Primer, the unified infrastructure for global payments, has launched “Primer for Growth” – a fresh initiative designed to solve payment headaches for digitally savvy startups and scaleups.

The Hustle Awards, a longstanding highlight in the entrepreneurial calendar, has some updates for you all!

As SMEs navigate an increasingly complex business landscape in 2025, rising operational costs, talent retention, and cyber threats continue to dominate boardroom discussions.

AI startups in the UK are raising billions in funding, yet there’s a startling gap between capital and real-world impact. Recent studies reveal that only one in seven UK AI companies are working towards solving actual market or societal problems. Given that there are more than 3,000 AI firms operating in the region, it feels appropriate to ask – what’s going wrong?

Hackathons have long been a launchpad for innovation, but what if they could do more than just spark ideas? What if they could become structured, real-time engines for building, learning, and connecting? These are the questions AI Product Engineer Igor Luchenkov set out to explore. 

Despite being built on great ideas, 90% of startups eventually fail. Fernando Amaral, Chief Revenue Officer at expense management solution Rydoo shares his insights on the common pitfalls and best practices for building a successful startup.

The digital identity landscape in the UK has undergone a seismic shift in recent years, driven by government initiatives like the Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework (DIATF).

Deckmatch, an AI-powered market intelligence company that analyses pitch decks for investors and product data for startups, has added former Financial Times Editor Lionel Barber as an adviser to the company.

A new report from Swoop Funding has uncovered a striking gender disparity in UK business debt.

EIT Food Accelerator Network, an early-stage innovation programme co-funded by the European Union, welcomes 65 promising AgriFoodTech startups to its 2025 cohort.

With AI-driven cybercrime and ransomware attacks surging globally, GISEC Global 2025 returns to Dubai from May 6 - 8, bringing together the world’s foremost leaders, innovators, and visionaries in a high-stakes effort to secure our digital future

When you have a brilliant product idea, it’s easy to fall in love with it. So deeply in love that it seems impossible for it to fail. All it needs is hard work and execution; everyone will see how brilliant it is. Right?

Blue Earth Summit is back for 2025 with an even bigger mission to transform the way the world works and support the changemakers driving positive planet transformation.

When you think of the next global digital infrastructure hub, Armenia may not be the first place that comes to mind. But that’s precisely what makes it so compelling.

Manchester has been crowned the UK’s most AI-ready city in 2025, according to new research.

Generation Z workers have significant entrepreneurial aspirations with over two-thirds (67%) aspiring to own or lead a business in the future, according to research by American Express and The Conduit, a collaborative impact community and members club.   

Amazon is bringing the AWS Skills to Jobs Tech Alliance to the UK, with the goal to provide 100,000 people with AI skills by 2030. Working in collaboration with educational institutions, government leaders, and enterprises across the country, the programme will help learners get ready for entry-level technical careers.

The adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly accelerating across the UK, with more than half (52%) of businesses now using AI, and at least one business on average embracing the technology about every 60 seconds, according to the latest edition of Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) ‘Unlocking the UK’s AI Potential’ report.

The UK has emerged as Europe’s leader in corporate-startup collaboration, particularly in artificial intelligence (AI), according to a new study by Sopra Steria Next – the consultancy division of the Sopra Steria Group, a major player in European technology.

Emerging fintechs are speeding ahead with ESG at their core, while many traditional financial institutions are struggling to keep up – slowed by the complexities of legacy systems and rigid internal processes.