The startups event of the year is back! Taking place this Thursday, 20th July, at the Steel Yard, The Hustle Awards are not to be missed.

One Young World, the global community for young leaders, has announced the winners of its global Entrepreneur of the Year Award, this year supported by TFG Asset Management.

Business leaders are urged to keep a close eye on 5G availability, as the UK gears up for the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) Switch Off and will soon rely solely on the internet for phone calls. Yet, new analysis suggests some UK businesses may struggle with connectivity post-Switch Off as the 5G rollout has been so slow.

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and InspiredMinds (tm) flagship product World Summit AI (WSAI), one of the world’s leading AI events, are announcing a new partnership to co-locate CES Unveiled Amsterdam at global tech summit – World Summit AI this October.

Cloud communications and contact centre provider Ringover, has announced that it has been rated a High Performer in the G2 Grid Report for Contact Centre, Call Tracking, and VoIP Services for Spring 2023.

Hands In, the group payments solution provider, is excited to announce its strategic partnership with inai, the APAC regional payment specialist. This pioneering collaboration aims to spearhead transformative growth in the travel, leisure, and hospitality sector, offering innovative payment solutions to clients in Europe and expanding into the Asia-Pacific, Australian, and China (APAC) markets.

“We have shrunk their repair times from weeks to days, and even to just a few hours” is what Fitim Mehmeti Co-Founder & CSO of Timely, the Swiss-German based, pan-European inventory management startup said it saved HAUSER refrigeration technology in Austria in its first year. Now, having grown to over 300 clients across Europe serviced by a 30+ team, it is coming to the UK to help our businesses do the same.

UKG, a provider of HR, payroll, and workforce management solutions for all people, has completed the acquisition of Immedis, a global payroll provider with technology and services supporting more than 160 countries and 120 currencies.

AWS has announced the 13 startups selected to participate in the AWS European Defence Accelerator, providing solutions to help the European Defence industry enhance its energy resilience, secure information sharing, sensing and decision making, quantum, and cyber resilience for land, air, maritime, space, and cyber domain missions.

ayoba – a communication platform and 'super-app' in Africa and small business software company BaseKit, have announced a new partnership to help democratise tech and kick start the dreams of entrepreneurs across Africa.

Orbital Composites (Orbital), an innovative deep tech startup pioneering in-space manufacturing technologies, has announced that it has been awarded a $1.7 million US Space Force SpaceWERX Orbital Prime Direct-to-Phase-II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract. The award is intended to further the development of In-space Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing (ISAM) of antennas, a groundbreaking area where Orbital Composites has shown exceptional promise.   

Small businesses face an uphill battle in capturing the hearts of younger customers, as a mere 22% of Gen Z believe their customer service rivals that of larger competitors.

The head of the Financial Conduct Authority has said that artificial intelligence could disrupt the financial services sector in “ways and at a scale not seen before”, warning that the regulator would be forced to take action against AI-based fraud.

Santander is offering early-stage startups across the UK the opportunity to win up to £25,000 equity-free funding and business support through the Santander X UK Awards 2023.

Data-rich generative artificial intelligence (AI) will drive modern day business automation, says Lee Chin Jian, Vice President at DAI Magister.

Public, a US-based multi-asset investing platform, has launched in the United Kingdom, entering its first market outside the United States. With the firm’s UK expansion, Public aims to be the preeminent place to invest in US-listed equities, offering over 5,000 stocks, deep data and insights, and a simple and transparent fee structure with zero commission trading and low FX fees.

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More than one in three (35%) business leaders are reluctant to implement AI as they perceive it to be too expensive, meaning they miss out on its boundless capabilities such as greater efficiency and productivity.

It has been announced that two new Dragons will be joining Dragon’s Den in the upcoming series.

Over a million small and medium sized businesses across the UK have upskilled their digital capabilities thanks to the free business guidance and training available from Vodafone via platforms such as V-Hub.