Every day, news feeds are flooded with headlines about the launch of new startups. One by one, bold announcements appear – a new project, a new name, a new ambitious vision. But before long, most of them fade away. They disappear from the radar before they’ve had a real chance to make their mark.

Get ready, Cape Town – the continent’s most inspiring, intersectional, and women-led experience is back. Tickets for WomenIN Festival 2025 are now officially live, and this year’s edition is set to be the most dynamic yet.

New research reveals that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are significantly lagging in AI adoption, putting their productivity, innovation, and long-term competitiveness at risk.

Start Up Loans announces that it has provided nearly 900 entrepreneurs in Cambridgeshire with a total of £10 million since the programme started in 2012. The average loan value used to start or grow businesses in the county was £11,313.

Think of an investment pitch and you think of the numbers. You think of spreadsheets, metrics, margins, and forecasts. But the bigger picture that many businesses are missing is that securing investment is more often than not about emotion. Because, when it comes down to it, investors are just people.

For the second year in a row, employers’ biggest concern for their staff is stress and anxiety related to work, according to research conducted by GRiD, the industry body for the group risk sector.

Cryogenx has raised a £1.7 million seed funding round to accelerate the development of its breakthrough portable cooling technology. As part of the round, the UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S), managed by Future Planet Capital, has invested £430,000.

Numan, the digital health provider has announced that it has raised $60 million in fresh funding, following another year of exceptional growth.

The team behind Unomaly, the machine learning-based observability platform acquired by LogicMonitor in 2020, has re-emerged with a new mission: to make AI infrastructure as reliable as Stripe is for payments.

cocreatd’s first incubation, System7, an AI automation and development platform for marketing and sales teams, has been acquired by Vault PLC in a seven-figure deal just eight months after it launched.

AI auditing platform Warden AI has announced a new funding round led by the founders of Onfido, the digital identity verification company acquired by Entrust in 2024. The round also includes participation from Playfair, an early-stage VC firm, and will support Warden’s geographic expansion and product development.

In today’s highly competitive sales environment, success hinges on building strong relationships and deeply understanding customer needs. Generative AI (GenAI) is redefining the game, empowering sales professionals to integrate this transformative technology seamlessly into core business strategies, unlocking new efficiencies and a decisive competitive edge.

Half of Brits would ask AI for legal advice over a qualified solicitor – but experts warn that trusting technology alone could leave people paying the price.

Driven by environmental concerns and the need for greater efficiency, the oil and gas industry is rapidly adopting digital twins and remote monitoring.  AUTOMA 2025 explores transformative technologies in dedicated sessions during the Congress in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on 13-14 October.

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has unveiled its Regional Tech Booster programme – a fresh push to accelerate the growth of tech clusters and early-stage digital startups in regions such as Scotland, the North East, Humber and East, and South Yorkshire.

Tracxn has released its UK FinTech H1 2025 Funding Report, offering a comprehensive view of the funding landscape between January and June 2025. The report captures notable developments in funding volumes, investor activity, major acquisitions, and IPOs.

New research by Start Up Loans, conducted by YouGov, reveals less than half (46%) of small businesses use AI at work. Furthermore, over a third (34%) of small business leaders only have a ‘basic understanding’ of AI tools.

There's an actual marketing strategy in business that I think is barely talked about or shared by the online self proclaimed "gurus", and yet I think it's one of the most powerful things to genuinely move the needle in your business, and fast.

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has launched a consultation on potential measures to address challenges in the UK's Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) ecosystem.

A pair of Edinburgh-based entrepreneurs have launched a new AI-powered planning tool to help audiences cut through the noise of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe while supporting the thousands of artists who often go unseen.