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Growth beyond the M25 depends on the infrastructure of ideas
Growth beyond the M25 depends on the infrastructure of ideas

The Business Secretary, Peter Kyle, has said he wants the UK to go “toe to…

Beyond borders: building trust and scale across Europe
Beyond borders: building trust and scale across Europe

Let’s be honest – scaling a business across Europe sounds more exciting on paper. New…

UK founders: stop confusing a pitch desk with investment readiness
UK founders: stop confusing a pitch desk with investment readiness

Rupert Lyle, FPC Regional’s Investment Director and Fund Principal of the West Midlands Co-Investment Fund…

Why scaling is harder than raising capital – how founders can prepare
Why scaling is harder than raising capital – how founders can prepare

Startups rely on funding from every source possible. Contacting business partners who were once college…

Keeping the human touch: using AI for growth
Keeping the human touch: using AI for growth

Digital marketing specialist Hannah Ajiboye explains how AI can be used to supercharge your sales…

Do all business need PR? A startup perspective on timing, value, and approach
Do all business need PR? A startup perspective on timing, value, and approach

Public relations often enters the conversation at a later stage in a company’s growth, after…

Investors back people: how to use personal branding to raise capital
Investors back people: how to use personal branding to raise capital

Raising capital has never been more competitive. Pitch decks are sharper, markets are tougher, and…

June Angelides MBE on living a portfolio life
June Angelides MBE on living a portfolio life

In a room packed with women in technology, at the everywoman in Tech forum, venture…

The death of the pitch deck (and the rise of the founder brand)
The death of the pitch deck (and the rise of the founder brand)

A cursory web search for “pitch deck guide” yields forty-five million results. This deluge of…

Spring clean your pension plans
Spring clean your pension plans

Around this time of year, as the days get longer and (hopefully!) warmer and sunnier,…

Why mediation is the solution to saving your business
Why mediation is the solution to saving your business

Co-founder disputes are one of the leading causes of startup failure, and they often stem…

Britain’s growth strategy must start with backing first-time founders
Britain’s growth strategy must start with backing first-time founders

Britain has ambitions to become the best place in the world to start a business,…

Scaling health tech: 6 Lessons from launching a second brand 32Co
Scaling health tech: 6 lessons from launching a second brand

When I launched 32Co in 2022, the company was built around two convictions. First, that…

Why faster iteration matters in startups – insights from Ruslan Tymofieiev
Why faster iteration matters in startups – insights from Ruslan Tymofieiev

Speed in startups is an execution standard that directly affects outcomes. While one team is…

Europe’s energy storage startup landscape
Europe’s energy storage startup landscape

For much of the past decade, energy storage has been discussed primarily as an enabling…

Top 5 security mistakes startups make and how to avoid them
Top 5 security mistakes startups make and how to avoid them

Startups have a lot of ground to cover, with funding, hiring, growth, product development, and…

Undervalued human infrastructure powering Britain’s small business
Undervalued human infrastructure powering Britain’s small business

With headlines dominated by cost pressures, closures and tightening margins, it would be easy to…

10 things every startup founder needs to know about MTD
10 things every startup founder needs to know about MTD

With a month to go until it kicks in, thousands of founders still aren’t sure…

The case for patience CVC
The case for patience

In venture, speed is treated as a moral imperative. Founders are taught to sprint. Investors…

Yann LeCun’s AMI Labs raises largest-ever seed round
Yann LeCun’s AMI Labs raises largest-ever seed round

Yann LeCun’s, much anticipated startup, Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI Labs), has raised a $1.03 billion…