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Jobs platform ‘hit hard by COVID’ acquired

Jobs platform Stride has been acquired by Liquid Friday, a provider of umbrella and contract suppo...

£53m backing for scaling cyber skills platform

Immersive Labs has raised £53 million in a Series C funding round.  The firm, headquartered i...

Google joins seed round for EdTech Scoodle

Google has joined a £1.4 million seed round into London EdTech Scoodle. Co-founded by Ismail Jei...

Bitcoin spikes following Elon Musk tweet – crypto movers and shakers

The price of Bitcoin has shot up 13% in 24 hours to close on $40,000. At the time of writing (7am...

Tech solution tackles huge fly-tipping problem

Councils in England dealt with nearly one million instances of fly-tipping in the year running up to...

‘Game-changing’ lending facility for app makers launched

A data-driven FinTech lender has expanded the credit facilities available to app and game dev...

‘Shopify for physical stores’ raises £1.3m

Retail disrupter Mercaux has secured £1.3 million in new debt financing from Flashpoint Venture...

Northern EnviroTech to create 1,000+ jobs with global VC backing

A fast-growing sustainable grocery start-up is to create more than 1,000 jobs in the UK.  The Mo...

XRP, DOGE and Ether fall back – crypto movers and shakers

The price of several leading cryptocurrencies dropped in the last 24 hours - but not Bitcoin. At ...

AccessPay platform approved by Sage

AccessPay is now available to hundreds of thousands of Sage users through its online marketplac...

The rise of DOGE to crypto’s top table

The rise of Dogecoin in 2020 has seen it taken seriously as a cryptocurrency player despite its jok...

New Look founder backs venue booking platform

VenueScanner, the UK’s largest online venue booking platform, has secured more than £1 million...