Employment Hero has released its December Jobs Report, a snapshot of employment and wage trends…
Women remain underrepresented at all levels of the corporate ladder, particularly in senior leadership, where…
As 2026 begins, UK scaleup founders are facing a more complex growth environment than ever…
A 15-year Impact Study of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses (10KSB) UK programme reveals alumni have created approximately £2.7bn in additional revenue and 41,000 additional new jobs across the UK.
AttiFin AI, a UK legal-AI startup, has secured £5 million in seed funding ahead of its planned launch in early 2026. The funding marks a significant endorsement of the company’s ambition to build Britain’s first enterprise-grade AI platform trained specifically on UK and devolved law.
Transformational cooling technology that could massively reduce the environmental impact and costs of the booming data centre industry is to be made commercially available thanks to Dew Point Systems Ltd, a new University of Hull spin-out.
Engineers at the University have developed super performing cooling systems that can reduce associated electricity costs and carbon emissions by up to 90%.
AI is rewriting the rules of marketing. People are searching Google less and asking AI assistants like ChatGPT more – and the answers they get are shaping what they browse and buy. AI Search Traffic is converting at 14.4% vs traditional google organic rate which is closer to 2.5%.
Now, a new platform called Searchable has launched to help brands stay visible and capture customers as they move to this new marketing battlefront.
Last week, Google boss Sundar Pichai told BBC News that there was some irrationality in the current AI boom, warning that no company will be immune to the impact of the AI bubble bursting. Just days after, Nvidia announced that its earnings were up 60% year-on-year, stronger than projections. Its CEO, Jensen Huang, told analysts on Wednesday that talk on an AI bubble was wide of the mark.
2025 has been a transformative year for global technology. Rapid deployment of advanced connectivity infrastructure, AI-driven solutions and increased focus on data sovereignty have all redefined how enterprises operate.
A new education technology company, PupilPower, has launched with an ambitious mission: to bring immersive, virtual reality (VR) learning into UK classrooms – completely free for schools.
Global Work AI, the AI-native job-search platform focused exclusively on job seekers, has secured a $2.4 million follow-on investment from existing backers Pre-Seed to Succeed, Yellow Rocks, Smart Partnership Capital, AltaIR Capital, and TMT Investments. The new round brings the company’s total funding to $3.7 million.
Most UK ecommerce retailers are failing to get AI right, despite consumers becoming increasingly accustomed to AI in online shopping, according to new research commissioned by ecommerce agency Quickfire Digital.
DeepL, a leading global AI product and research company, announced two major business innovations for knowledge workers – DeepL Agent and Customisation Hub.
During its annual conference, DeepL Dialogues, the company unveiled the general availability of DeepL Agent, an autonomous AI coworker designed to streamline and automate a broad range of tasks for knowledge workers. DeepL also announced continued innovations in Language AI with the release of Customisation Hub and the announcement of over 70 new languages to the platform.
Zempler, a digital bank serving startups and microbusinesses, has announced a new partnership with iwoca, one of Europe’s leading SME lenders, to expand its SME offering and make business lending more accessible.
Spain has transformed one of Europe’s least modernised real estate markets into a rapidly growing proptech hub, driven by government reforms and digital regulations. Nearly 700 startups now lead advances in AI, automation, and property management, although challenges remain, including those around funding and legacy systems.
Chainguard, the trusted source for open source, announced $280 million in growth financing from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund (CVF). This investment, which will help Chainguard meet growing demand and accelerate its mission to make open source software trustworthy by default, follows the company’s Series D fundraise in April and marks $636 million total secured in the past six months and $892 million in total.
ShengShu Technology launched Vidu Q2 ‘Reference-to-Video’, setting a new standard for AIGC products. This release shifts AI from simply creating motion to performing it, blending technology with creativity to deliver realistic, emotional, and cinematic videos.
Blue Earth Ventures has announced the 2025 BE100 Winners, selected in a live pitch finale at Blue Earth Summit in London. Three ventures were chosen by audience vote from a finalist cohort of six category-leading start-ups, each tackling urgent global challenges in water, energy, and construction.
Bronto announced it has raised $14 million in seed funding led by Cercano Management – alongside Heavybit and Conviction Capital – to re-invent logging from end to end.
Clustermarket, the lab equipment scheduling platform, has announced it is rebranding to Calira and welcoming non-executive director and investor Edmund Wilson, co-founder and former CEO of Titian Software (now Cenevo), to capitalise on increasing enterprise demand for optimising lab operations.
