Cambridge is the best place to start a new business in the UK outside of London, according to an index created by tech startup DeliveryApp.

In a report published over the summer, the Treasury Committee recommended the government take swift action to promote diversity in the UK’s venture capital industry. With the proposed policies directly targeted at driving investment towards female and ethnic minority founders, as well as businesses outside of London, the report forms part of a growing momentum to expand access to venture capital (VC) in the UK.

PR specialist Sam Pepper, who has advised hundreds of startups and scaleups over the past 25 years has launched PR on a Tin. The new business offers fellow startups and growing businesses a more agile and smarter way approach to their PR budget and creating the right campaigns for their brand.

Startups Magazine is excited to announce that we will be exhibiting at Chatbot Summit at the ExCeL London on the 12th October! Come by stand B.400 to pick up a copy of the latest magazine and have a chat with the team.

Securing investment for your scaleup is a major step, signalling new growth and potential for your business. While the prospect of taking the exhilarating step of financing your scaleup is exciting, the challenge of winning over investors remains critical. In the current climate, it can be difficult to compete with other startups and businesses for investor trust.

How long will we continue working from home if Zoom, the poster child of remote working, has ordered its employees to return to the office?

Despite the ever-increasing data dependence for all critical business decisions and the never-ending need for data to feed machine learning, companies are prevented from collaborating on and valorising sensitive data because of cyber risks, fear of losing competitive edge and regulatory constraints.

UK-based Setmixer was the standout among 10 finalists selected from over 400 startups, emerging as the champion of the first Global MediaTech Pitch Day, hosted by Raw Ventures on September 28.

Resourcify, the waste-management and recycling platform, has raised €14 million Series A funding, signalling confidence in its business model of reducing companies’ waste and promoting a circular economy.

CrowdStrike has announced the launch of an equity free Amazon Web Services (AWS) and CrowdStrike Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator for EMEA-based startups. Created to foster and fuel cybersecurity’s next market-defining disruptors, the new AWS & CrowdStrike Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator cohort, will offer customised mentorship, technical expertise and partnership opportunities, as part of AWS Startup Loft Accelerator (SLA) program.

Recent studies show around 40% of Brits work from home, spending an average of 1.5 days at their home office desks.

The employment charity, Generation UK, has released its first Social Impact report, which demonstrates how Skills Bootcamps can improve the job prospects and the lives of three million UK people who are out of work.

It’s become almost de rigueur to see entrepreneurs talk about landing an angel investor, their latest funding round or a crowdfunding campaign. Modern businesses have more financing opportunities open to them than ever before, but this can leave a lot of would-be entrepreneurs thinking the only way to success is through outside investment.

Cyberattacks pose a serious risk to all businesses, particularly startups. We often hear of larger organisations falling victim to cyberattacks, but startups are desirable targets for threat actors too. Unfortunately, they are often unaware of the looming risk posed on them by the ever-growing threat landscape.

Sustainability and ESG management and reporting platform FuturePlus is working with AI-driven Climate Action Platform Expect AI, to solve the complexities of carbon accounting and data accuracy across all industries, and in businesses of all sizes. Expect’s mission is to reduce carbon by 500mt (megatonnes) this decade - the equivalent of 22 years’ worth of annual emissions from a company like Apple Inc.