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The Pharma Partnering US Summit 2025 is scheduled to take place on May 14–15 at the San Diego Marriott Del Mar. This premier international event aims to bring together senior executives and professionals from the pharmaceutical and biotech industries to engage in discussions on business development, licensing deals, R&D collaborations, investments, fundraising, alliances, mergers and acquisitions, and other deal-making opportunities within the broader pharma-biotech ecosystem.
Research from Ricoh Europe reveals stark disparities in workplace productivity across Europe, with Spain leading the charge while the UK and Ireland trail behind.
The stage is set for an extraordinary showcase of female business brilliance as the everywoman Entrepreneur Awards, in association with BGF, launches their search for the UK’s most exceptional women in business.
GITEX ASIA x Ai Everything Singapore showcased Southeast Asia’s position among the world’s fastest-rising and most vibrant innovation hubs for a third time on Friday as this year’s critically acclaimed first edition concluded in thrilling fashion. Organised by Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) and KAOUN International in affiliation with GITEX GLOBAL, the Asian inaugural edition of the world’s largest show took centre stage at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore from 23-25 April.
Four UK startups join this year’s Amazon Sustainability Accelerator, a Europe-wide programme that helps new businesses with innovative ideas create a more sustainable future.
Crypto Quantique has announced a new lightweight root-of-trust (RoT) IP block to enable security feature implementation in resource-constrained microcontrollers and IoT devices.
South Summit, the global platform that brings together all the players in the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem at a global level, and Genyus School, the pioneering company and methodology in entrepreneurial education for children and young people, have formed an alliance to promote children’s entrepreneurship through the South Summit Kids Competition.
Weavr has partnered with global accounting company Paperchase to integrate its Embedded Payment Run (EPR) solution into Paperchase’s platform.
Following a critically acclaimed opening day where capacity crowds examined Asia’s tech revolution and innovation leadership, GITEX ASIA x Ai Everything Singapore again showcased the region’s digital transformation trajectory on an action-packed event programme where AI dominated the in-depth discussions.
The InnoVEX exhibit for startups at COMPUTEX 2025 will take place from May 20 to May 23 at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Hall 2. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, InnoVEX will present a rich array of exhibits and events, emphasising emerging technologies and entrepreneurial innovation.
As inflation, tax changes, and tighter market conditions squeeze the UK SME landscape, new research from e-Residency reveals a sector pushing for progress amid economic strain.
Jarvis, a pension fintech that empowers employees to actively plan for their retirement, has launched a free pensions tracing tool to help individuals recover lost or forgotten money from previous roles – offering a potential lifeline to the 3.3 million unclaimed pension pots in the UK.
UK e-commerce companies are investing significant capital in AI to improve the customer experience, however, many businesses are yet to realise significant gains. These are the findings of a new survey of senior executives at 300 large and mid-sized e-commerce companies in Europe and the US by headless CMS Storyblok.
Hold on to your life jackets! Aquark Technologies, a member of the NATO DIANA Accelerator Programme, has announced the details of its latest trial. In an unexpected collaboration, the autonomous submersible vehicle National Oceanography Centre (NOC) Autosub Long Range (ALR), affectionately known as Boaty McBoatface, made a splash in the world of quantum technology, being the vessel of choice for Aquark to send its AQuest system into the depths.
Dan Thomson, Founder and CEO of AI digital replica startup Sensay, has argued that AI’s ability to transfer and retain organisational knowledge within businesses will be its biggest value-driver over the next five years.
Digital Catapult, a deeptech innovation organisation, welcomes ten AI-led startups to its accelerator programme as part of the Innovate UK BridgeAI programme, aimed at driving the practical application of artificial intelligence (AI) in high-growth sectors.
Cambridge Tech Week 2025 is set to return from 15–19 September, with a focus on global collaboration and a bold ambition: to showcase Cambridge as the deeptech capital of Europe and a driving force behind some of the world’s most transformative technologies.
The North West continues to prove a hub for innovation and enterprise, with new data finding that 33,000 new businesses were launched in the region throughout 2023.
xMEMS Labs has announced that its Cowell MEMS tweeter is now shipping in an AI sports glasses product from BleeqUp, a hardware startup based in China. This milestone marks the first commercial deployment of a MEMS tweeter in AI glasses and signals xMEMS’ growing momentum in the fast-expanding AI eyewear market.
With landmark initiatives announced to forge new frontiers in Europe’s digital sovereignty, including the €200bn AI pledge and unprecedented emphasis on quantum, cloud, semiconductors and data storage, a sense of urgency is sweeping across the continent to reimagine the status quo and reshape critical tech infrastructures.
