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Autonomous car platform raises £34.4m to accelerate expansion

Autonomous vehicle software firm Oxbotica has announced the completion of a $47m (£34.4m) investmen...

Launched during COVID: Bother

Our special series about tech businesses founded in 2020 highlights tales of resilience, remote rela...

Student bills platform acquired by accommodation firm

Sheffield tech firm Split The Bills, which allows student roommates to manage and split household bi...

Founder’s broken spine inspired therapy tech device

The co-founder of a company behind a pioneering at-home device that beams LED light to promote na...

FinTech scale-up AccessPay grows partner network

Fintech scale-up AccessPay is expanding its partner network in 2021. The Manchester firm is worki...

Investors back BioTech behind 15-minute COVID-19 test

The Norwich tech company behind a 15-minute test for COVID-19 has been backed with £2 million inves...

Start-up allowing local shops to list on Google raises £2m

Retail tech start-up NearSt, which makes a retail shop's inventory visible in online searches, has r...

New Manchester FinTech plans launch in next six months

A new online account has started beta testing ahead of its full launch in the first half of 2021. ...

‘World-first’ AI aims to revolutionise fitness tracking

Squats, crunches or kettlebell swings: if you are starting a fitness regime in 2021, there are ma...

Under Review: ROXi

In our tech review column, Jonathan Symcox sings along with music streaming box ROXi Background ...

Celebrity backing for AI reading app’s bid to reach 500,000 kids

Reading is crucial to a child’s development – yet one in nine kids in this country don’t ...

Cosmetics giant Avon appoints Karen McElhatton as CTO

Cosmetics giant Avon has announced the appointment of Karen McElhatton as Chief Technology Officer. ...