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Harper James, the commercial law firm purpose-built to enable entrepreneurial and ambitious businesses to succeed, has bolstered its intellectual property and trademark practice with the appointment of three new hires from top-50 law firm Blake Morgan LLP. The new appointments form part of the firm’s ambitious plan to double its number of lawyers by hiring 60 new solicitors by 2025.
The fifth annual International Innovation Barometer has been published revealing that a declining global economy has stalled innovation potential.
Tide, the business financial platform, has reached a significant growth milestone. The business now boasts a 10% market share of all UK small businesses with more than 550,000 customers (members).
Hoxton Farms, the London-based biotech developing cultivated animal fat, has opened its pilot facility to advance research, scaleup production and develop prototypes with customers. Signalling the next phase of growth, the new site in the heart of London’s Old Street is the UK’s first pilot production facility for cultivated animal fat.
According to new customer data from embedded banking provider, BankiFi, businesses from a wide range of sectors continue to trust payment links such as SMS, email, and QR codes when requesting payment on invoices, particularly when the relationship between buyer and sellers is already known.
Encompass, the provider of the dynamic Know Your Customer (KYC) process automation platform, has been recognised as a winner of the ‘Discover Perfect Pitch’ competition as part of Sibos 2023 – one of the leading financial services events.
Electric vehicle (EV) charging network startup, GoPlugable has been named the overall winner of the 2023 INVENT Awards, becoming the first Greentech winner of the competition in ten years.
The UK Government is set to launch a new £2 million funded AI and innovation business advisory to help organisations mitigate AI risks and bring innovations to market quicker.
OmniIndex, the secure web3 data platform, has announced a world-first deal with Future-X Education and Cross River State in Nigeria to secure the data of every student in the state with blockchain storage and fully encrypted analytics.
HiBob, the company behind ‘Bob’, the HR platform transforming how organisations operate in the modern world of work, has secured $150 million in new funding in a round that was led by Farallon Capital and included Alpha Wave Global and existing investors.
A new independent report by Warwick Economics and Development at SETsquared’s Future of the Economy event in Bristol estimates that companies supported by its Scale-Up Programme will contribute £1.3 billion GVA to the UK economy between 2018 and 2030.
Just under a fifth (19%) of UK businesses surveyed have good digital health, around half (51%) have average, and under a third (29%) rated poor, according to a European digital health study from Zoho, a global technology company.
inDrive, the global mobility and urban services platform, is proud to announce the launch of the Underdog Tech Award, a new international prize for founders of the best tech startups operating outside major tech hubs and startup communities. Applications will open in September.
FDM Group, a Global Workforce Development Partner to Microsoft, hosted a future of Artificial Intelligence event, shedding light on AI’s transformative powers, showcasing real-world examples and providing valuable insights for organisations planning their own AI adoption journeys.
Hoxton Farms, the London-based biotech developing cultivated animal fat, has opened its pilot facility to advance research, scaleup production, and develop prototypes with customers.
The fast growing modern-day learning management system, Thrive Learning, is hosting its annual customer-only conference on the 28th of September at The Science Museum in London.
Tide, a business financial platform, has reached a significant growth milestone. The business now boasts a 10% market share of all UK small businesses with more than 550,000 customers (members).
Storyteq, the technology arm of Inspired Thinking Group (ITG), is launching BrandCore, an innovative AI-driven engine providing marketers with secure, controllable AI that works for them and their brand.
The prestigious London Business School’s MENA Entrepreneurship Club joined forces with AstroLabs, MENA’s leading entrepreneurship ecosystem builder, to support aspiring entrepreneurs with their journey in the Kingdom by bringing the first of a series of co-hosted events in Saudi and the UAE.
