In B2B marketing, email is still one of the most powerful channels we have, yet it’s also one of the easiest to get wrong. And when it goes wrong, it can actively damage your brand, unsettle prospects, and push valuable leads further away.

A Midlands-founded healthtech scaleup has landed £1.4 million in new funding from two leading venture capital firms. Securing cheques from both the Borski Fund and Future Planet Capital Regional, Rem3dy Health’s latest funding has reaffirmed growing investor confidence in the region’s innovation ecosystem, whilst also highlighting the impact and importance of cross-border investment relations.

Most UK ecommerce retailers are failing to get AI right, despite consumers becoming increasingly accustomed to AI in online shopping, according to new research commissioned by ecommerce agency Quickfire Digital.

UK businesses have increased the number of proposed mass dismissal programmes by 5% over the past year, as companies restructure ahead of the upcoming Employment Rights Bill and the growing adoption of AI.

If you’re looking to connect with people who matter most to your business, LinkedIn is the place to be. With over 1.2 billion members globally and 1.8 million feed updates viewed every minute, it’s not solely a social platform. It’s where business happens. For marketers, paid LinkedIn ads offer something other platforms can’t. Access to high-value, professional audiences with targeting based on the likes of job title, industry, seniority, and even company size.

In my recent article published by Startups Magazine – India: the global deeptech launchpad – I described how India’s deeptech ecosystem is booming and opening immense prospects for innovators around the world. 

Commercial success for any startup requires more than a neat idea. Yes, great technical skills and a cool idea are an excellent start. However, you need a solid business plan and the drive to turn your vision into a reality. And it helps if you also have the right interpersonal skills to help bring your ideas to life for investors, customers, and your team. This is true for all new ventures. But it’s particularly true for tech startups and any business built on technology. Why? Because these so-called ‘soft skills’ help translate technology into real-world value.

Most founders and business leaders in the UK tech scene will be familiar with the Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) scheme. For years, EMI has been the gold standard for enabling ambitious companies to offer meaningful equity upside to top talent, balancing both employee reward and employer affordability. It’s become fundamental to how high-growth businesses attract and retain the best people, particularly in fast-moving sectors like AI and technology.

UK scaleups are failing to adequately prioritise board-level gender diversity, according to a new study from global growth consultancy Think & Grow.

Cornerstone Photonics Innovation Centre (C-PIC), the UK’s dedicated Innovation and Knowledge Centre (IKC) for silicon photonics, has partnered with Future Worlds, the University of Southampton’s startup accelerator, to launch a dedicated Silicon Photonics Stream at an upcoming Future Worlds Bootcamp, taking place on 29–30 November 2025.

A lack of confidence in sales and marketing is the biggest hurdle for aspiring entrepreneurs in the UK, preventing many from launching their dream businesses, according to the Start Gap Report.

In today’s venture world, deals move at lightning speed, but what if founders could match that pace in the way they pitch?

Early-stage venture consultants, Think Partners, have issued an open letter to Chancellor Rachel Reeves, calling on the UK Government to take urgent action to close the gender gap in business investment – a move that could unlock £250 billion in additional economic growth.

Bumblebee Power, an Imperial spinout pioneering next-generation wireless charging, has been awarded funding support by the UK Space Agency for a project with MDA Space, a trusted mission partner to the rapidly growing space economy, to advance the use of wireless power in space.

It’s been a bruising few years for the global dealmaking market. Between trade wars, political upheaval, and ongoing economic turbulence, businesses have faced strong headwinds in the past five years, and the economic forecast isn’t looking much calmer.  

Anna Jordan builds AI systems to help highway operators improve how roads function, and has been supported by three accelerator programmes led by Connected Places Catapult.

The inaugural edition of CARE (Climate Action, Renewable Energy & Sustainability) forum series by Trescon, is set to become the MENA region’s most influential platform for sustainability investment and climate innovation. The forum will unite regional and global leaders driving the Middle East’s clean energy transition. Co-located with DATE, a Digitization, AI & Emerging Tech Summit, CARE MENA will take place on 26th - 27th November at the iconic Madinat Jumeirah.

A brand-new guide to support and encourage unemployed people to set up a business has been launched by Start Up Loans, in collaboration with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HMRC.

RAAAM Memory Technologies, a startup company which developed the next-generation on-chip memory technology, has completed an over-subscribed $17.5M Series A funding round.

With Black Friday and Cyber Monday fast approaching, small businesses are faced with a familiar challenge: a lack of working capital to make the most of peak season sales.