University of Salford Business School is supporting some of the region’s rising entrepreneurs to further bolster their businesses through management training, amidst the current challenging climate for employers.

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to boost Britain’s economy by £400 billion by the end of the decade, according to a report by Google.

Infobip and digital insurance company LAQO by Croatia insurance became the first to adopt a GPT-enabled digital assistant for customer support in the European fintech industry.

Confluent, the data streaming pioneer, has announced its Confluent for Startups programme. The programme offers a risk-free way for the UK’s rapidly growing startup community to deploy the power of Apache Kafka on Confluent Cloud, giving access to advanced real-time data streaming for up to a year, at no cost.

StellarUp, a global HR SaaS solution that enables better knowledge sharing through structured and unstructured learning tools, has announced a seed funding of €500K.

The intriguing sphere of the Metaverse has captivated the minds of digital enthusiasts worldwide.

The pandemic years forced traditional industries to digitise their operations at speed, but three years on, non-tech enterprises across the UK – from sectors including finance, advertising, manufacturing, and more – are actively embracing the ‘tech mindset’ more than ever.

Event Sustainability Live (ESL), which makes its debut at ExCeL, London in November, has announced an associate partnership with isla, which was put together by sector professionals in 2020.

Small business owners from across the UK have flocked to a new training course helping them to boost growth and fight back against current economic challenges.

London-based SME funder 365 Business Finance has reported a 49% year-on-year increase in SME funding in Wales.

Kyero, the UK-based international property portal, announces the appointment of Gemma Coles as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with immediate effect.

FuturePlus and Outernet have announced sustainability-focused pet food pioneer Grub Club as the winner of the second Impact HERE Award (formerly the Outernet Impact Award).

FuturePlus and International Real Estate Partners (IREP) have forged a new strategic partnership to help businesses around the world to put sustainable practice at the heart of their facilities and building management practices.

FuturePlus has been chosen by Atlas FM, a UK facilities management company, to help change its approach to sustainability and social impact.

Melnichek Investments is an investment company founded by Tech Visionaries Yury Melnichek and Anna Melnichek. The company has an ambitious goal of investing in AI startups that have the potential to change the world.

Refurbed, an Austrian technology refurbishment-scale up, announces an incredible milestone of reaching a billion euro in sales across all of its seven markets, including Austria, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Denmark, and The Netherlands, solidifying its place as one of the leading marketplaces for refurbished technology in Europe.

Skiller Whale is launching one of the UK’s first live coaching course on utilising large language models, which will elevate the technology sector’s understanding of generative AI assistants and accelerate the evolution of next-generation software development.

South Summit, the leading event for the global entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem, co-organised by IE University, will hold its third edition in Brazil between the 20th and 22nd of March 2024. South Summit will be held, once again, in Porto Alegre with the aim of creating real business opportunities between investors, corporations and startups, as well as generating high-value connections between the Brazilian and Latin American innovation ecosystem and the rest of the world.

One way in which AI will transform the legal sector is in the ability to quickly and easily find information across all of a company’s contracts. Robin AI is introducing that capability to the Robin AI Copilot, making it possible to use natural language queries to search across an entire contract repository.

Most.Fan, a startup registered in Seychelles, launched Most.Fan, a celebrity tokens ecosystem for fans and celebrities. Roberto Carlos, the 2002 FIFA World Cup winner, is launching his celebrity tokens on Most.Fan, making it the first project to launch tokens from tier-1 idols available for purchase and exchange for fan activities with celebrities.