With less than a week until the European Accessibility Act (EAA) comes into force on 28th June 2025, businesses across Europe – and beyond – are being urged to take immediate action to ensure their digital products and services are compliant with new accessibility standards.

exnaton, a Swiss AI startup for utilities billing, has partnered with TotalEnergies Power & Gas Belgium to roll out dynamic electricity tariffs in Belgium.

Cellugy, a Danish industrial biotechnology startup developing innovative, biobased solutions to replace fossil-based materials in the personal care sector, has secured €8.1 million to support scaling up the production of its biofabricated cellulose-based rheology modifier material, EcoFLEXY.

OutSee, a genomics and drug discovery company pioneering a unique AI-based predictive genomics approach to target discovery, announced it has secured £1.8 million in seed funding, led by Ahren Innovation Capital and with additional investment from Kadmos Capital, Empirical Ventures, and Panacea Ventures.

From ethical metal recycling to AI-driven edtech and digital identity, twelve UK-based SMEs have been named as winners of the Department for Business and Trade’s (DBT) 2025 Made in the UK, Sold to the World Awards.

Project A, one of Europe's technology venture capital firms, announces the successful close of its oversubscribed £278 million Fund V, increasing its total assets under management to €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion).

Forward thinking entrepreneurs at Coventry University have been awarded a share of £15,000 in funding after pitching their innovative business ideas.

Tide, the business financial platform in the UK, has been announced as the headline sponsor for 2025’s everywoman Entrepreneur Awards.

Sally Bunnell, Founder and CEO of NaviSavi, the B2B2C travel platform dedicated to User Generated Content (UGC) short videos, will take the stage at the TravelTech Show in London on June 26th. 

UK businesses are paying a high price for their reliance on English as the default language of global business.

A new report from global HR, payroll, and employment platform Employment Hero reveals AI implementation is now the top challenge for small business leaders, with four in five putting it ahead of economic pressures and talent shortages.

Czech company Filuta AI, which develops tools based on artificial intelligence (AI), has raised $4.2 million (approximately CZK 90 million) in a seed funding round.

CarbonBlue, a climatetech startup, has demonstrated a new way to improve industrial operations by removing carbon dioxide (CO₂) from water.

New research from Virgin Media O2 Business reveals small and medium sized enterprise (SME) directors are spending an average of 10 hours per working week on tasks outside of their core expertise, as recent ONS data shows falling UK employment levels.   

The Destination Digital report, launched by BVI Finance, reveals the strategic priorities, challenges, and jurisdictional considerations facing global fintech businesses.

The award-winning VUKA Group has officially launched the Carbon Markets Africa Summit (CMAS), a purpose-driven, high-level continental gathering that will take place from 21 to 23 October 2025 in Johannesburg. Designed as Africa’s flagship platform for carbon finance, CMAS brings together policymakers, investors, standards bodies, developers and corporates to drive practical, inclusive climate action and unlock Africa’s carbon value at scale.

Safetytech Accelerator, established by Lloyd’s Register, has released a new insights report offering a structured framework to guide technology investment decisions in high-risk sectors.

London has long been known for its entrepreneurial spirit, but new data from Grow London Local shows that many of the city’s emerging small businesses are starting out without the basics in place.

After helping to build one of the leading contenders for UK-built space rockets, three of the rocket company’s founders have embarked on a new mission – this time, into the imaginative world of science fiction.

The UK’s fastest-growing founder-led businesses have been revealed in the highly anticipated FEBE Growth 100, in partnership with Virgin. Now in its fourth year, the ranking celebrates the most dynamic private companies in Britain where founders remain at the helm.