Start your own mini VC: the founder’s guide to syndicate investing
Start your own mini VC: the founder’s guide to syndicate investing

Throughout the last six months, I’ve been sharing different ways founders, like yourselves, can build…

Innovate UK announces recipients of Agentic AI Pioneers Prize
Innovate UK announces recipients of Agentic AI Pioneers Prize

Innovate UK has announced the winners of the Agentic AI Pioneers Prize at an industry…

Why Europe must seize the competitive advantage of employee ownership
Why Europe must seize the competitive advantage of employee ownership

Europe is edging toward a unified employee stock option framework. It’s about time. In January,…

What five years of building a business taught me about sustaining growth after the startup phase
What five years of building a business taught me about sustaining growth after the startup phase

Every January, my LinkedIn feed fills with the same energy. ‘We’ve just launched X business’…

Apprenticeships offer lifeline as graduate jobs fall UCAS deadline
Apprenticeships offer lifeline as graduate jobs tumble

New research from Employment Hero suggests that SME leaders are increasingly backing apprenticeships, offering young…

UK economy missing out on £5Bn by not helping refugee businesses grow
UK economy missing out on £5Bn by not helping refugee businesses grow

Entrepreneurship can be a catalyst for solving the UK’s economic growth problem, if these entrepreneurs…

Herbalife acquires Bioniq for $55M
Herbalife acquires Bioniq for $150M

Herbalife, the health and wellness company, has agreed to acquire assets from Bioniq, the UK-based…

Building European software champions – why should we all care?
Building European software champions – why should we all care?

Much has been said recently about reducing dependency on established tech giants, whether US or…

What SMEs must rethink to retain talent in 2026
What SMEs must rethink to retain talent in 2026

2026 is well underway, and, for SMEs, holding onto staff in an increasingly competitive marketplace…

Cyber Essentials: why doing the basics well still protects most SMEs
Cyber Essentials: why doing the basics well still protects most SMEs

Cyber security headlines can feel relentless. Ransomware attacks, phishing scams, and data breaches dominate the…

How to make strategy part of everyday work (not just annual planning)
How to make strategy part of everyday work (not just annual planning)

A CEO we recently worked with asked a fair question during a strategy session with…

Demystifying AI for SMEs
Demystifying AI for SMEs

AI has become a commonplace topic of conversation in the business world, moving from being…

How rolling closes are powering deeptech fundraising
How rolling closes are powering deeptech fundraising

Fundraising, as many startup playbooks describe it, should follow a clean arc. Raise a set…

Spotify & Monzo execs join unicorn startup, Spendesk
Spotify & Monzo execs join unicorn startup, Spendesk

Spendesk, the AI-powered spend management and procurement platform, has continued its expansion with the appointment…

The clearing house: rebuilding the bottom layer of global finance
The clearing house: rebuilding the bottom layer of global finance

George Davis is the CEO and Co-Founder of Lorum, and he has spent his career…

Revolut revenue surges to $6Bn as it aims for 100M customers
Revolut revenue surges to $6Bn as it aims for 100M customers

Revolut has reported a record-breaking financial performance for 2025, marking a pivotal moment as the…

Growth beyond the M25 depends on the infrastructure of ideas
Growth beyond the M25 depends on the infrastructure of ideas

The Business Secretary, Peter Kyle, has said he wants the UK to go “toe to…

Eight female founders to receive free workspace support
Eight female founders to receive free workspace support

Purpose-driven, flexible workspace provider x+why has announced a sustained initiative to support the next generation…

Beyond borders: building trust and scale across Europe
Beyond borders: building trust and scale across Europe

Let’s be honest – scaling a business across Europe sounds more exciting on paper. New…

Oxford spinout Stateful Robotics raises $4.8m
Oxford spinout Stateful Robotics raises $4.8m

Stateful Robotics, an embodied AI company spun out from the University of Oxford, has raised…