Practical guide to investing in emerging tech across high-risk industries
Practical guide to investing in emerging tech across high-risk industries

Safetytech Accelerator, established by Lloyd’s Register, has released a new insights report offering a structured framework to guide technology investment decisions in high-risk sectors.

Two thirds of fintech use IFCs as cross-border growth tops agenda

The Destination Digital report, launched by BVI Finance, reveals the strategic priorities, challenges, and jurisdictional considerations facing global fintech businesses.

Britian’s SMEs forced to wear more ‘hats’ as workforce shrinks

New research from Virgin Media O2 Business reveals small and medium sized enterprise (SME) directors are spending an average of 10 hours per working week on tasks outside of their core expertise, as recent ONS data shows falling UK employment levels.

CarbonBlue advances industrial efficiency

CarbonBlue, a climatetech startup, has demonstrated a new way to improve industrial operations by removing carbon dioxide (CO₂) from water.

Investors believe in AI

Czech company Filuta AI, which develops tools based on artificial intelligence (AI), has raised $4.2 million (approximately CZK 90 million) in a seed funding round.

Small business leaders cite AI as their top challenge

A new report from global HR, payroll, and employment platform Employment Hero reveals AI implementation is now the top challenge for small business leaders, with four in five putting it ahead of economic pressures and talent shortages.

The £300K-a-year mistake British businesses are ignoring

UK businesses are paying a high price for their reliance on English as the default language of global business.

NaviSavi’s CEO takes the stage with travel leaders

Sally Bunnell, Founder and CEO of NaviSavi, the B2B2C travel platform dedicated to User Generated Content (UGC) short videos, will take the stage at the TravelTech Show in London on June 26th.

The UK’s fastest-growing founder-led companies unveiled

The UK’s fastest-growing founder-led businesses have been revealed in the highly anticipated FEBE Growth 100, in partnership with Virgin. Now in its fourth year, the ranking celebrates the most dynamic private companies in Britain where founders remain at the helm.

A transatlantic growth network for photonics startups

PhotonDelta, the Netherlands-based photonic chip accelerator, and Luminate NY, the accelerator for startups with optics, photonics, and imaging enabled technologies, have entered into a strategic collaboration to support the growth of early-stage photonics companies across North America and the Netherlands.

Mind the gap: employers and Gen Z out of sync on skills

A new report from The Open University reveals a growing disconnect between UK employers and the next generation of workers – one that could be preventing employers from addressing the UK’s persistent skills shortages.  

How search results have changed in 2025

Google Search Results have always been a moving target. Just when businesses finally got comfortable with EEAT (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness), the rules shifted again.

£20k grant for female-founded SME up for grabs

Tide, the business financial platform in the UK, has been announced as the headline sponsor for 2025’s everywoman Entrepreneur Awards.

Students impress judges at Dragons’ Den style pitching event

Forward thinking entrepreneurs at Coventry University have been awarded a share of £15,000 in funding after pitching their innovative business ideas.

Project A raises £278M for backing entrepreneurs from idea stage

Project A, one of Europe’s technology venture capital firms, announces the successful close of its oversubscribed £278 million Fund V, increasing its total assets under management to €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion).

AR pioneer Porotech one of 12 winners in UK Government awards

From ethical metal recycling to AI-driven edtech and digital identity, twelve UK-based SMEs have been named as winners of the Department for Business and Trade’s (DBT) 2025 Made in the UK, Sold to the World Awards.

Cambridge spinout raises £1.8M for AI-enabled drug target discovery

OutSee, a genomics and drug discovery company pioneering a unique AI-based predictive genomics approach to target discovery, announced it has secured £1.8 million in seed funding, led by Ahren Innovation Capital and with additional investment from Kadmos Capital, Empirical Ventures, and Panacea Ventures.

Cellugy secures €8.1M to eradicate microplastics in personal care products

Cellugy, a Danish industrial biotechnology startup developing innovative, biobased solutions to replace fossil-based materials in the personal care sector, has secured €8.1 million to support scaling up the production of its biofabricated cellulose-based rheology modifier material, EcoFLEXY.

Swiss startup expands internationally

exnaton, a Swiss AI startup for utilities billing, has partnered with TotalEnergies Power & Gas Belgium to roll out dynamic electricity tariffs in Belgium.

Just 1 in 4 businesses ready for EU Accessibility Act

With less than a week until the European Accessibility Act (EAA) comes into force on 28th June 2025, businesses across Europe – and beyond – are being urged to take immediate action to ensure their digital products and services are compliant with new accessibility standards.