Gen Z are setting their sights high on entrepreneurship, as new joint research from Small Business Saturday UK and American Express finds 71% of 18- to 24-year-olds are interested in starting their own businesses, with almost a third of this number (31%) saying this is a closely held dream.
This year the FCA has explicitly labelled hidden FX markups imposed by legacy brokers as poor practice rooted in poor communication – yet new data analysis from Glyde has revealed the true scale of the issue worldwide for smaller businesses.
BGF, the UK and Ireland’s growth capital investor, announces the successful exit of OrganOx, the Oxford-based medtech company whose liver perfusion technology has transformed outcomes for transplant patients worldwide.
Creem, the Estonian fintech startup redefining financial infrastructure for AI-native teams, has raised a €1.8 million pre-seed round led by Practica Capital, with participation from Antler and prominent angel investors.
While the Black Cats are climbing the Premier League table, Sunderland is also charging ahead – literally – with a trial of Kerbo Charge, a clever new way to make switching to electric vehicles a whole lot easier (and cheaper) for local drivers.
Borderless currency platform Glyde has been selected as one of just 15 fintechs nationwide to join JPMorgan Chase’s Fintech Forward Programme, a highly competitive accelerator designed to support high-potential UK fintechs poised to shape the future of financial services.
Photonic has been selected as a semi-finalist in the Canadian Department of National Defence’s Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) NORAD Modernisation Science and Technology Contest.
Extreme currency fluctuations have caused SMEs to face substantial losses and are compelling businesses to change their FX strategy.
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.
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.
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 hospitality tech business Embargo has raised $3.5 million to accelerate its growth across Europe and beyond.
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.
Founded in London in 2016 as Engineer.ai by Sachin Dev Duggal, Builder.ai aimed to make custom software development as simple as ordering a takeaway. The proposition was straightforward: a non-technical customer could describe an app or website they wanted, and Builder.ai’s platform would assemble it from pre-built feature blocks, with human oversight and AI guidance.
With cost-saving still top of the agenda, and hiring plans remaining curtailed, new Robert Walters’ data reveals how professionals are working extra hours just to keep up.
StartUpNV, a nonprofit statewide incubator and accelerator for Nevada-based startups, is again sponsoring the Las Vegas edition of Startup Week, Wednesday, 17-20th September.
Patchworks, the UK-based integration platform powering composable commerce for high-growth brands, has announced 36% year-on-year recurring revenue growth with continued international momentum.
As businesses ramp up their AI investment, technical capabilities alone won’t guarantee success, warns new research from Multiverse.
New data from the British Business Bank’s Start Up Loans programme, which provides finance and support to startup and early-stage businesses, shows a year-on-year increase in the value of finance being accessed.
Tracelight, the UK-founded AI company making financial models easier to build and trust, has raised $3.6 million in seed funding.
