In an era defined by economic uncertainty and rising operational costs, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to drive efficiency and innovation. Business lending platform Funding Circle, which has supported over 110,000 UK SMEs, reveals how AI can help small businesses grow smarter, not just faster, in 2025 and beyond.
Throxy, an outbound growth partner for companies selling into traditional industries, has announced a $6.2 million seed round led by Base10 Partners with participation from Y Combinator.
Earned media relations, synonymous with ‘traditional PR’, has often been the afterthought in a sales and marketing plan. Considered the nice-to-have, not need-to-have, it often finds itself towards the bottom of marketer’s hierarchy of needs.
Most LGBTQIA+ individuals have gone on a deeply personal journey to get to where they are today. For many of us we have experienced shame and had internal battles about how to be our true self in a world that isn’t always accepting of who we are.
LineWise, the US-based AI-powered “virtual engineer” for manufacturers, has raised $1.1 million in pre-seed funding from A2D Ventures, Y Combinator, Exitfund, REMUS Capital, SBXi Fund, and Team Ignite Ventures. The funding will accelerate LineWise’s mission to eliminate two of the most expensive problems in manufacturing: unplanned downtime and yield loss caused by defects.
The UK government may be celebrating favourable tariffs with the USA and new trade deals with countries outside the EU, but the vast majority of UK small businesses are now focused on the domestic British market to secure growth over the next 12-months, according to new research from Novuna Business Finance.
More than half of businesses have no formal policy in place to govern the use of AI tools in the workplace, leaving them vulnerable to data risks, compliance issues, and uncertainty over accountability.
MEGA, the AI voice agent platform purpose-built for order-to-cash (O2C) management, has announced a $2 million pre-seed funding round led by Spintop Ventures, a Nordic early-stage venture capital firm with 15 years of experience scaling software-based technology companies.
ArcaScience, the AI healthtech startup setting a new standard for benefit-risk evaluation to make better, safer drugs, has announced a $7 million seed funding round led by The Moon Venture, with participation from Pléiade Venture, Plug&Play Ventures, Bpifrance, and AKKA Technologies.
The adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace is moving at pace, nearly doubling in the past two years. This technology is reshaping everything in the world of work from recruitment and customer service to data analysis and employee experience.
Kerbo Charge has acquired one of its competitors in the EV charging space, Charge Gully.
Demand is growing for the ability to collect and analyse the outputs of Generative AI (GenAI) tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity. These tools, which use Large Language Models (LLMs), are increasingly being used as alternatives to traditional internet search engines. For this reason, professionals working with search engine optimisation (SEO) and its new incarnation, generative engine optimisation (GEO), are keen to understand what sources LLMs draw from and how they present topics relevant to particular brands and industries.
CARE Dialogues, part of Trescon’s global climate action, renewable energy & sustainability event series, CARE, united top sustainability leaders, policymakers, and innovators from across the UAE to discuss ESG priorities, challenges, opportunities, and solutions to be covered during CARE MENA, taking place on November 26-27 at Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai.
We’re thrilled to announce that Sara Davies, acclaimed TV broadcaster and trailblazing entrepreneur, will be joining us as a guest speaker to open the main event at Women’s Health Week Europe this October.
DTX London, the UK’s only event dedicated to business transformation, will open its doors at ExCeL on 1-2 October 2025 for its 20th anniversary.
UK SMEs relying on outdated manual bank transfers as a primary method of payment lost out on an estimated £6.15 billion in sales last year.
In the world of startups, resilience is often considered to be a key indicator of success, and typically approached as an individualistic trait. Who has grit, stamina, or can persevere?
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have always impressed me with their agility and creativity. They are the ones who take bold risks, experiment quickly, and often bring real innovation to market first. But there’s no denying that, for years, large corporations had the upper hand in terms of resources, technology, and reach. What I’m seeing now, however, is a real shift. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is giving SMEs the kind of leverage that used to be reserved for the biggest players.
IQM Quantum Computers has raised a $320 million Series B funding round, marking the largest ever Series B fundraise in the quantum space outside of the US. This latest funding round boosts IQM’s funding total to $600 million.
Anthropic has completed a Series F funding round totalling $13 billion. This investment reflects Anthropic’s continued momentum and reinforces its position as one of the leading intelligence platforms for enterprises, developers, and power users.
