Accountancy and business advisory firm BDO has launched its first Growth Programme aimed at supporting high growth technology scale-up businesses.

A specialist international business network is calling for greater opportunity to enable blue economy entrepreneurs, startups and SMEs to scale up and fulfil their growth potential.

Tees Valley-based data science specialist company, SeerBI, announced it has joined NVIDIA Inception, a programme designed to nurture startups that revolutionise industries with advancements in AI and data science.

Hybrid studio and digital fitness platform BLOK has secured £3.75m in a funding round led by ACF Investors, with additional investment from Elcot  Capital and The Santon Group.

NeuroCreate has raised £150,000 of SEIS funding from investors including Jenson Funding Partners for the further development of its AI-driven platform, which augments creativity, enhances cognitive health and helps employees to attain peak performance.

Social media. It’s the biggest free advertising platform there has ever been. Its potential is infinite. And it’s a medium that is growing every day. But with each phase of evolution comes new challenges for businesses to master.

Chargebacks are a thorn in the side of merchants across all verticals. Here we take a look into the root causes of chargebacks, and how you can best defend your business against potential losses.

The UK’s fastest growing gut health food brand, Bio&Me, created by The Gut Health Doctor, has closed a £1.4million funding round in a record 72 hours. The fundraise was supported by a number of high profile investors including England captain Harry Kane.

A common, yet nice-to-have problem for many start-ups that have just closed a funding round is - where to invest the money?

The digital revolution is here, and it's now paramount that businesses of all sizes make the technological changes necessary to avoid falling behind the competition in this increasingly digital world. BT’s announcement to switch off The Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) in 2025 is evidence of this drive to bring the telecoms industry in line with the emerging digital future.

With a serious amount of hype, and investment from some of the biggest names in tech, everything is pointing towards the radical change on the horizon that is the metaverse. But what is the metaverse, and what does it mean for retail?

Just three months after its pre-seed round, an impressive group of Europe’s leading food tech entrepreneurs, startup founders and investors have joined Berlin food tech company, Perfeggt.

Schneider Electric’s seminar at Sustainability LIVE invited the audience to join its journey to net zero. Ranked as the ‘world’s most sustainable company’ in 2021 by Corporate Knights Global with an overall score of 83.2%, its Energy & Sustainability Director, Barry Hurst, offered advice on how to make your business greener.

Over 100 days since the COP26 conference took place in Glasgow, data by Tech Nation shows the impact this global flagship event had on driving growth in climate technology and urges for this momentum to continue.

The G-Cloud 13 is a framework of approved tech suppliers which can be utilised for government purposes and therefore spending.

Metasky, a platform aimed at the intersection of Web3 and the creator economy, has raised $1.8m in a pre-seed token sale round led by Sequoia Capital India and Woodstock Fund. Metasky positions itself as a bridge to Web3 - working with influencers, creators, and brands closely to form a Web3 strategy for their followers with the help of its user-friendly tools for buying, storing, and using NFTs.

An app designed to help consumers make informed choices about the environmental impact of their weekly food shop has recently celebrated its launch.

Wednesday 9th March sees the launch of the latest iteration of the UK Government G-Cloud.

Smart Retail Tech Expo 2022 brought together an unrivalled collection of exhibitors, speakers, judges, partners and visitors eager to get inspired from and share to the very best in the retail sphere.

In our last Women in Tech issue back in September, the founder focus feature saw us head to the land of the midnight sun, Norway, to speak to Anne Lise Waal, CTO and COO of Attensi, provider of gamified training solutions, about the diverse team she has built, and how women in CTO positions can influence the ethos of a tech business.