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New research by Ipsos and American Express Global Business Travel explores the key strategies of high-performing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), offering insights into the characteristics that differentiate the strongest-growing companies.
Xero has published new independent research revealing UK small businesses are missing out on the benefits of celebrating key achievements. The research showed that milestones often go unrecognised with only 43% of small businesses believing that it’s important to acknowledge wins, while two fifths (40%) admit they never celebrate, citing they’d never thought about doing so (64%).
At the intersection of neurotechnology and artificial intelligence, one of the most promising tech frontiers of the next decade is rapidly taking shape. According to Grand View Research, the global market for brain-computer interfaces (BCI) is valued at over $2.4 billion today and projected to grow to $6.5 billion by 2030. Once limited to research labs and clinical institutions, BCIs are now becoming accessible to indie developers, startups, and even hobbyists — thanks to non-invasive EEG headsets, Bluetooth protocols, and open-source machine learning tools.
Collaboration tools have revolutionised how teams and companies work together, but when it comes to families — the most personal and enduring “teams” in our lives — technology still hasn’t caught up.
With cost-saving still top of the agenda, and hiring plans remaining curtailed, new Robert Walters’ data reveals how professionals are working extra hours just to keep up.
StartUpNV, a nonprofit statewide incubator and accelerator for Nevada-based startups, is again sponsoring the Las Vegas edition of Startup Week, Wednesday, 17-20th September.
AI startup Perplexity has made an unsolicited all-cash takeover offer of Google’s Chrome internet browser for $34.5 billion.
In response to growing interest in hormonal health, female health platform Daye has announced the launch of its comprehensive at-home hormone testing service. The service features an innovative, pain-free blood collection method, designed to make the process of testing much simpler and more intuitive.
Oxford Ionics has announced that it has delivered and installed a full-stack quantum computer, called Quartet, to the UK’s National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC).
Close Brothers Invoice Finance has launched a new team – called ‘Scale Up’ – to help support startups and smaller SMEs with facilities up to £350,000, and prepayments of up to 100% to maximise liquidity from day one.
Wave Photonics has announced the launch of its PDK Management Platform to integrate foundry PDKs with EDA tools, provide ready-calculated S-Parameters for circuit simulation, and provide easy access for designers.
Tide has become the first UK provider of business cards to remove printed numbers from its cards – eliminating its own exposure to several major types of card fraud that rely on visible card details.
Definely, an AI-powered legaltech company that enables lawyers to efficiently and accurately review complex contracts, has launched ‘Cascade’. The product detects and tracks the ripple effects of changes across entire contracts, helping improve document quality, reduce risk, and streamline drafting and review workflows.
A growing number of UK businesses are on the brink, with a new report examining workplace productivity in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) revealing that one in five businesses nationwide say they are operating in or near survival mode.
Alibaba.com announced that CoCreate Pitch, a product-focused pitch competition, has received over 20,000 submisisons ahead of its first application deadline on 15 August.
Patchworks, the UK-based integration platform powering composable commerce for high-growth brands, has announced 36% year-on-year recurring revenue growth with continued international momentum.
As businesses ramp up their AI investment, technical capabilities alone won’t guarantee success, warns new research from Multiverse.
This November, Marbella will play host to one of Europe’s boldest new business events: Mind Your Business. From November 3-7, over 400 early-stage and scaleup founders, investors, and ecosystem leaders will gather on Spain’s southern coast for five days of practical insight, real connection, and strategic clarity.
As companies invest millions into AI, concerns have began to emerge from sources like MIT: an over-reliance on generative AI can reduce critical thinking. According to learning scientists at upskilling platform Multiverse, this erosion of human skills can threaten the very success of AI adoption if not properly addressed.
Innovation and growth company Plexal is collaborating with Google Cloud to provide fast-moving, security-focused startups developing breakthrough technologies with access to a breadth of resources unlocking the potential of Google Cloud. This will include support around AI innovations, which can support founders with product development, go-to-market strategies and operating model design.
