While the UK's skills shortages have persisted during the last few years, recent data has revealed a promising improvement. Skills shortage vacancies fell from 36% in 2022, to 27% in 2024, according to the Department for Education's latest Employer Skills Survey.

As a startup entrepreneur, the journey to becoming an iconic leader is not about following the crowd, it’s about embracing your uniqueness, leading with authenticity, and strategically positioning yourself for success.

Across Sub-Saharan Africa, Micro, Small, and Medium sized enterprises (MSMEs) are responsible for nearly 50% of the region’s GDP. Yet, despite their economic importance, access to capital remains a persistent challenge. For many of these companies, the financial tools needed to scale and innovate remain unjustly out of reach.

As a founder in a business built on human connection, the rapid rise of AI can feel overwhelming. Without AI, could our businesses become obsolete? Does my human-centric approach still have value in an increasingly tech-driven world?

NineSixteen Studios is the latest venture launched from cocreatd. Founded with Ben Kaluza, one of the UK's leading tech content creators (900k followers), and serial entrepreneur Jono Fereday, NineSixteen Studios helps tech companies produce premium creator content that people actually want to watch.

Productivity growth in Europe is uneven and slowing – a trend that shows no signs of improving. As hybrid work becomes the norm and economic pressures intensify, many organisations are asking a fundamental question: why isn’t productivity keeping pace with expectation?

A Danish medtech startup behind a technology that accurately measures cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) has just closed a €1.7 million funding round following expansion into several European markets. 

July in European tech didn’t follow familiar playbooks. From polarising deal sizes and sector shakeups to grant funding stepping into the spotlight and regulators breaking seasonal patterns, the month revealed a handful of market anomalies that deserve a closer look.

Every founder knows the feeling. An investor update is looming. The numbers are solid (ish), the story feels messy, and you’ve rewritten the deck twelve times trying to make it all make sense.

AI startup Perplexity has made an unsolicited all-cash takeover offer of Google’s Chrome internet browser for $34.5 billion.