FuturePlus and International Real Estate Partners (IREP) have forged a new strategic partnership to help businesses around the world to put sustainable practice at the heart of their facilities and building management practices.

FuturePlus and Outernet have announced sustainability-focused pet food pioneer Grub Club as the winner of the second Impact HERE Award (formerly the Outernet Impact Award).

Kyero, the UK-based international property portal, announces the appointment of Gemma Coles as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with immediate effect.

London-based SME funder 365 Business Finance has reported a 49% year-on-year increase in SME funding in Wales.

Small business owners from across the UK have flocked to a new training course helping them to boost growth and fight back against current economic challenges.

Event Sustainability Live (ESL), which makes its debut at ExCeL, London in November, has announced an associate partnership with isla, which was put together by sector professionals in 2020.

The pandemic years forced traditional industries to digitise their operations at speed, but three years on, non-tech enterprises across the UK – from sectors including finance, advertising, manufacturing, and more – are actively embracing the ‘tech mindset’ more than ever.

Swiss FinTech startup Numarics has raised a €10.2M seed round for its automated accounting and administration solution tailored to SMEs.

The intriguing sphere of the Metaverse has captivated the minds of digital enthusiasts worldwide.

Distil.ai – a customer data platform that helps e-commerce businesses to understand customers’ behaviour and boost sales – has raised a further £1.1m in a funding round led by Mercia Ventures and supported by angel investors.

uMed, the health and research technology company, has raised £9.8 million in its latest venture capital funding round.

StellarUp, a global HR SaaS solution that enables better knowledge sharing through structured and unstructured learning tools, has announced a seed funding of €500K.

Infobip and digital insurance company LAQO by Croatia insurance became the first to adopt a GPT-enabled digital assistant for customer support in the European fintech industry.

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to boost Britain’s economy by £400 billion by the end of the decade, according to a report by Google.

UK fintech startup ZIPZERO has relocated its head offices from London to Aberdeen, Scotland, in a bid to accelerate its growth.  

University of Salford Business School is supporting some of the region’s rising entrepreneurs to further bolster their businesses through management training, amidst the current challenging climate for employers.

The Hardware Pioneers Max expo is back, showcasing a lineup of talks on AI hardware, providing exclusive insights from top thought-leaders.

The UK’s cyber accelerator, Cyber Runway, delivered by Plexal and funded by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology in partnership with Deloitte and the Centre for Secure Information Technologies, is accepting applications for its Grow and Scale streams, with submissions open until 14th August.

Pleo has announced revenue and transaction volumes almost doubled in 2022, launching 10 new markets.

The Decarbonisation Technology Challenge is a global competition to find innovators that are reshaping the global energy landscape.