Vanta, the trust management platform, has announced several growth, product and partner milestones showcasing the company’s continued acceleration as the platform of choice pioneering the next generation of Governance, Risk, and Compliance capabilities.

Volt, a global platform for real-time payments, has entered into a strategic alliance with Bumper, a specialised payment solution for car dealerships, to exploit the advantages of open banking and instantaneous transactions, enabling customers to seamlessly pay for car deposits, maintenance, components, servicing, and even complete vehicle purchases.

In the increasingly competitive world of immersive technology, a small island with big dreams is hoping to lure the innovators of tomorrow with a Test Before You Invest incentive scheme.

2023 was a tough year for SaaS.  The end of the easy money era put a nail in the coffin of the “Growth at all Costs” model.

As a local pizza parlor or thriving tech startup, driving new traffic and sales is a major hurdle. However, optimising for search engines can put your small business on the map both virtually and physically.

SMEs have, up till now, competed based on personal relationships and services, and their innate agility and competitiveness. However, with recent national data showing the highest number of firms going bust since the 2009 financial crisis, there are some major headwinds facing small businesses that confidence and self-belief alone can’t solve.

Businesses are being urged to familiarise themselves with the ‘motherhood penalty’ and introduce steps to eradicate it within their organisations in 2024.

be Retail Social is leading the evolution of the digital retail shopping experience as we know it. Startups Magazine spoke with Simon Iddon, Founder & CEO about how the company is providing users more confident and informed shopping decisions.

The Government is creating a new Small Business Council due to launch next month which will bring together SME leaders from across the country. 

ORCA Computing has announced the acquisition of the Austin, Texas-based Integrated Photonics Division of GXC.

A major new independent review into addressing and overcoming the inequality faced by disabled-led businesses has been launched with backing from the UK Government.

At ISE 2024, Jim McHale, CEO and Founder of Memoori, shared the four pieces of information that PropTech VC’s won’t tell startups…

Female entrepreneurship is a wonderful thing. Gender diversity at the top trickles down, increasing the representation of women in senior roles more widely. Diversity in general aids business performance, boosting the economy in the process. Plus, we need women at the helm of businesses to create products and services that answer to the needs of the female half of our population. So why, given all these benefits of female entrepreneurship, did I feel a little uneasy when I heard that there’s been a significant rise in the number of female founders?

It's been a busy period in the open banking space. In June, the European Commission (EC) put forward its long-awaited proposals for updates to the Payment Services Directive (PSD2), which – aptly – will lead to PSD3.

David Newns is a serial investor and entrepreneur and co-founder of Mustard Kick, which helps fast-growth businesses exit.