BusinessCloud’s record-breaking 2025 shows no sign of letting up after the curtain came down on an action-packed November.
63.4k people visited our website last month – up more than 34 per cent on the figure for November 2024.
It brings the total number of visitors to BusinessCloud’s website in 2025 to 775k – compared to 477k for the whole of last year.
November was also noticeable for our successful 2025 Northern Leaders awards and publication of our FinTech 50 innovation ranking, which was topped by Manchester-based Zuto.
It was a busy month for car finance FinTech Zuto, which landed a majority investment from Bridgepoint to accelerate the next phase of its growth.
The deal was one of BusinessCloud’s top five read stories in November and the deal saw an an exit for long-term investor Scottish Equity Partners (SEP).
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At the start of the month executive editor Chris Maguire and reporter Patrick Killeen joined GM Business Growth Hub’s 2nd ASCEND cohort at Web Summit in Lisbon
BusinessCloud editor Jonathan Symcox said: “November was another incredible month for BusinessCloud.
“The highlight was undoubtedly our second Northern Leaders awards on November 20th, which was attended by more than 130 leaders from across the North.
“We’re grateful to KPMG for hosting us and you could have a pin drop when the video was played revealing Lindsey Burrow was our overall Northern Leader of the Year.”
BusinessCloud’s most popular story in November related to Lloyds Banking Group’s controversial acquisition of Curve for a reported £120m.
Symcox said: “Our new live blog feature, BusinessBite, is continuing to grow in popularity and really came into its own in our reporting of Rachel Reeves’ long-awaited Budget last week.
“It’s already been a record-breaking year but we won’t be taking it easy in December and we’ve got some really exciting plans for 2026.”
On November 21st, Maguire hosted the 2025 Rochdale Business Awards, followed by chairing a business breakfast at Lancashire Cricket Club on behalf of the blood cancer charity DKMS US on November 26th.