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Small businesses invest in growth as demand for larger loans rises

Growth continues to be the top reason for SMEs accessing finance, with even more brokers (43%) citing this as the most common SME loan purpose.

SMEs must compete with large corporates to recruit and retain talent

With nearly a third of employees expected to look for a new job in the first half of this year1, and employment confidence continuing to soar2, competition for the best talent is rife.

Google search data on menopause in the workplace demonstrates need for employers to offer support

Peppy, the digital health platform has analysed Google search data to determine the most frequently Googled queries relating to menopause and the workplace during 2021.

Sharp growth in ‘metaverse’ jobs over the last three months

The number of companies seeking metaverse experts is soaring, with hundreds of openings on offer across the UK and the number steeply climbing, according to new research from smarter job search engine Adzuna.

SuperSeed launches £50m fund to back early-stage technical founders

SuperSeed is a London based seed-stage venture capital firm investing in startups focusing on business and industrial automation. The firm has now completed the first closing at £31m of its Fund II, which will target a final close of £50m.

Envoy Workplace Report reveals majority of UK employees prefer hybrid work

60% are likely to change jobs within the year; but many could be convinced to stay with flex schedules or hybrid work options

Startup poised to make levelling up a reality for SME’S

In anticipation of the Government’s Levelling Up White Paper, BidNow the end to end procurement service offering unlimited bid writing service for SMEs, has launched.

New report identifies challenges and opportunities for early-stage Cloud companies

With Cloud Software and SaaS set to dominate 70% of the market by 2025, Notion Capital’s Cloud Challengers report highlights the boom in Cloud and SaaS adoption, and the extent of the war for talent

Abundant Robots launches to help farmers further streamline the harvesting process

Using advanced computer vision and machine learning, the agricultural platform is expanding Wavemaker Labs’ AgTech portfolio  

Upskilling leadership for National Apprenticeship Week

There is no denying that the modern workforce is more generationally diverse than ever before – As Gen Z (those born between 1997 and 2012) starts to enter the workforce at speed, companies will need to adapt in order to support, recruit and retain this new wave of talent.

Nearly half of younger workers are prepared to leave their jobs over ESG

53% of people won’t work for an employer they thought was unethical

Report identifies the challenges and opportunities for Cloud companies

With Cloud Software and SaaS set to dominate 70% of the market by 2025, Notion Capital’s Cloud Challengers report highlights the boom in Cloud and SaaS adoption, and the extent of the war for talent

Autonomy Paris at Porte de Versailles Paris on March 16th-17th

For its 6th edition, Autonomy Paris has set the goal of accompanying the transition towards intelligent and sustainable mobility. After two digitalized editions, which were a success despite the health crisis, the Autonomy Paris show is happy to reopen its doors to welcome visitors again on March 16 and March 17, 2022 from 9AM to 6PM at Porte de Versailles.

Chair of Starling Bank David Sproul joins climate change platform SKOOT

Deloitte’s former Deputy Global CEO welcomed to B-CORP as a board advisor and investor

SETsquared Bristol tech companies raise record investment

Companies who are part of SETsquared Bristol, the acclaimed tech incubator, attracted record investment of £98.8 million in 2021.

Actable AI raises $1.2M to supercharge spreadsheets with AI

No code startup aims to solve the headache of data analytics for 1 billion spreadsheet users globally

Binalyze secures $10.4 million in seed funding to develop its enterprise forensics platform

Binalyze enables enterprises to respond to cyber breaches in real-time which dramatically speeds up investigations and remediation; this funding will expand the platform’s capabilities

Digital coaching startup Rocky Robots raises £300,000 to motivate professionals

Rocky Robots, the digital coaching startup designed to guide and motivate young professionals, has closed a £300,000 pre-seed investment from Jenson Funding Partners alongside other investors.

Seed funding to curate the world’s largest collection of complex disease data

Cambridge-based data company Qureight has raised £1.5m seed funding to deliver the next generation of its ground-breaking platform and capitalise on its vision to house the world’s largest collection of data from complex diseases.

Canva acquires UK based data visualization platform Flourish

Canva sets sights on growth in Europe with global community surpassing 75 million monthly active users.