Novatron Fusion Group (NFG) is pleased to announce the successful closing of its Series A1 funding round. This achievement is further enhanced by a new strategic long-term industrial partnership with lead investor and new board member St1, marking a new chapter in the journey toward commercial fusion energy.

"Startup failures have jumped by 60% over the past year": statistics like this are familiar headlines, yet we seldom deeply explore why.

Page, the AI-powered external relations platform based at Velocity, the startup incubator at the University of Waterloo, has successfully closed $4.1 million in seed funding to expand its services into the US and UK markets.

Global Work, a startup dedicated to reshaping the future of work, has raised $1.25 million in pre-seed funding to enhance its AI-powered platform, which provides personalised support and automation for every specialist looking for a new job.

Despite being in the industry for years, dynamic pricing remains a somewhat controversial topic. Last year, media attention was drawn to the backlash over Oasis concert tickets’ sale – volatile price fluctuations left the band’s fans outraged and attracted the attention of the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which launched an investigation into Ticketmaster’s ‘dynamic pricing’ practices.

The start of a new year presents an ideal moment for organisations to reassess how they connect with their workforce. For HR professionals, this timing offers a perfect opportunity to implement fresh approaches to team motivation and workplace engagement.

Businesses are pushing back against the rise in AI generated job applications and CVs, which are making it harder to find the best talent and lengthening time to hire. 

PhilosopherKing, an AI-driven gaming platform enabling real-time, dynamic storytelling, has raised $3 million in a seed funding round led by 468 Capital and 212. The funding will be used to advance the company’s AI-powered technology, expand its team, and accelerate its vision of transforming interactive storytelling in gaming and other industries.

Jarvis, a pension fintech that empowers employees to actively plan for their retirement, has launched a free salary sacrifice calculator that allows businesses to see how much they can save while boosting pension contributions for their workforce in the upcoming financial year.

As businesses look to drive growth in 2025 amid a dynamic market environment, new research from American Express reveals about eight in 10 (78%) are planning to improve their business payments process, with almost two-fifths (39%) doing so as part of strategies to drive growth.

According to research from Dext, one-third (33%) of the UK’s small and medium-sized business (SMB) owners are losing sleep over paying staff.

New research surveying 1,000 full-time employees in the UK and US technology and professional services industries has found that nearly half of the workforce (45%) is highly stressed, experiencing stress frequently or always.

You might not think innovation can be found by looking in the past, but my experience of an Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership at a historic royal palace shows that it very much can.

Employers and employees are united in their belief that state support for those who power the UK’s economy, i.e. employees, is inadequate.

Perseus, a new British-headquartered premium passenger-car EV brand, has today emerged from stealth mode and announced preliminary plans for its debut model – a compact SUV. The company has also provided initial details of the development and commercialisation strategy to bring the vehicle to European markets by late 2027.