More than half of Gen Z workers in the UK are considering taking on a second job to help cover basic living costs, according to new research that highlights the growing financial pressure on younger employees.
British battery technology pioneer Anaphite has appointed international business development consultancy Intralink to strengthen its presence in South Korea – the world’s second-largest producer of electric vehicle (EV) batteries.
The UK Government has announced a major boost to British industry following the signing of a historic trade agreement with India, securing over £6 billion in new investment and export deals and supporting more than 2,200 British jobs across the country.
360Learning has announced it has been awarded a €1.8 million grant from the French Government to accelerate R&D in AI-powered skills-based learning.
Universal Quantum has joined the Open Quantum Institute (OQI) to apply quantum computing to real-world global health challenges, starting with a new use case focused on tackling endometriosis.
From predictive maintenance at Rolls-Royce to hyper-personalised retail at John Lewis, AI is no longer a future goal, it’s the engine of smarter operations, sharper decision-making, and competitive edge, with startups that are embedding AI early and meaningfully into their products and processes already pulling ahead.
German conversational AI company Cognigy has announced it plans to invest £50 million to expand its UK operations, increasing its workforce to create over 140 high-skilled technology roles by 2027.
Slumps in business performance are increasingly destabilising work-life balances. In 2024 sales declined, with just over half (57%) of salespeople reaching their sales targets. This is the lowest figure in five years, marking a continuing trend of attrition: 4% lower than the previous year and 7% lower than in 2021.
Perse Technology and EDF have partnered to help UK businesses reduce carbon emissions and energy costs.
ÄIO, an Estonian biotechnology company developing sustainable, non-animal fats and non-vegetable oils through innovative fermentation processes, has secured €1 million in funding to accelerate development of safer and more ecological alternatives to traditional oils used in cosmetics and chemical industry applications.
Driven by a young and digital population, neobanks have reset the paradigm for the banking industry in terms of customer experience, product innovation, and pricing. Now, adding to the mix are telecom services that have become an attractive proposition for the fintech sector.
The classic “Summer Friday”, once the preferred seasonal reward for office workers, has evolved into something far more transformative for UK businesses. Research from Owl Labs reveals that the four-day work week is rapidly replacing temporary summer perks in the “Big Summer Flex”, with permanent, flexible ways of working that are reshaping workplace culture, for good.
Magdrive, the developers of high-performance plasma propulsion for next-gen spacecraft, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Perpetual Atomics, the company behind pioneering space nuclear power systems.
Latent Labs is launching Latent-X, a frontier AI model for push button protein design, outperforming competing models under identical laboratory conditions.
Tennibot, the innovative sports technology company behind The Rover ball-collecting robot, has announced that its AI-powered autonomous ball machine, The Partner, is now shipping to consumers.
A report from The Entrepreneurs Network, one of Britain’s think tanks for entrepreneurship policy, urges the UK Government to establish clear programme standards and classifications for startup support schemes, such as accelerators and incubators.
One in five employees across the UK, equivalent to 6.8 million employees, are not receiving any coaching or awareness-building for gender specific issues, such as menopause, fertility, and screening programmes for gender-based cancers, according to research by Towergate Employee Benefits.
Scotland’s early-stage investment landscape continues to broaden its international appeal, with 73 investors new to the Scottish market participating in funding rounds during 2024, according to the latest Scotland Newcomer Investors Report from Young Company Finance.
A Manchester based children’s online safety app backed by Innovate UK and Centre for Digital Innovation, is looking for £250,000 in funding, to help younger children aged 6-13 stay safe on social media.
A pair of Edinburgh-based entrepreneurs have launched a new AI-powered planning tool to help audiences cut through the noise of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe while supporting the thousands of artists who often go unseen.
