BusinessCloud has set an all-time record for website traffic in February
A total of 88,900 people from more than 100 countries visited our website in February – beating our previous highest figure of 88,700 in March 2025.
In a busy month, BusinessCloud also hosted our inaugural event with VirtualNonExecs in Leeds and our latest roundtable with GM Business Growth Hub.
Other highlights included growing our LinkedIn connections to nearly 10,000 and the launch of BusinessCloud’s EdTech 50 ranking for 2026, which will be published in March.
BusinessCloud’s editor Jon Symcox said: “It’s been an amazing start to 2026, which is also our 10th anniversary year.
“Records are there to be broken and 88,900 is a stunning performance, especially when you consider February is the shortest month of the year. We’re delighted.
“We’re on the cusp of hitting 10,000 LinkedIn connections and our new Founder Friday newsletter is proving very popular.
“Our breaking news section – BusinessBite – was our third best performing section on the website but we feel as though the best is yet to come.”
Among the best read stories in February was the news that Dragons’ Den firm Jnck Bakery had unfortunately gone into liquidation before their appearance in the Den was screened on TV.
The saddest story of the month was the tragic death of Grant Thornton’s North West corporate finance business director Abi Godfrey, who died at the age of 34.
Another top performing story was the news that NatWest shares sank after announcing a £2.7bn swoop for wealth management firm Evelyn Partners.
Symcox said: “We’re not resting on our laurels. We’ve got some exciting plans for March, which we’ll be sharing soon.”
BusinessCloud is actively looking to recruit a new member of staff after the departure of reporter Patrick Killeen at the end of January.
Symcox is the joint owner of Rochdale-based BusinessCloud alongside executive editor Chris Maguire. They were joined last year by executive chairman Frazer Durris.