 countries feature in the brand new eOffice eNetwork Centre Directory. The directory is an extensive information pack, which includes details on each one of the eNetwork affiliate centres

Coming soon…

2 brand new affiliate locations in Saudi Arabia and Antwerp, Belgium.

Autographer - The World's First Intelligent, Wearable Camera

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:00:00 +0000

OMG Life (a growing client of eOffice Soho) is proud to announce the launch of their brand new, innovative product Autographer.

Autographer is a new type of camera which has been custom built to enable spontaneous, hands-free image capture, enabling users to ‘see the unseen.’

It is designed to change the way we think about photography: one where moments are captured without intervention. The user can live the experience while Autographer spontaneously captures the stories that unfold. This is not just a new camera but a whole new photographic approach.

Autographer can capture thousands of high resolution photos every day through its custom designed 136 degree wide-angle lens, while an Autographer stop-frame video lets you see a whole day’s activity in a few minutes. With five on-board sensors and GPS capability, Autographer identifies when to take a photo based on subtle changes in light, colour, motion, direction and temperature.

Autographer will be available to purchase in the UK and a number of European countries for £399.00. Register your interest at www.autographer.com to be one of the first to know when to buy.

Autographer was developed by OMG Life, the consumer subsidiary of OMG plc (Oxford Metrics Group).

https://twitter.com/autographer
https://www.facebook.com/Autographer
http://www.youtube.com/user/AutographerTV

The View from the Shard – Opens February 1st, 2013

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:33:00 +0000

Just two tube stops away from eOffice, on the London Underground Victoria Line you will reach The Shard.

The Shard, which officially opened in Thursday 5^th July 2012, is currently the tallest building in the European Union and the 45^th tallest building in the world. It was designed by Italian Architect Renzo Piano who is best known for creating the Pompidou Centre Paris, in collaboration with Britain’s Richard Rogers.

As of February 1^st 2013, the Shard has opened to the public. From the ground floor a lift transports members of the public to levels 68 to 72 where visitors are able to have a look around the gallery of photographs, animated maps, interactive displays, video screens and short films before taking in the stunning 360 degree views of London.

Tickets are available to buy online via the shard website www.theviewfromtheshard.com

Cyclehoop Conference, 2013

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:18:00 +0000

On 31^st January Cyclehoop held their ‘Creating the Long-Term Business Case for Cycle Infrastructure,’ here at eOffice. Over 40 local authorities and train operators from across the UK (such as Transport for London and the Department for Transport) were in attendance.

During the conference presentations were given on sustainable transport and cycling oriented infrastructure, to local sustainable transport funded (LSTF) authorities. The presentations emphasized on schemes that are financially sustainable and that could be continued when initial funding had run out.

There were three main focus points.

How good and effective cycle parking can be implemented.
Current initiatives that local authorities are implementing, which are ‘revenue generating’ through funding from the users, the local authority and corporate sponsors.
Examples of developed schemes from the continent, including bicycle sharing schemes and underground cycle parking.

The conference was a huge success and there was a great response from guests.

If you would like more information on Cyclehoop please visit: www.cyclehoop.com

TechStartupJobs Fair, London

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:28:00 +0000

Date: Thursday, February 21, 2013
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 pm

At eOffice we have a range of startup companies and entrepreneurs and we are very supportive of the Startup community. The TechStartupJobs fair has been set up to help Startups find the talent they are looking for and for talent to find their way into the best Startups around.

Who should attend ?

● Job Seekers - whether you’ve already worked in a startup or want to find out more about the exciting opportunities on offer in this scene, the TechStartupJobs Fair is the best way to connect with potential employers.

● Startups - whether you are looking for bright young graduates, seasoned pros or part-time interns, you’ll gain access to hundreds if the most creative, innovative and driven job seekers in your city and around the world.

Who will you meet?

Developers, Designers, Marketers, Community Managers, Product Managers, Technical Salespeople, Business Developers and of course some of the smartest Startups around.

Why take part?

Since TechMeetups reached 21 communities this month, it will be perfect time for 8,000+ members to talk about working in startups. TechMeetups will be also running global challenges, Hackathons and competitions to rank potential candidates so you, the employer, can filter through the very best applications.

For tickets please click here

eOffice London

ESS Finalists 2013

Carnaby 20% Shopping Party

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Crussh Taster Day at eOffice

First Tuesday Event

Big Data Week - Putting Data to Work

CompuB on Coworking at eOffice

Crussh Taster Day at eOffice

iTAGG SMS Keywords

The Big Egg Hunt

First Tuesday Event

Company Formation Services

Big Business meets Startup London 2013

Date: 23 April, 2013 Time: 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

GroupyPlus

eOffice eNetwork Centre Directory

Autographer - The World's First Intelligent, Wearable Camera

The View from the Shard – Opens February 1st, 2013

Cyclehoop Conference, 2013

TechStartupJobs Fair, London

Date: Thursday, February 21, 2013Time: 6:00 - 9:00 pm

Date: 23 April, 2013
Time: 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Date: Thursday, February 21, 2013
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 pm