When you started your business, it probably wasn’t late-night emails, endless invoicing, or 5am marketing posts that you dreamed of. You planned to do what you love, on your terms, finally. But the reality?
New research by UserTesting, the provider of human insights for retailers, shows that as the annual holiday season rolls back around, good customer service could encourage UK consumers to spend at least £251 more than they would have initially.
The organisers of the upcoming Carbon Markets Africa Summit have announced the diamond sponsorship of TASC, the award-winning and pioneering carbon finance project developer with a proven track record of innovative climate mitigating techniques and investing in local communities.
Fintech Week London and Fintech Fringe are uniting. As part of the merger, this year’s Fintech Week London will now be incorporated into the Fintech Fringe Festival, taking place 9-10 September 2025 at Old Sessions House, Farringdon, London.
World Entrepreneurs’ Day is a perfect moment to reflect on what defines entrepreneurship. Scaling is often spoken about in terms of numbers, systems, and processes. While those things absolutely matter, the true measure of growth is whether you can keep hold of the heart of your business: the relationships, the people, the values, and the care that made you successful in the first place.
London continues to lead the UK in overall startup and small business activity, according to fresh data from GoDaddy’s Small Business Research Lab. However, rising housing costs in established hotspots like Hackney are prompting more founders to set up shop further east – reshaping the city’s entrepreneurial map.
UK hospitality tech business Embargo has raised $3.5 million to accelerate its growth across Europe and beyond.
SurrealDB, the developer-first multi-model database company, announced the launch of SurrealMCP, the official Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for SurrealDB and SurrealDB Cloud.
UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are losing faith in the government’s ability to support them – and it’s threatening the country’s economic future.
After working with over 50 university spinouts, I’ve seen a consistent pattern: many scientifically impressive technologies struggle commercially, whilst seemingly ‘simpler’ innovations can capture massive markets.
The days of the strict suit-and-tie are waning in the UK workplace, as new data from hiring platform Indeed reveals a tenfold increase in job postings mentioning “casual dress” since before the pandemic.
Cyprus and the United Arab Emirates are among the jurisdictions increasingly considered by technology companies as launchpads for business. The demand for these countries is rising due to a combination of tax incentives, fast business setup, flexible corporate governance, and dedicated startup support programmes.
As AI accelerates the creation of new software, fixing live systems has remained stubbornly manual. Phoebe’s AI agents continuously monitor and react to live system data, diagnosing emerging issues and generating code and infrastructure changes to resolve them. The company has announced $17 million in seed funding led by GV and Cherry Ventures and the public launch of their platform, which is already live with engineering teams from early access customers such as Trainline and PPRO.
AI detectors promise clarity in a noisy landscape, yet results can mislead when used without context. If you review essays, manage a newsroom, or run content operations, you need tools that surface risk without turning guesswork into verdicts. This comparison focuses on real workflows rather than hype.
King’s Entrepreneurship Lab (King’s E-Lab) and Founders at the University of Cambridge have revealed the 24 startups that will join King’s College’s first-ever incubator programme designed to turn research-backed ideas from University of Cambridge students and alumni into investable companies.
Northern Gritstone has announced a combined £4 million seed round investment into the optical sensor startup PhovIR. Northern Gritstone is co-leading the investment alongside deeptech specialist SCVC, in what was an oversubscribed round.
Midas, a Turkish investment platform, has raised $80 million in its Series B funding round, the largest investment ever secured by a Turkish fintech company. This brings Midas’ total funding to date to more than $140 million.
Qunova Computing, a developer of software applications designed with the goal of bringing quantum advantage to the chemical, pharmaceutical, and industrial engineering sectors, has raised a $10 million Series A funding round.
Maven Capital Partners has invested £2.6 million in PowerPhotonic, a provider of precision optics for high-power laser systems.
Medtech is an exciting industry, with constant innovation that will genuinely change the lives of humans as we know it as we will see in the this issue of the magazine, startups are at the forefront of changing the medical landscape. From surgical robots, advancements in diagnosis, and the creation of semiconductors for neural implants, advanced technologies are overhauling traditional healthcare.
