Even the most accomplished business leaders can secretly wrestle with crippling self-doubt. This is particularly true of SME leaders lacking significant peer networks with which to share concerns and challenges with. The consequences of this can be significant, hindering the bold decision-making and inspirational leadership an SME needs to grow and innovate.

In early July 2025, neobank giant Monzo was handed a £21 million fine by the FCA for onboarding thousands of customers deemed ‘high risk’. This followed a €3.5 million fine issued to Revolut earlier in the year for failing to address money laundering on its platform, and a £29 million fine levied against Starling Bank in October 2024 for deficiencies in its financial crime controls.

A new scientific paper from Aneira Health finds that its women’s-health-specialist large language model (LLM), improves on the performance of popular AI models using context from a large volume of expert-curated clinical documents.

Fiber Elements announces it has raised €2.6 million in seed funding. The round was led by LEA Partners alongside the Amadeus APEX Technology Fund.

Q.ANT announces a  €62 million Series A financing round to accelerate the commercialisation of its energy-efficient photonic processors for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC).