The Hiring Bridge helps small businesses fill jobs more quickly

The Hiring Bridge, a Delaware-based firm founded by staffing industry veteran David Metzler, launched in August to provide flat-fee hiring support for small and midsize businesses. The company offers temporary placement and monthly hiring packages...

Munich, Paris and Madrid lead the EU’s digital innovation landscape

The study by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) reveals that Munich, Paris, and Madrid are among the most strategic regions in the European Union (EU) for digital research and innovation (R&I). The report evaluates nearly 6,500...

Club Pilates has more than 1,000 locations. Valencia Street won’t be one of them

Sign up below to get Mission Local’s free newsletter, a daily digest of news you won’t find elsewhere. The San Francisco Planning Commission voted Thursday afternoon against the arrival of a pilates studio on Valencia Street. All commissioners but...

Calls for Catalonia to be in different time zone to Spain

A leading pro-independence group has called for Catalonia to be in a different time zone to the rest of Spain, but the idea reveals waning separatist impulse in the region. Catalan separatists have called for the northeastern region to put the...

Biotech startup Symbio Bioculinary engineers the elimination of food waste in Bloomington laboratory

Nestled between a motorcycle repair shop and a martial arts school in a south Bloomington warehouse space sits a different kind of business from its neighbors. Symbio Bioculinary does not concern submission combat or landscaping businesses. It...

EU-Startups Podcast | Episode 138: Rocío Alcocer Magirena, Managing Director of Norrsken Barcelona

This week on the EU-Startups Podcast, we sit down with Rocío Alcocer Magirena, Managing Director of Norrsken Barcelona, one of Europe’s largest hubs for tech and impact startups. Founded in Sweden in 2016 by Niklas Adalberth, Norrsken is expanding...

British tourists are the biggest holiday spenders in Spain, but on what?

While certain sectors of the tourist industry and its supply chain such as bars, restaurants and beach concessions, not to mention small businesses complain of a significant fall in business this year, so looking at the latest figures the question...

Madrid Audiovisual Cluster Tackles the Practical Uses of AI

The real-world application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the audiovisual industry – controversies aside – will take center stage at Madrid’s Iberseries & Platino Industria on Oct. 1. Organized by the Madrid Audiovisual Cluster, an economic...

Where Tech, Collaboration And Creativity Collide: 15 Under 30 Startups Defining A New Era

Whether it's AI transforming music or tech reimagining sustainability in retail, here are the startups shaping the future with creative innovation. Camila Victoriano wasn’t trying to start a company — she was just trying to make the news more...

Spain has become Europe’s standout economy, according to the FT

SPAIN has emerged as Europe’s star economic performer, growing at triple the rate of the Eurozone, according to a Financial Times editorial. Since the start of 2024, the Spanish economy has expanded at an average annual rate of 3%, compared with...

Spain: EIB and ACCIONA sign €120 million loan to invest in technological innovation and digitalisation

(Credit: Unsplash) This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The development of new construction materials, innovative renewable energy technologies and advanced solutions for water treatment and desalination are just...

RI small business owners concerned about long-term impacts of tariffs

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The latest set of tariffs announced by President Donald Trump are creating ripples in the stock market and could soon be felt in your wallet. The president said Thursday that he will put import taxes of 100% on...

I left the Bay Area and moved to Barcelona after my tech layoff. It felt like losing my identity, but I'm so much happier now.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Steph Kumar, the 41-year-old founder of Two Cents, a research agency based in Barcelona. It's been edited for length and clarity. When I was laid off from Twitter at the end of 2022, I quickly...

EXCLUSIVE: FuriosaAI CEO Tells Benzinga 'Nvidia's Greatest Strength Is Also Its Achilles' Heel' After $800M Meta Offer, Targets Series D In 2026

FuriosaAI founder and CEO June Paik said his startup’s architecture can reshape an industry dominated by Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA). He told Benzinga he is determined to make FuriosaAI the company that powers the transition to sustainable AI, while...

America250: Recognizing Hispanic and Latino contributions

During this special month it’s important to acknowledge the contributions of Hispanics and Latinos on America going into the nation’s 250th birthday. Sept. 15 through Oct. 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month, a special time dedicated to...

Business News | Chiraharit Limited Launches INR 31.07 Crore IPO on BSE SME Platform

PNN Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 30: Chiraharit Limited, part of the Malaxmi Group, has announced the launch of its ₹31.07 crore Initial Public Offer (IPO). The issue opens today and will close on October 3, 2025, with shares priced at...

Why CERT-In Is Warning Startups and IT Companies About Dune-Inspired Malware ‘Shai-Hulud’

The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued an advisory, noting the risk of a cyber threat campaign specifically targeting JavaScript’s node package manager (npm) ecosystem. The country’s cybersecurity watchdog warned that...

COCC small business mentor honored by college for financial gift

Published 12:18 pm Friday, September 26, 2025 The legacy of Jim Wilcox, who advised hundreds of small businesses in Central Oregon, will live on through a financial gift he left behind to Central Oregon Community College, where he worked. For...

Small business security warning - new malware is spoofing tools such as ChatGPT, Microsoft Office and Google Drive, so be on your guard

Cybercriminals spoof trusted tools like ChatGPT and Office to target small businesses with malware PUAs and fake apps hitting SMBs hardest Backdoors, Trojans, and downloaders dominate threat types across Europe and Africa Cybercriminals are...

Czech it out: HRTech startup Talentiqa raises €1 million to let AI do the first job interview – even at midnight

Talentiqa, a recruitment automation startup out of Prague, has secured €1 million in funding to expand its AI-powered hiring assistant. The round was equally backed by Purple Ventures and Venture to Future Fund. “For twenty years I dealt with...