Summer is coming, and for many startup owners that can mean we are preparing for the summer slump. It’s a known thing: clients are on holiday, people on annual leave, and your service isn’t their top priority.

On 24th June, I joined AlbionVC for an informative and thought-provoking discussion about ‘The State of UK & European Healthtech in 2025’. The discussion was around what startups need to know about AI, investment, and infrastructure in healthtech today. Led by Partners Dr Molly Gilmartin and Dr Andrew Elder, it looked at the evolving healthtech investment landscape and offered insights for startups who are working in the world of AI and care delivery today.

Many business founders I meet believe they'll be great at building and leading teams. Their rationale is: If I’m a decent human being with good intentions, it'll all be fine!

A recent early-stage competition in Manchester is the latest sign of a biotechnology business ecosystem that is developing in the north-west of England.

Google Search Results have always been a moving target. Just when businesses finally got comfortable with EEAT (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness), the rules shifted again.

Every person’s brain anatomy is different, so understanding it and harnessing what makes it unique is key to getting ahead in business. Natalie Mackenzie, a cognitive health expert for business owners, shares how you can understand your own brain profile to get ahead as a startup founder.

When looking through the LinkedIn profiles of FTSE 100 CEOs, Startup AZ found that CEOs have an average of 31 years of experience.

As the saying goes, ‘there’s no need to reinvent the wheel’. If there’s a product or service on the market that already does its job well enough, then launching a competing solution might see you enjoy some success – particularly if you can improve or tweak it enough that you attract clients to your business rather than others.

The Business Distress Index is used as a barometer for business health across the UK, published quarterly using solid data sources, Companies House, and Red Flag Alert.

For startups, the cybersecurity risks are quite high: they usually have limited resources, no full-time security team, and have to move fast, which means even a small breach can cause major damage. So, how can young companies protect themselves without stalling growth?

Small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) are embracing AI rapidly, but their adoption maturity still lags behind. According to a global TeamViewer survey of 1,400 business leaders (427 of them from SMBs), 95% of SMB decision makers say they need more training to use AI effectively, even though 72% describe themselves as AI experts.   

From faster funds to bigger exits, the narrative of ‘easier elsewhere’ is louder than ever for UK startup founders. But it’s not easier, it’s simply different.

biotope by VIB has secured €5 million in the first close of its second fund, marking a major step toward its €9 million target over the next 18 months. The fund will enable biotope to invest €250,000 in up to 30 international early-stage biotech startups.

GoTo has released a new research report: The Pulse of Work in 2025: Trends, Truths, and the Practicality of AI. The report summarises the findings of a survey of 2,500 global employees and IT leaders on AI use and sentiment, conducted in partnership with research firm Workplace Intelligence.

Azeem Amir, who has been visually impaired since birth, has 28 caps for England and a thriving business under his belt, after making it his mission to make sports more accessible to everyone in society.