Manufacturing leaders across Southern England are being urged to sign up to Made Smarter, the UK Government programme helping SMEs embrace digital technologies for growth.
About 90% of startups failed in 2024, underscoring the brutal reality of today’s competitive e-commerce landscape.
Sustainable Times is hosting an exclusive Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) event on April 24th at The Royal Institute in Mayfair, London. This premier gathering will spotlight four high-impact startups that are not only poised for strong financial returns but are also driving meaningful environmental and social change.
CADDi announces the closing of a $38 million Series C Extension led by Atomico. The round saw further doubling down of existing growth investors like Global Brain and Minerva Growth.
Hospitality tech business Embargo has been awarded the UK Smart Grant by the UK government to develop an AI model for its CRM and loyalty platform.
Discovery Park has successfully concluded its latest Discovery Spark programme, an intensive business growth catalyst supporting early-stage startups. Designed to assist innovators refine their commercial strategies, build investor readiness, and connect with likeminded peers and industry specialists, the programme culminated in pitches from 10 pioneering companies dedicated to improving cancer treatment and patient outcomes.
What Directors Think 2025 – an annual survey conducted in partnership between Diligent, Corporate Board Member, and FTI Consulting – found more than three-quarters of directors are prioritising growth opportunities this year, a sharp contrast to the cost-cutting measures that have been the focus of the past few years.
As electric vehicle (EV) adoption gains momentum, businesses investing in EV infrastructure have a prime opportunity to transform their assets into profitable revenue streams.
Former BBC producer Edwin Buckley has launched a brand-new PR startup, based in the heart of Manchester.
Two-thirds of UK companies are considering axing jobs due to economic uncertainty, according to a new major study.
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.
When Andrew Gray stood as the UK’s first ‘AI-powered’ parliamentary candidate in the 2023 Selby and Ainsty by-election, he discovered a fundamental problem: politicians couldn’t hear citizens through the noise of social media.
