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7 cyber guardrails for your small business: A simple guide to online protection

Cybersecurity probably falls pretty low on your priority list as a small business owner. Let's be ho...

Next-gen cyber firm PQShield secures £29m

PQShield, a cybersecurity company specialising in post-quantum cryptography, has raised £29 million...

Meet Manchester’s answer to Elon Musk

If you haven’t already heard of the name Dr Vivek Koncherry, you will soon. He’s the CEO of G...

Hargreaves Lansdown board backs £5.4bn PE takeover offer

The board of financial services giant Hargreaves Lansdown is “unanimously recommending” a privat...

MediaCity hub backs 6 emerging tech startups

The MediaCity Immersive Technologies Innovation hub (MITIH) has awarded over £330,000 in funding to...

Zilch secures £100m financing deal ahead of IPO

London FinTech Zilch has raised £100 million in securitised debt financing arranged by Deutsche Ban...

Founder of Apple supplier IQE plc to leave company

Dr Drew Nelson OBE is to leave IQE plc, the company he founded in 1988, to focus his energies on the...

Praetura completes first VCT Investment into AccessPay

Praetura Investments has announced its first investment via the recently launched Praetura Growth VC...

US & UK tech companies announce merger

American firm Abacus Group has acquired London-based Tribeca Technology Group in a merger of the two...

Stockport’s takepayments snapped up in reported £200m deal

FinTech takepayments has been acquired in a deal reportedly worth around £200 million. Nasdaq-li...

Atom bank operating profit hits £27m in record year

Atom bank has announced record financial results after operating profit jumped from £4 million to �...

Former Network Rail Telecom MD joins Purple Transform

Purple Transform, a developer of AI to ‘better human outcomes’, has appointed Simon Atterwell as...