Late May Bank Holiday - Fun in London

Bank Holiday Weekend - May 23rd to 25th

This weekend there are tons of things going on in London. Enjoy the sunshine & have some fun at one of these events! Leave us a comment with what your plans are; who knows, we may just see you at one of these locations.

Alchemy at Southbank Centre - On until May 25th, this festival celebrates all things South Asian. There will be plenty of art exhibits, films, talks, and food being served up to all comers. Many of the events are free, and Kerb is providing food through it's vast network of traders. We can personally vouch for Dosa Deli, Ice Kitchen, and World of Zing for an Asian-inspired aged cocktail!


South London Vintage Kilo Sale - This is one amazing sale for a vintage lover. Bring a bag, fill it with a kilo's worth of retro garb from the 70s and 80s, pay £15 for the lot and then walk out. That's it! What a deal for someone who knows how to make vintage pieces really work.

Summer Tales - This weekend is the opening dates of Summer Tales on Old Street. Expect great street food from vendors like Bonnie Gull, Burger & Lobster, and more - not to mention a few different tropical themed bars. Whether the weather stays nice or not, you'll get a good summer vibe here with DJs playing through the night & lots of excellent food and company.

The Line - Walk along a path between the O2 & Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park to find new sculptures by artistic luminaries such as Damien Hirst, Gary Hume, and many more. All free, and all illuminated by night as well. It's a great stroll along that will remind you of what makes London such a world class city.

Coral Reefs: Secret Cities of the Sea - Coral reefs are an unknown for many of us, something beautiful that we take for granted. Learn more about how these reefs are not only beautiful, but incredibly important to the environment & to human beings alike.

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How to Get a Summer Internship

Summer is approaching fast - are you looking for an internship to occupy your time during the school break? We have some tips on how to find a summer internship & how to prepare yourself for it!

Image courtesy of Cris Pierry, via Flickr

Find a Summer Internship with a Big Company

Chances are good that your university organizes a ‘career’ or ‘job’ fair every year, so make sure that you’ve got your calendar marked and set aside. These are very useful & organized events that bring together potential interns (you) and potential employers (big corporations with a presence nearby). Finding a job through one of these fairs generally is the easiest & most stress-free way to go about landing your internship - however, you’re not guaranteed an internship just for showing up.

Make sure that you’re dressed to impress & keen to engage with the people at the booth for each company. Genuine interest makes just about as big of a difference as talent, and in an initial meeting like a career fair, your personality & conversation is the only thing that can set you apart.

Looking for something outside of your uni? Check out prospects.ac.uk for UK internship listings. In the USA, you may find some on the websites of individual companies & on internships.com.

Find a Summer Internship at a Startup

If you’d like to work at a startup - we can vouch for it as a great choice - there are a few different websites that can help you find an up-and-coming company looking for interns! In the UK, the best one is workinstartups.com.

If you’re located in the US and would like to stay there, angel.co has tons of options in Silicon Valley & New York, with a smattering of companies located elsewhere. It also lists European & UK startups, so it’s a good place to look in general. Tyba has listings in Europe & the UK.

Need somewhere to stay? Well, we here at FlatClub are happy to help with that, as you might guess. Search for yourself or add your criteria to our LiveDemand service & start receiving offers from our hosts.

We’ve also created a few articles that can help you jump start your search & give you a bit more information:

5 Articles to Help Interns

• 5 Reasons to Intern Abroad
• Advice from 10 Experts: Land Your Dream Internship
• 5 Great Companies to Intern With
• Where to Live in London as an Intern
• Things to Avoid During an Internship Abroad

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Startup Competitions 2015

Startup Competition 2015

We're back again with the web's best guide for European & UK Startup Competitions! In 2015, there are more pitch battles, business plan startup competitions, and contests of all other varieties than ever before. We tried our best to document them all - but we may have missed a few.

Submit your startup competition, or just one that you think looks good, to our form here.

View the 2015 Startup Competition Guide Now

Our 4th edition of The UK & Europe Startup Competition Guide is out! It is the biggest and most comprehensive database of UK & Europe Startup competitions around. In it you will find the competition criteria, awards, deadlines and a direct link to apply. Browse, choose and submit your application.

There are over 50 initial opportunities to compete and more on the way.  Submit competitions to the database, play with the data and help us make it easier than ever for young startups to find every competition opportunity on the map.

Competitions have helped FlatClub along the way and we believe there is huge value for young teams to put themselves to the test. Our goal with the guide is to database every opportunity for UK & Europe startups to compete for awards, investment and attention. 

3 Great Ways to Get Involved

1. Add any startup competition, Add your competition!

Know about a competition for startups this year? Hosting a competition? Put it on the list and let the world know about it. Click here to add a competition.

2. Get tips on pitching by Nitzan, FlatClub CEO 

FlatClub has competed in and won a fair share of startup competitions including TechCrunch's 1-sentence pitching competition, the JC Entrepreneurship Award and the AMBA Entrepreneurial Venture award. Check out Nitzan's advice on how to win startup competitions.

And if you're going to apply for one of these competitions, we highly recommend taking a quick look at some of the tips compiled by our CEO, and startup competition veteran, Nitzan Yudan.

TechCrunch 1 Sentence Pitch Comp
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The Buzz of a Startup Competition

3. Help spread the word

With your help we can build a definitive, exhaustive competition database for the startup community. Here's the link - http://flat-club.com/startups - Tweet, Post to Facebook & LinkedIn and let your startup networks know.

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Search for Flats via Commute Time

Have you seen our new design for searching on FlatClub? Run a search now & take a look, or stay put on the blog & we'll go over the basics of what has changed.

Search Via Commute Time
We're most excited to present this new feature to our search: it's something that we know will come in especially handy for our guests who are working or studying in a new city. It is difficult to figure out a decent place to live on the right transport line of your workplace or university.

FlatClub's search now makes that easy. Narrow down your commute time to something that works for you - average commute in London is 70 minutes* - and we'll filter out the results that would make your daily trip too long.

This is an addition to our classic filters: price & flat type. So now you can find the perfect studio in your budget, and know that it is a mere 25 minutes from your office. Easy!

Beds & Bedrooms Search

Many of our guests are searching for groups: people who want to stay together, and don't mind sharing a room, but need separate beds. In these instances, we make it easy to find exactly what suits the group's needs. Select the number of beds necessary, and the amount of bedrooms that are required.

 Perfect for groups of interns who want to stay together, families, and groups of friends.

Where do I see the commute time?

So you know how to search for commute time, and you're looking at the results. Here's where to find the commute time - by car, public transport, cycling, and walking. We'll only show you results that are within your request commute time.

Changes to the View
We've also made the images of flats larger on the search results screen, so that you can better decide on which properties look good to you. In addition to that, we've added a larger section of the map so that you can better understand the placement of the flats relative to your destination.

We're also working to improve our speed on the search results - and we hope that you see the results of that hard work soon.

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