A £400,000 project led by the Centre for Business and Industry Transformation (CBIT) at Nottingham Business School aims to bridge the gap between academic research and industry by training technology transfer professionals and STEM researchers in entrepreneurship – with a focus on AI to empower businesses.

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

Wales is set for increased economic growth, billions in investment, and tens of thousands of new jobs supported over the next decade as a result of the UK Government’s modern Industrial Strategy, which is published today (Monday 23 June).

As frequent geopolitical incidents ramp up pressure on businesses globally, boards must ensure they possess the resilience to respond.

The Secretary of State for the Department for Business and Trade announced that £6.6 billion of new capital is being committed by the British Business Bank to boost growth, marking a major step change in financing to support smaller businesses to start and scale in the UK.

New research has found Gen Alpha to be more productive with their screen time than older generations, as they avoid time-wasting ‘brain rot’ content far more than their older peers.

Zaid Al-Fagih, Co-Founder and CEO of UK and Qatar-based healthtech firm Rhazes AI, has warned that unless the UK urgently upgrades its NHS AI infrastructure, it risks watching its thriving healthcare sector shift operations to Gulf nations like the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar. 

On 21 June, British satellite propulsion startup Magdrive will launch its Rogue thruster into space for its first in-orbit demonstration, marking a major step forward for the UK's space industry.

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.   

Conscium has developed a platform to verify AI agents for accuracy, responsiveness, and other performance indicators, such as fairness, explainability, and alignment. Conscium has partnered with WPP to provide AI verification services to the leading marketing services company and selected clients. In the coming months, these services will be available to any organisation which deploys AI agents.

DeepL has announced the deployment of an NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD with DGX GB200 systems. This transformative computing platform will enable DeepL to translate the entirety of the internet – which currently takes 194 days of nonstop processing – in just over 18 days, marking a significant leap forward in DeepL’s research and product capabilities.

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.

As Keir Starmer announced ambitious plans for UK AI growth at London Tech Week, and Rachel Reeves outlined £86 billion in the Spending Review for tech funding, skills investment must accompany infrastructure investment. This comes as the UK ranks 13th globally for AI readiness, according to Coursera’s inaugural AI Maturity Index.

Are you one of the third of Brits who would love to own their own business one day? Would you jump at the chance to get your business idea in front of a global audience of up to 100 million and get feedback from some of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs? Now’s your chance…

A new report from global HR, payroll, and employment platform Employment Hero is calling for an urgent rethink of how the UK defines and measures productivity, as new data reveals a striking disconnect between how productivity is understood by SMEs and their employees.

Native Teams, the global platform for work payments, unveils Gig Pay, the end-to-end automated payroll and wallet solution engineered to turn compliance deadlines into growth drivers.

Miro, the Innovation Workspace, reveals the findings of its study into the attitudes and behaviours of British knowledge workers using AI.

Gcore, the Edge AI, Cloud, network, and security solutions provider, has announced the launch of Gcore for Startups, an AI-native program designed to meet the real infrastructure needs of startups.

The nominations deadline for this year’s everywoman Entrepreneur Awards, in association with BGF, has been extended.

Emma Jones CBE, Founder of Enterprise Nation, has just been announced as the new Small Business Commissioner, supporting the Government’s mission to support small businesses in the UK.