We all have our echo chambers, but leaders have them more than most. And that’s a problem, because they undermine decision-making, are usually invisible, and can be tough to break.
April is Stress Awareness Month, and as a Stress to Success Mentor and a Creative Workshop Facilitator, I am passionate about supporting people – mainly purpose driven individuals – to release overwhelm and stress in order to support them to live their calmest and most fulfilled life.
Billions of dollars, pounds, euros, and yen are being poured into the development and productisation of quantum computing, with China hosting an estimated funding of £13.3 billion, Europe at £7.2 billion, the US at £2.1 billion, Japan at £1.8 billion, and the UK at £1.3 billion in 2022.
Quantum industry professionals are overwhelmingly optimistic that quantum utility will be achieved within the next decade, research from Economist Impact today reveals.
Tracxn has released its Q1 2025 UK FinTech Funding Report, capturing the funding dynamics in the country’s financial technology space. The UK fintech ecosystem emerged as the second highest funded fintech ecosystem globally after the US in Q1 2025. Despite this ranking, the sector experienced a significant contraction in overall funding compared to previous quarters and the same period last year.
Wonder, an AI-native creative studio, has raised $3 million in pre-seed funding to produce world-class original and interactive content.
RanMarine’s speciality lies in creating waterborne robots, also known as Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASVs), that focus on cleaning floating pollution out of waterways, both inland and coastal.
Climatetech is an umbrella term for technological solutions that have been built to address the climate crisis. It can include solutions built to support decarbonisation, the energy transition, and reducing emissions. Startups within this space are working in a variety of sectors, such as electric vehicles, sustainable foodtech, battery recycling, clean energy solutions, and biomaterials.
Vienna is the heart of Austria, but the second-largest city, Graz, is a gem in itself. Its historic city centre is one of the best preserved city centres in Central Europe, and in 1999, it was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. Graz was also designated the Cultural Capital of Europe in 2003. The city is filled with natural beauty and culture and should be top of people’s tourism wish list.
Four in 10 (43%) of UK businesses and 30% of charities experienced a cyberattack or data breach in the last 12 months, according to the latest Cyber Security Breaches Survey. While this marks a slight decrease from last year’s 50%, the threat level for medium and large businesses remains alarmingly high.
When you’re in growth mode, paying yourself often becomes an afterthought, caught between reinvesting in your business, managing expenses, and holding your breath until the next big sale. But what if you didn’t have to choose between growing your business and getting paid fairly.
As a Communications and PR expert with over two decades of experience across the public, private, and third sectors, I’ve learned that great communication isn’t just a business asset – it’s a wellbeing essential.
Compliance with regulations or standards should not be seen as merely a tick-box exercise. It’s a crucial route to increasing trust among your customers, especially for startups.
For most people, the idea of starting their own business is a daunting enough challenge to overcome. It’s only once it’s up and running that it becomes clear the greater challenge will be growing the business and, even more specifically, taking it from the startup to the scaleup stage.
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.
Over the past 18 months, Treble Peak has secured partnerships with leading private equity managers, including Passion Capital, Headway Capital, DN Capital, Episode 1, Seraphim Ventures, and Hanover Investors.
The ABB Startup Challenge is an annual competition held by ABB to develop novel solutions for the most pressing energy challenges of our time.
Tracxn just released its Q1 2025 United Kingdom Tech Funding Report, revealing that the country ranked as the 2nd highest funded globally in the quarter, behind the United States and ahead of India and Germany.
The UK’s SME XPO is back for 2025, a dynamic two-day event dedicated to powering scale-up business success. The show promises a transformative experience for entrepreneurs and innovators with an exhibition bringing together a diverse range of businesses, investors, from early stage/ angel investors to VCs, as well as resources to foster growth, innovation, and collaboration.
Ecocem as part of a consortium of Europe’s leading academic and industrial leaders, has announced it has been awarded €4 million in research funding the European Innovation Council (EIC)’s.
