Retailers expected to see significant consumer spending spike on Small Business Saturday

Celebrating its eleventh year in the UK, Small Business Saturday has become a well-established fixture in the business calendar. New analysis conducted by Clover in the UK indicates that the marketing initiative is yielding positive results for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

Unchained Robotics: offering millions of SMEs access to automation

Making truly plug-and-play robotics technologies accessible to every company is the goal of Paderborn-based startup Unchained Robotics. The automation platform covers over a dozen robotics manufacturers, finally offering SMEs broad-based access to standard robotics.

LG NOVA Awards top startups developing tech for a better future

Highlighting breakthrough startups, LG NOVA, LG Electronics’ North American Innovation Centre, announced the winners of the Startup Pitch Competition at its annual Innovation Festival in October 2023.

Personal savers advised to capitalise on high-interest rates: should SMEs follow?

As interest rates are expected to decline, personal savers have been advised to capitalise on the remaining high rates. Which begs the question: is it now time for the population of UK small businesses to follow suit?

93% predict gen AI to spark revolution in fintech and financial services

Ninety-three percent of fintechs believe that Generative AI (Gen AI) is poised to revolutionise the FinTech and financial services sector, according to research by the Gillmore Centre for Financial Technology.

Marketing expert’s top tips for accelerating your startup’s growth

Establishing a presence as a startup where competition is rife, and money and resources are limited is a huge challenge.

No-one cares what your small business is selling this Christmas

Small business owners across the UK will be flying the flag for independent shops on Saturday 2nd December.

South Summit Madrid 2024 is looking for 100 innovative startups

The twelfth iteration of South Summit Madrid, co-organised by IE University, is scheduled to take place in Madrid from the 5-7th June, 2024.

The Uber for global farmers

An automotive startup is designing a range of electric trucks using PTC’s Onshape software.

2023 open house for must-see startups in Taiwan

Garage+, a leading, zero-equity startup incubator supported by the Epoch Foundation, is launching its 2023 Open House in Taipei, Taiwan on 6th December 2023.

EMV Capital’s £3.5M investment in Q-Bot Robotics

EMV Capital, the VC investor specialising in early-stage high-growth deep tech companies, is delighted to announce that it has led the completion of a £3.5 million investment round into its portfolio company Q-Bot, a developer of robots for use in the construction and retrofit industry.

Resolve Ventures launches €30M Climate Impact Fund to seed Ireland’s sustainable startups

Resolve Ventures, an Irish development and growth capital fund management company led by managing partners David Scanlon and Alan Costello, proudly announces the launch of its new ‘Climate Impact Fund,’ following successful support from the Irish Innovation Seed Fund.

Is your website ready for the holiday season? 

Thomas Peham, VP of Marketing at enterprise CMS Storyblok, looks at how you should prepare your website and wider marketing efforts for the Christmas run-up.

How forward-thinking leaders profit from breakthrough innovations

In this interview series Richard Richie, Managing Partner of Alcon Maddox, gets some of London’s most forward-thinking tech leaders to spill the beans on what is making their companies so successful and what innovations the future has in store.

How generative AI empowers startup founders

ChatGPT made its debut in November 2022, and the impact and adoption was almost instant across the globe in the tech community. As it marks its one-year anniversary on the 30th of this month, the situation is very different.

Monzo: from startup to scaleup
Monzo: from startup to scaleup

Scaling up a business is no easy feat, and can present the founder with many hurdles to overcome. But scaling is a journey worth taking, as it takes your startup to new heights. A fantastic example of this is Monzo.

The impact of generative AI in product description writing

The rise of AI tools capable of generating marketing copy and product descriptions at scale promises to revolutionise eCommerce and advertising worldwide.

Culture+, a self-help tool for engineering startups and scaleups

As part of its drive to support diversity and inclusion across the profession, the Royal Academy of Engineering has launched Culture+ (‘Culture Plus’), an online interactive platform specifically designed for small and medium-sized engineering businesses.

Swiss startup launches Vidby Call Translator

A Swiss multi-product IT company specialising in language technologies and development of AI-powered translation solutions, Vidby, launches Vidby Call Translator service to let business teams and individual users communicate with foreign language participants through Google Meet.

Businesses stay ahead of the curve thanks to tech event

Businesses were given invaluable insight and advice to help them stay ahead of the technology curve.