Two of Scotland’s fastest rising tech companies, Know-it and Gigged.AI, have joined forces to help minimise the number of late payments suffered by freelancers working for commercial clients. Late payments are a crippling problem for freelancers with four in 10 (41%) of clients hiring freelancers consistently paying late in the UK and more than half (55%) of freelancers …

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Lynne has an impressive track record as an entrepreneur, having worked within the credit management industry for over 27 years. Fifteen years ago, she founded Darcey Quigley & Co, a commercial debt recovery business which has gone from strength to strength ever since. Lynne Darcey Quigley, the founder and CEO of Know-it, gives an exclusive interview to Dimitra Triantafyllaki and emeastartups …

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Self-employed workers often deal with slow payments for their services from clients. Scottish tech firms Know-it and Gigged.AI have partnered to help minimise the number of late payments suffered by freelancers working for commercial clients. Late payments are a prevalent problem for freelancers. Around four in 10 (41%) clients hiring freelancers are consistently paying late in the UK, with …

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2022 is shaping up to be a fantastic year for Scottish tech companies, who are paving the way and putting our wonderful, wee country at the forefront of some very exciting developments. Scotland saw a very successful, optimistic year in 2021 for new tech developments. Industry experts Dealroom and Adzuna found that Edinburgh was fourth in the ranking of …

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Four Scotland-based female founders have been announced as winners of the AccelerateHER UK awards. The aspirational businesswomen have been celebrated for their achievements across the fields of Science and MedTech; FinTech, Data Science and Cyber Security; CleanTech, Climate and Net Zero and Disruptive Innovation. The winner of the Science and MedTech category was Ishani Malhotra, founder and …

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WINNERS in the Scottish section of a UK-wide female business award competition have been revealed. The AccelerateHER UK awards, held in partnership with Barclays Eagle Labs, celebrated the victors in an online ceremony.  Prizes went out to four female founders across Scotland, all from different corporate backgrounds.  Valla CEO Danae Shell was presented with the Disruptive Innovation award, for …

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Four leading ladies have been selected to receive an investor-ready mentoring package from Investing Women Angels. Four Scottish female founders have been announced as winners of the AccelerateHER UK awards. The women have been celebrated for their achievements across the fields of science and medical technology; fintech, data science and cyber security; cleantech, climate and …

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To celebrate International Women’s Day 2022, we met with Lynne Darcey Quigley, founder and CEO at Scottish fintech Know-it. Lynne, when did you decide to become an entrepreneur and why? From a young age I knew I wanted to run my own business. I’ve always been hardworking and was a skilled credit management consultant so …

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Business Gateway has helped an automated credit management platform launch its first product, released in September this year. Know-it is a credit management platform, based in Glasgow, which helps give small businesses the ability to mitigate credit risk, increase cashflow and reduce debtor days. Their eponymous new product has three functions; Check-it, Chase-it, Collect-it and …

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What are the top red flags to spot when faced with suppliers who won’t pay invoices on deadline? Wouldn’t it be fantastic if you could predict which customers or suppliers are likely to pay late, if at all? Yet you can bypass any issues and spot behaviour patterns by developing the skill to identify these …

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