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Chris Smith, Co-Founder of Bloxx, a startup company built to reimagine how homeownership works – without mortgages, without interest, and without the assumption that renting must be forever, stepped away from a two-decade career in banking, armed with industry insight, knowledge that the industry as it stood could not serve the next generation, and an idea to change that.

These days, gifting really matters. Whether it’s for employees, clients, customer service wins, or branded merch, it plays a big role in how your business is seen. But the costs can add up quickly, especially if you’re a startup trying to make a big impression on a small budget. The good news is that with the right approach, you don’t need to spend a lot to create meaningful impact.

“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education,” – Dr Martin Luther King Jr.

We’ve glamorised burnout for far too long. In the entrepreneurial world, being ‘busy’ has become the gold standard. Stress is seen as a natural by-product of success, and exhaustion is practically a badge of honour.

Data is driving everything in businesses from everyday operations to long-term strategy, making the quality of that data increasingly important. While organisations across industries are investing in analytics platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital transformation initiatives, many are still overlooking a foundational question: can we trust the data we’re using?

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) represent roughly 80% of the Travel & Tourism sector: an astonishing testament to their collective impact.

You can’t see it on a balance sheet, but technical debt compounds like interest and eventually demands payment.

Most organisations are storing far more data than they use, and while keeping it “just in case” might feel like the safe option, it’s a habit that can quietly chip away at budgets, performance, and even sustainability goals. In this article, Mike Hoy, Chief Technology Officer at Pulsant, discusses the hidden cost of overuse and misuse of data storage. 

ESG reporting has taken a knock in recent times: the media has painted the perception of large businesses reneging on their ESG priorities with stories ranging from negligence to non-compliance. The practice has been seen as a ‘tick-box’ necessity and a blocker to business rather than a strategic asset. But these stances are from a minority of large players and do not represent the true reality on the ground.

The working day in London looks different now. It’s no longer about a packed tube, nine hours at a desk, and a limp sandwich at your computer. Instead, there’s a new rhythm emerging. One where business owners travel across town for a lunch that doubles as a strategy session or signing that new client, and where pedestrianised high streets like Sicilian Avenue are fast becoming the new power spots for the city’s entrepreneurs.

Anadyr Horizon was the ideal peace tech company when I first met them last summer.

How we perceive technology depends on who we are, the aspirations we have, and the philosophy we live by, on a daily basis.

For the first time since 2021, TV advertising spend in the UK grew year-on-year in 2024 – hitting £5.27 billion. Not bad for a format some declared dead in the wake of Netflix binges and TikTok scrolling.

Caspar Lee is a South African-born entrepreneur and investor, and former YouTube personality who rose to prominence through his engaging content during the platform’s early years.

I recently spoke to a senior manager who, upon leaving a workplace mandated DEI session, told me that he had learned a new term that day. “Fantastic,” I said, assuming it to be directly related to diversity, equality, or inclusion. “Psychological safety,” he told me.

The global medtech and healthtech startup community has no shortage of bold ideas. Across the world, early-stage companies are developing digital tools, medical devices, and AI-driven solutions aimed at tackling some of the most complex challenges in healthcare. Yet, while innovation flourishes, scaling successfully remains notoriously difficult.

Vibe coding is an approach to producing software by using artificial intelligence (AI), where a person describes a problem in a few natural language sentences as a prompt to a large language model (LLM) tuned for coding. (Wikipedia)

The UK government is implementing significant immigration changes this month, with further reforms expected. These changes are part of a programme of legislation over the course of this parliament aiming to reduce reliance on lower-skilled overseas labour while still attracting top talent.

While much of Europe sweats through a record-hot summer and the headlines are unusually quiet, the real action in tech investing is happening where few are looking. No IPO fireworks, no M&A frenzy – and yet, this is precisely the season when the most interesting trajectories quietly start to take shape.

In early July 2025, neobank giant Monzo was handed a £21 million fine by the FCA for onboarding thousands of customers deemed ‘high risk’. This followed a €3.5 million fine issued to Revolut earlier in the year for failing to address money laundering on its platform, and a £29 million fine levied against Starling Bank in October 2024 for deficiencies in its financial crime controls.