EU Stimulus Programs and How Your Business Can Use Them to Get Through COVID-19 Update: We are updating this blogpost to include some non-COVID-19 related funding resources. To boost domestic industry and SMEs, the European Commission (EC) helps fund projects and organisations. 80% of European Union (EU) funding is done [...]
The COVID-19 crisis is revealing the institutions upon which we rely most: healthcare, grocers, and local government, along with the pressure points, flaws, and frailties of each. There’s probably never been a stronger collective desire to protect and empower these institutions, and thereby protect and empower ourselves. Looking beyond our [...]
In a matter of weeks, the U.S. Congress has come a long way on telehealth. For years, ACT | The App Association’s Connected Health Initiative (CH)) pushed for the removal of a critical barrier to widespread telehealth deployment: Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act, which severely restricts the circumstances [...]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses have had to rethink their business model and pivot to serving a quarantined population. The hospitality and service industries are among those hit the hardest, but luckily the innovative minds of members of ACT | The App Association are here to help. We [...]
Last month, Congress passed, and the President signed into law, the largest stimulus in U.S. history, with a price tag of more than $2 trillion. There is a lot of emergency assistance for small businesses, but what are these programs and how do you access them? We plan to host [...]