UK businesses are adopting AI at a rapid pace, but poor implementation is exacerbating “AI workslop”. The rise of low-quality, AI-generated material flooding workplaces is frustrating workers and undermining the £2.9 billion that the UK’s AI sector attracted in 2024.
The upcoming Autumn Budget is a vital moment for the government with all eyes on the Chancellor’s efforts to drive sustainable growth and encourage UK investment. Chancellor Rachel Reeves has pledged for a ‘budget for growth with fairness at its heart’. But the question remains: what will that actually look like?
The critical climate negotiations at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, are underscoring the urgent need to translate global ambition into tangible investment and action. This imperative resonates directly with the upcoming fourth edition of the Africa’s Green Economy Summit (AGES), scheduled for 24–27 February 2026 at the Century City Conference Centre in Cape Town. Africa’s transition to a climate-resilient, low-carbon future will take centre stage at the event—powered by lead partner Sanlam Investments. This year’s edition underscores a shared commitment to accelerating investment into Africa’s green and blue economies at a defining moment for global climate action.
If you had met me in first year of university, you would have found a completely normal student. I showed up to lectures half awake, clinging to a coffee, and hoping the problem set I “remembered” submitting had not just been a dream. Nothing hinted that a year later I would be sitting in the entrepreneurship hub, convincing myself I was building the next big thing. All I lacked was a turtleneck and a slide with a graph going neatly upwards.
More UK businesses can slash their energy bills thanks to Octopus Energy’s latest ‘Shape Shifters: Agile’ tariff – the UK’s first fully agile tariff for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Social Links has secured $3 million to accelerate the development of next-generation defence tools designed to secure companies’ brand, assets, and people in the AI-Driven Era against modern risks.
For many founders, raising funding can be something of a double-edged sword. On the one hand, capital unlocks growth, on the other, funding can come with strings attached, and in some cases, a loss of strategic control.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned after two decades specialising in leadership it’s this: startups don’t fall apart because of strategy, they fall apart because of people.
Once, product managers were measured by their ability to translate user needs into feature roadmaps and shepherd products to launch. Today, as AI moves from the fringe to the core of countless products, PMs are expected to master an entirely new language, where concepts like retrieval-augmented generation, dataset curation, and bias mitigation are daily realities.
I’m Dani, and I’m the CEO of The Sleep Consultant Academy. I specialise in helping women set up an online business, specifically in infant sleep.
The global fintech Revolut has announced the completion of a share sale, which values the company at $75 billion.
Buildroid AI, an AI robotics startup, has emerged from stealth with $2 million in pre-seed funding led by Tim Draper, known for backing Tesla, SpaceX, Skype, and Robinhood. The startup has also announced the launch of its first block-laying robot, built using BIM-to-BUILD simulation.
UK small businesses would be most at risk if various taxes were to go up in the Autumn Budget, according to new research from Novuna Business Finance, conducted a week before the Autumn Budget.
Registration is now officially open for Workspace Design Show London, returning to the Business Design Centre on 25th – 26th February 2026 with its most forward-thinking edition yet. The 2026 show will push even further under its new theme, Connected Realities, exploring how physical spaces and digital layers are increasingly merging to shape the workplaces of tomorrow.
Black Friday is the biggest seasonal peak for sales for many retailers. Nationwide predicts over 12 million transactions on Black Friday, despite low consumer confidence, as well as over 260 million transactions across November in the run-up.
Every founder reaches a moment where growth becomes harder than it used to be. Early expansion might come from a great product, strong word-of-mouth, or the founder’s own network, but scaling beyond that can be a different game entirely. That’s where many startups find themselves stuck – growing, but not fast enough; investing in ‘random acts of marketing’ but not seeing a return; and spending more time being reactive and tactical rather than proactive and strategic.
Every entrepreneur dreams of scale. You have proved your product, your customers are happy, and revenues are growing. Then the wheels start to wobble. Decisions slow down, the team loses focus, and what once felt like a tight-knit crew starts to resemble a traffic jam.
The last decade has seen the flexible workspace market change drastically, thanks to shifts in remote and hybrid working patterns across the UK.
Rosberg Ventures, the venture capital firm of Formula 1 champion Nico Rosberg, is reportedly launching a new $100 million venture fund-of-funds, PitchBook reports.
The government has announced a comprehensive package of AI-focused reforms and investments to accelerate national renewal, boost economic growth, and cement the UK’s position as a global leader in artificial intelligence.
