Every new year we have the excitement of a fresh start and new possibilities and that can be the fuel for many business owners. It is the time to reset, plan, and take stock of the goals for the year. But let's be honest, by mid-February (if not before) that initial energy starts to decrease as the reality of running a business sets in, priorities shift, workloads intensify, and anxiety starts to creep up quietly like a ghost in the background leading to the unwanted burnout.

ESG initiatives remain out of reach for the majority of UK businesses, according to ‘The Finance and Business Synergy Report’ by expense management platform, Pleo.

Emitwise and Equipoise have partnered with the SME Climate Hub to provide emissions measurement tools to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The free tools help businesses measure both operational and supply chain emissions to inform their reduction strategies.

The Department for Business & Trade, Challenge Works, the Open Data Institute, and Smart Data Foundry are calling on innovators to enter the new Smart Data Challenge Prize.

At CES 2025, Startups Magazine’s Managing Editor, Paige West, spoke to the startup Laxppy all about its Automatic Beer Dispenser.

Global nature intelligence company, NatureMetrics, announces it has raised $25 million in Series B funding to rapidly scale its biodiversity monitoring solution. The funding round is led by Just Climate, alongside EDF Pulse Ventures, and the Monaco ReOcean Fund, with participation from existing investors 2150, BNP Paribas, Ananda Impact Ventures, and SWEN Blue Ocean.

Today, Canva, the all-in-one visual communication platform, unveiled its second annual New Year, New Job report, offering a comprehensive look at how artificial intelligence (AI), social media, and accessible design tools are impacting the hiring process in the UK and beyond.

At CES 2025, Startups Magazine’s Managing Editor, Paige West, interviewed Livey Liu, a Marketing team member, at RheoFit. They discuss the RheoFit A1 – its fully automatic rolling massager, and the inspiration behind the startup.

At CES 2025, Startups Magazine’s Managing Editor, Paige West, interviewed Arthur Jessop, Founder and CEO of Base Case. They discussed the inspiration behind the product, CES attendees’ reactions to the product, and the future of Base Case.

At CES 2025, Paige West, Managing Editor at Startups Magazine, interviewed Zavier Alexander, Director of Product Management, Naqi Logix. They discussed the Naqi Neural Earbud, where it sits in the market, and its mission.

AI venture capital investment in London has hit an all-time high, making up 32% of overall VC investment in the city according to the latest data from Dealroom and London & Partners. London-headquartered AI startups raised a record $3.5 billion in VC in 2024. This reflects a 52% increase to the levels raised in 2023 ($2.3 billion) and is 21% higher than the previous record set in 2022 ($2.9 billion).

TheHill, an innovation catalyst, embedded within Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has announced a new partnership with regulatory compliance experts, IMed Consultancy, sponsors of its successful NHS Market Access Accelerator Programme.

A think tank has called on the government to continue its investment drive to support AI adoption in private businesses and across public services.

From 31 January, businesses moving goods from the European Union (EU) to Great Britain (GB) will need to comply with new UK safety and security declaration requirements.

Synthesia, the enterprise AI-powered video communications platform, has announced the successful close of its $180 million Series D funding round. The round was led by NEA, with participation from existing investors including GV, MMC Ventures and FirstMark, and new backers including WiL (World Innovation Lab), Atlassian Ventures, and PSP Growth.

At CES 2025, Paige West, Managing Editor at Startups Magazine, interviewed Susie Cruz, a musician working with the startup LiberLive. They discussed the stringless guitar, and how it works.

At CES 2025, Paige West, Managing Editor at Startups Magazine, interviewed Chang Woo Kim, Overseas Sales Manager at T&L Healthcare. They discussed its flexible and stretchable PCB for wearable devices, what makes its technology stand out in the market, and its plans for the future.

At CES 2025, Startups Magazine’s Managing Editor, Paige West, visited the Viridox stand and interviewed Philippe Hébert, Product and Engineering Lead and Co-Founder of Viridox. They discussed why reducing food waste is so important, how the technology works, and its plans for the future.  

You may have heard the statistic that: “Men apply for a job when they meet only 60% of the qualifications, but women apply only if they meet 100% of them.”

Chromatin Bioscience is pleased to announce its ongoing collaboration with EsoBiotec, which has successfully advanced its ESO-T01 in vivo CAR-T candidate into clinical trials.