London has long been known for its entrepreneurial spirit, but new data from Grow London Local shows that many of the city’s emerging small businesses are starting out without the basics in place.
On 24th June, I joined AlbionVC for an informative and thought-provoking discussion about ‘The State of UK & European Healthtech in 2025’. The discussion was around what startups need to know about AI, investment, and infrastructure in healthtech today. Led by Partners Dr Molly Gilmartin and Dr Andrew Elder, it looked at the evolving healthtech investment landscape and offered insights for startups who are working in the world of AI and care delivery today.
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.
The Destination Digital report, launched by BVI Finance, reveals the strategic priorities, challenges, and jurisdictional considerations facing global fintech businesses.
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, a climatetech startup, has demonstrated a new way to improve industrial operations by removing carbon dioxide (CO₂) from water.
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.
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.
UK businesses are paying a high price for their reliance on English as the default language of global business.
A recent early-stage competition in Manchester is the latest sign of a biotechnology business ecosystem that is developing in the north-west of England.
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 award-winning VUKA Group has officially launched the Carbon Markets Africa Summit (CMAS), a purpose-driven, high-level continental gathering that will take place from 21 to 23 October 2025 in Johannesburg. Designed as Africa’s flagship platform for carbon finance, CMAS brings together policymakers, investors, standards bodies, developers and corporates to drive practical, inclusive climate action and unlock Africa’s carbon value at scale.
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.
Many business founders I meet believe they’ll be great at building and leading teams. Their rationale is: If I’m a decent human being with good intentions, it’ll all be fine!
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.
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, 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.
exnaton, a Swiss AI startup for utilities billing, has partnered with TotalEnergies Power & Gas Belgium to roll out dynamic electricity tariffs in Belgium.
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.
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.
