The UK marketplace, OnBuy, has pledged to give customers over £15 million every year.

Everyone dreams of knowing what their pets are thinking and feeling. Whilst technology hasn’t evolved to a point where cats and dogs can speak to us, one innovative startup is on a mission to help pet owners know exactly what their pets are feeling, ushering in an era of preventative care for animals.

Air pollution is one of the biggest problems affecting everyone in the world, yet it is spoken about so rarely. We all expect the air we breathe to be clean, yet 99% of the world breathes air that exceeds WHO air quality limits.

Startups Magazine first spoke to MyoMaster co-founders, Lottie Whyte and Joe Gray, back in 2020, just a year after the sportstech startup was founded.

Melissa Gauge is the founder of the remote fractional support company, SpareMyTime. In this article, she looks at the future of staffing and how fractional teams are poised to transform the startup landscape. 

Whilst global elections and significant geopolitical upheaval created a challenging market for venture and growth capital in 2024, promising signs of recovery in Q4 suggest that 2025 could be a more productive year for the venture and growth market.

Research from the British Chamber of Commerce reveals that 43% of small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) have no plans to use Artificial Intelligence (AI), despite a growing acceptance by businesses that it will help boost productivity. Only a quarter (25%) say they are using a specific AI technology, with 24% planning to in the future.

The gender gap in technology is as depressing as it is common knowledge. For every four men that join the sector, only one woman makes the move – and half of those women will leave the sector by the mid-point of their career.   

Culture Amp has released a new report ‘The Science of Sustainable High Performance’, presenting key strategies for driving and sustaining high performance at work.

With the Indian Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 under discussion, there is growing interest in how regulatory changes could impact the governance of waqf properties in India. While this topic remains a subject of much debate and discussion, if this bill is passed, the focus will need to shift towards leveraging AI and technology to enhance transparency, efficiency, and sustainability in waqf management.

Three North West startups are on a mission to transform healthcare using AI at the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) Daresbury Laboratory.

Intuit, the global financial technology platform that makes TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp, has announced the launch of the Intuit Small Business Growth Council, a new initiative dedicated to empowering small businesses in the UK through AI and digital adoption.

OpenAI has closed a $40 billion funding round, breaking the record of the largest private tech funding round.

A unique showcase of world-leading health technology created and developed in the UK landed in central Birmingham this month, bringing the ‘art of the possible’ in healthcare to the country’s second city.

Four-in-five (81%) Gen Z workers in the UK would consider working remotely for a company outside of the UK if that meant greater salary opportunities, according to new research commissioned by global HR and payroll firm Deel.

With increases in National Insurance contributions due to take effect from 6 April, businesses and employees are both likely to feel the pinch. Towergate Employee Benefits’ annual research shows that less than half (48%) of UK companies offer salary sacrifice on their pension provision and they and their employees are therefore missing out on offsetting the costs.

As employers brace themselves for hikes in National Insurance contributions (NICs) on 6 April 2025 and the reduction in the threshold at which they are due, GRiD has found that over a quarter (28%) of senior HR decision-makers believe that increased costs imposed by government such as higher employer NI contributions will present a significant challenge to their business in the next 12 months. Broken down by size of company, 30% of SMEs see this as a challenge, compared to 25% of large corporates.

Commody, a Lithuanian startup introducing a new way to co-own collectible and historic cars through a digital-first platform, has raised €500,000 in pre-seed funding.

The user experience (UX) can make or break how people feel about your startup’s offerings. However, UX consulting professionals can reduce the chances of costly missteps and show that the startup has accurately anticipated the target audience’s expectations and catered to them.

Travel industry set to increase investment in tech stacks in the year ahead with AI the priority for technology budgets.