The UK remains one of the most attractive launchpads for international tech startups and scaleups. With a mature tech ecosystem, high media visibility, and access to capital, it’s little wonder that companies from across Europe, the US, and beyond have it on their roadmap. Yet while the opportunity might be significant, so too are the risks of your launch missing the mark.

New research reveals US President Trump’s tariffs have shrunk exporting appetite for over half of UK SME leaders.

Data is driving everything in businesses from everyday operations to long-term strategy, making the quality of that data increasingly important. While organisations across industries are investing in analytics platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital transformation initiatives, many are still overlooking a foundational question: can we trust the data we're using?

The Government has launched its Small Business Plan, supporting the UK's smaller firms by unlocking access to finance, enhancing business skills, and opening up opportunities for entrepreneurs.

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) represent roughly 80% of the Travel & Tourism sector: an astonishing testament to their collective impact.

The percentage of small businesses working on new initiatives to power future growth has fallen to a four-year low (65%) and is significantly down on the start to the year (71% for Q1 2025), according to research from Novuna Business Finance.

The UK government has launched a new global research initiative to tackle one of AI’s most urgent and technically complex challenges: ensuring that advanced systems behave in ways aligned with human values.

Despite the growing global attention on AI and its impact on businesses, Cloud transformation also ranks as a critical priority for UK tech leaders, according to new research from Coursera, in partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

New research from leading employment platform Employment Hero has highlighted that payroll compliance is a considerable risk for small businesses – 84% have admitted to payroll errors and more than a third have faced fines costing them thousands of pounds.

iwoca’s latest SME Expert Index reveals that the Labour Government has had a negative impact on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) during its first year in power, according to SME finance experts.

In today’s overcrowded digital landscape, building a successful brand isn’t just about visibility. It’s all about meaning, too. The businesses that win aren’t always the biggest ones and they are certainly aren't the loudest, they’re the ones that connect most deeply. They make people feel something. They understand their customers better than anyone else and they show up online with confidence and purpose.

Founders are decision-making machines. From choosing your next feature to picking between two good-enough hires, your day is a stream of judgment calls, big and small. The problem? That stream becomes a flood. The more decisions you make, the worse they get.

With salaries for AI-related roles expected to increase by 15–25% this year alone, according to a new survey, UK organisations are facing escalating AI skills shortages as rising salary expectations make hiring increasingly unsustainable.

Tzafon has announced the final close of its $9.7million pre-seed funding round, where HV Capital led the extension, joining investors such as Streamlined VC, Kakao VC, Oliver Jung, and angels from OpenAI and xAI.

Gaydio, the UK’s LGBTQ+ radio station, is set to host the next instalment of its fast-growing Gaydio Networking series in London on Thursday 14th August, celebrating the energy of Pride season with an inclusive evening of connection, collaboration and community.

You can’t see it on a balance sheet, but technical debt compounds like interest and eventually demands payment.

Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace Report 2025 reveals that employee engagement has fallen once again, for only the second time in the past 12 years. An engaged and thriving workforce starts at the top and, as a leader, your actions can set the tone for your entire team. In a startup environment, where teams may be more founder-led, the actions, habits and processes of this leader are even more important.

Most organisations are storing far more data than they use, and while keeping it “just in case” might feel like the safe option, it’s a habit that can quietly chip away at budgets, performance, and even sustainability goals. In this article, Mike Hoy, Chief Technology Officer at Pulsant, discusses the hidden cost of overuse and misuse of data storage. 

Cotton Mouton Diagnostics (CMD), a UK-based diagnostics technology company, has received a half-a-million-pound investment from CPI Enterprises, the investment arm of CPI, as part of the Innovate UK Catapult Associated Fund.

DeepL has announced several updates to its live speech translation solution, DeepL Voice, including expanded language support and advanced meeting productivity features, with Zoom Meetings integration coming soon.