A new merchant survey by Elavon, a global payments provider, reveals that UK small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) are increasingly agile and adept at dealing with uncertainty, as they navigate an external environment which is increasingly hard to predict.
Carmoola, the car finance fintech, has been named one of the UK and Ireland’s 100 fastest-growing startups by Sifted, which ranked the company at #23 in its highly anticipated 2025 leaderboard.
The Worshipful Company of Entrepreneurs, one of just 113 Livery Companies in the City of London, has made a final call for entries to the Entrepreneurs’ Award in Social Innovation (EASI).
Starting a business is exciting and exiting one successfully is just as exciting and as much of a learning curve as the rest of that journey. But if you’re a true entrepreneur, the itch to build, breathe life into a business and to ‘create’ never really goes away.
Japan and South Korea are at the forefront of a demographic shift that will define the coming decades, as both countries grapple with rapidly ageing societies and declining birth rates.
Commercial AI’s biggest conference is less than 100 days away. This year marks the 9th edition of The AI Summit London, and it kicks off on 11 June at London’s Tobacco Dock with the announcement of Headliner stage presentations by AstraZeneca talking the AI Upskilling Revolution changing how we work and Pandora detailing Building Trust in AI Without Disrupting the System. Rolls-Royce and London Stock Exchange Group as some of the presenters taking the Headliners stage. More than 4,000 business leaders, tech innovators and AI practitioners convene annually to shape the future of AI through the show’s high-energy sessions, hands-on tech demos and game-changing insights.
According to CEO today, 22% of workers think CEO pay should be capped at 1-5 times the salary of workers at the lower levels.
As we are in 2025, one thing is becoming crystal clear: businesses can no longer ignore SEO. The digital space is more crowded than ever and standing out has never been more challenging or more crucial.
UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has invested £3.25 billion into public service reforms, placing technology and AI at the centre of the government’s strategy to drive economic growth, boost public sector efficiency, and maintain the country’s global competitiveness.
TAITRA (Taiwan External Trade Development Council) has announced that Cristiano Amon, Qualcomm Incorporated President and CEO, is invited to be the speaker at the COMPUTEX 2025 keynote, sharing his vision of the transformative impact of AI on device experiences and ecosystems.
For the first time, the Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian business angel networks – EstBAN, LatBAN, and LitBAN – will join forces to invest up to half a million euros in the winner of the Latitude59 competition.
When it comes to the risks associated with running a business, some may choose to ignore them: those are the people whose companies are most likely to run into trouble down the line.
The traditional network structure of tax and accounting practices has long been a cornerstone of the sector, enabling smaller local and regional firms to access advice internationally. As the global business landscape evolves into the innovation era, it is becoming increasingly clear that this model may not fully align with the dynamic needs of the international, scaleup economy.
The second edition of the Startup OLÉ fair in the US city was held on 23-24 March 2025 at the LoanDepot Park stadium. It was supported by INNVIERTE-CDTI, Miami-Dade County, Junta de Andalucía, Ayuntamiento de Salamanca, Abanca, Ayuntamiento de Marbella, Cámara de Comercio Latina de los Estados Unidos (CAMACOL) and Universidad de Salamanca.
Burbank has announced its £5 million Series Seed financing to support the launch of its payments platform, Card Present over Internet (CPoI). The funding round was led by Mouro Capital with participation from Anthemis (supported by Foxe Capital), Portfolio Ventures, and others. These funds will accelerate the global roll out of Burbank’s platform.
FSM, 5G, digital twins, virtual plants, video analytics, AI and robotics in the energy sector are going to be discussed at the Oil and Gas Automation and Digitalisation Congress (AUTOMA) 2025. The Congress gathers the industry leaders involved in exploration, production, transportation and refining to share recent case studies on 13-14 October in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Managing a team is one of the most challenging and important parts of being a leader. Whether a finance leader who’s putting together a team for an emerging startup or someone who has managed one person or a team for many years, this article will reiterate some of the key elements to consider when it comes to developing a finance team. Based on lessons that I have learnt after almost 20 years of working as a finance leader with startups and scaleups.
As artificial intelligence (AI) transforms industries and workspaces, it is becoming clear that the technology is not here to replace jobs, but to shape the future of organisations and the way we work.
As AI-powered search continues to grow and develop, understanding how platforms like ChatGPT rank and recommend content – and how to optimise for them – is becoming increasingly important for businesses and SEO professionals.
Orli, a healthtech startup, has secured £60,000 in funding from Bethnal Green Ventures’ Tech for Good Programme.
