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Handybook’s cleaner and handyman booking service is now available in London, priced from £10 per hour

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by on July 8, 2014 at 8:00 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Launches, UK

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Handybook, a platform for booking cleaners or handymen to carry out tasks in your house, is now available in London – the company’s first market outside the US and Canada and its 27th city overall. Announced today, the platform allows users to book cleaners, plumbers, electricians, painters, movers and more in London. Rather than act as a simple marketplace for these sorts of jobs, Handybook screens its providers to provide peace of mind for users. That screening process involves background checks, reference checks, phone and in-person interviews, Handybook’s CEO and co-founder Oisin Hanrahan told TNW. Looking to make a splash in an already…

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TechHub pushes beyond Europe and into India as its co-working space for startups arrives in Bangalore

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by on July 8, 2014 at 8:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, Insider

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TechHub, a community of tech entrepreneurs and startup spaces, has announced that it will be opening its first hub in India in a bid to gain access to the country’s “predicted $100 billion technology industry”. Based in Bangalore, the hub is the first eastern location for the organization, which started in London in the UK before moving to other UK and European cities, including Manchester, Swansea, Latvia and Bucharest.  The new venture will both support Indian entrepreneurs’ tech innovations and provide European business with access to the Indian tech cluster, a spokesperson said. “Part of our mission is to bridge…

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The UK’s Post Office will launch a new mobile phone network through EE later this year

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by on July 8, 2014 at 7:54 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, UK

It’s been rumored for a while already, but the UK’s Post Office has now confirmed that it’s to launch a new mobile phone network later this year. The state-owned Post Office already offers its own home-phone and broadband service, so a move to become a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), piggybacking off EE, may not be entirely surprising. It’s also in line with other high street brands, such as Sainsbury’s, Asda and Tesco, which offer their own mobile phone services. The Post Office’s new service will launch in the autumn, and will be available online and through 50 branches, before…

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