Why Bartlett’s Dragons’ Den gamble is already paying off. A Devon-based coffee company has achieved off-the-scale growth after accepting Steven Bartlett’s investment offer.
THG’s share price jumps after analysts’ report. Online retailer’s stock value rose 5 per cent after positive report by Jefferies following THG Ingenuity demerger.
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Dragons’ Den star opens up about imposter syndrome. Entrepreneur Sara Davies has admitted she ‘never felt good enough’ in her 20s and pretended to be someone different.
‘I wanted eyeballs rather than Lord Sugar’s £250k’, says The Apprentice star. Leeds-based Keir Shave admits the reason he went on hit show was to raise his personal profile and that of his company.
All change at Manchester spinout Nanoco as it explores sale. Organisational changes including high-profile chair to drive strategic growth at listed firm which won $150m in legal dispute with Samsung.
Beam me up: Lottie CTO makes move to social impact startup. Former LoveHolidays and uSwitch figure to lead development of firm’s AI tool Magic Notes, now in use at 80+ local authorities.
From uni dropout to £2.5m budget and The Apprentice. Emma Street was 19 when she quit university to pursue an apprenticeship at tech giant Capgemini – and hasn’t looked back.
SpaceX contract win sees shares take off at UK’s Filtronic. Global RF leader serving space, defence and telecoms sectors wins £16.8m contract with Elon Musk’s trailblazing firm.
HowNow extends Series A to £7.5m to scale skills-first learning. Learning tech company targets upskilling of 10m people after growing revenue by more than 350% in two years.
Driverless tech firm which claimed to raise £500m enters liquidation. In 2023 Birmingham-based Conigital was reported to be Europe’s best-funded driverless vehicle startup – but has now appointed liquidators.
Star of The Apprentice wants to be boss of global tech firm. Melica Moshiri plans to use her time as a contestant on the hit show as a springboard to creating a global business.
Ex-boohoo CEO to join M&S amid leadership shakeup. Former Primark COO to succeed Richard Price at retail giant, while Amazon figure also joins new-look leadership team.
Elon Musk consortium bids $97.4bn for OpenAI. Controversial entrepreneur left maker of ChatGPT in 2018 but is now looking to take it over as OpenAI CEO sends cutting response.
Shares plunge at pivoting iomart. Listed cloud computing firm expects customer churn to impact annual profits as it looks to overhaul offer following £57m deal.
Thirdfort acquires fellow London-based tech platform. Firm used by 1,500+ regulated businesses – including more than 230 estate agents – swoops for Homeppl’s rental check tool.
Meet trailblazer creating financial ‘fairy dust’ in UK universities. Aussie Vivi Friedgut explains how FinTech 50 star Blackbullion is building an entirely new sector with corporate university scholarships.