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The Insights People raises £500k, appoints chairman 

The Insights People has secured a £500,000 investment from DSW Angels.  The Manchester-based co...

£6.6m funding for payments tech firm Vitesse

Cross-border payments tech firm Vitesse has closes a £6.6 million Series A funding round.  Th...

Animation studio plans to create 40 jobs in Sheffield

A Sheffield animation studio which has won international acclaim is expanding with the help a £10...

UK scale-ups face £15bn growth capital gap

Urgent action is required to close the UK’s growth capital gap, according to a report released ...

Former Special Forces major bags funding for remote work start-up 

A former Afghanistan Special Forces major has been backed with £1.5m of funding for his remote w...

Biometric firm Keyless raises £1.6m for new app

Biometric tech firm Keyless has raised $2.2 million (£1.6m) in seed funding to bring its Keyless Au...

PropTech start-up Howsy surpasses 900% of crowdfund goal

Online property management platform start-up Howsy has raised more than £2m in its most recent crow...

FinTech lender Assetz Capital among applicants for £100m bail-out funds

FinTech lender Assetz Capital has applied for a £10m grant, the latest pool of the Banking Competit...

15-minute supermarket app Weezy raises £1m pre-seed funding

An on-demand supermarket that claims to delivers groceries in 15 minutes has launched to customers a...

Interior design start-up raises £3m during lockdown decorating surge

An online direct-to-consumer home decor start-up launched during lockdown has raised a £3m. UK-b...

Amazon cleared to take 16% stake in Deliveroo

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has cleared a 16% purchase of UK food delivery firm Deli...

Tax start-up TaxScouts rates £5m

Tax preparation start-up TaxScouts has announced a £5m Series A round to further its mission to bui...