Shape the future of Startups Magazine
Shape the future of Startups Magazine

After years of bringing you founder stories, startup profile pieces, funding news, and all the…

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ezyCollect reports weeks‑long wait for businesses to be paid

ezyCollect by Sidetrade has warned that small and medium‑sized businesses (SMBs) in the US and…

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Tellia raises $5m in pre-seed funding round

US-based startup Tellia has raised $5m in a pre-seed funding round led by venture capital…

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The Six EV Startups To Watch

Electric vehicles are dominating the conversation, with road users, freight operators and the wider automotive…

Virgin StartUp: “It’s time to ‘fix the front door’ to entrepreneurship”
Virgin StartUp: “It’s time to ‘fix the front door’ to entrepreneurship”

Virgin StartUp is calling on ministers across Westminster to help widen access to entrepreneurship, as…

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Kilde invests €4.6m in Creditstar Group at €130m valuation

Estonia‑based consumer finance and fintech company Creditstar Group has secured a €4.6m hybrid equity investment…

US market drives growing export ambitions for UK small businesses
US market drives growing export ambitions for UK small businesses

Nearly half (44%) of UK small businesses see North America as the international market with…

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What every business can learn from family business succession planning

Succession planning is often associated with an ageing founder deciding whether a son or daughter…

UK entrepreneurs shift focus to “future-proofing” industrial and tech sector, new data shows

UK-based formation agent company, 1st Formations, have analysed 108,851 company incorporations between 2024 and 2025,…

UK startup pipeline struggles as business closures widen £3.3Bn turnover gap

The UK is failing to generate enough new businesses to replace the economic value lost…

90 new businesses created every hour as business registrations rebound
90 new businesses created every hour as business registrations rebound

Ninety new businesses were created every hour across Britain in the first half of 2026…

Is the old marketing agency business model officially dead or hotter than ever?
Is the old marketing agency business model officially dead or hotter than ever?

WPP began life as Wire and Plastic Products, a maker of shopping baskets in Kent.…

Lords call for UK AI “kill switch” powers
Lords call for UK AI “kill switch” powers

A group of UK peers is calling for the government to have powers to deactivate…

Rightcharge raises £500K to support European expansion
Rightcharge raises £500K to support European expansion

Rightcharge, the UK startup that simplifies fleet EV charging payments, has raised a £500,000 growth…

Economic uncertainty triples as top SME concern
Economic uncertainty triples as top SME concern

Following the introduction of a fifth Prime Minister in four years and an Autumn Budget…

Handwave expands agreement with Visa to support biometric payments
Handwave expands agreement with Visa to support biometric payments

Handwave, the European fintech startup pioneering palm-based payment and identity solutions, has announced an expanded…

What the Burnham government could mean for R&D tax relief
What the Burnham government could mean for R&D tax relief

With the autumn budget confirmed for the 28 October, what could Burnham and Healey’s economic…

£100M competition launched to back UK AI innovators
£100M competition launched to back UK AI innovators

The UK Government has announced the launch of a £100 million Sovereign AI R&D Procurement…

Time running out to strengthen cyber defences as AI threats accelerate
Time running out to strengthen cyber defences as AI threats accelerate

A group of 100 firms, including Google, Microsoft, Anthropic and OpenAI, have signed an open…

Real AI sovereignty lies in funding the problems, not the products
Real AI sovereignty lies in funding the problems, not the products

Looking back, the moment I knew Britain had an investment problem came during our application…