News - Topics

NPIF II invests £80m into Northern SMEs in first year

The Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II (NPIF II) has successfully invested over £80m into over ...

Banked acquires consumer payments app VibePay

Global pay by bank platform Banked has acquired UK-based FinTech VibePay. VibePay was founded by ...

Zero deal for listed firm Aura as acquisition falls through

Aura, a company aiming to invest in the global renewable energy sector supply chain and build shareh...

£68m funding values Marshmallow at sweet £1.5bn

Marshmallow has raised around £68m funding from Portage, BlackRock and Columbia Lake Partners to al...

Fifth round of Mercia & NEVF funding to light up equiwatt

A Gateshead-based company whose energy management app rewards consumers for switching off appliances...

Historic De La Rue plc to be sold in £273m deal

A 200-year-old company which listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1947 is set to be acquired by a ...

University of Greater Manchester appoints tech veteran in key role

The University of Greater Manchester has appointed The Insights Family founder Nick Richardson as a ...

Ageas acquires Surrey-based esure for £1.3bn in landmark deal

Belgium-based Ageas has reached an agreement with Bain Capital to acquire Surrey-based digital perso...

£1.4bn quarter for UK HealthTech & life sciences startups

UK HealthTech and life sciences startups raised £1.4bn in venture capital investment in Q1 2025, th...

AI giants back Wonder to scale around world

A London-based AI-native creative studio has raised £2.3m in pre-seed funding to produce world-clas...

UK Government makes £121m investment into quantum technology

The UK Government has made a fresh £121m investment into quantum technology to help tackle challeng...

Hull firm: Labour policies prompted sale to Nasdaq-listed FinTech

An expenses management platform created by the Rix Group in Hull has been sold to a FinTech listed o...

Subscribe to our newsletter

    This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.