FinTech founder prepares landmark class action against UK Government Manchester’s zally to move HQ to San Francisco after £2.8m raise 'Anaemic growth': Next shares slump despite leap in profits Acuity acquires 550-strong Bristol & Munich-based AI business BusinessCloud launches new breaking news feature Unicorn Octopus Energy spins off technology arm Kraken Pets at Home CEO steps down as company issues profit warning 'Proud' Deliveroo founder & CEO to leave after DoorDash takeover Guardian CFO/COO jumps ship to Bloomsbury NVIDIA boss Jensen Huang confirms £500m investment in Nscale Australian operations of listed M+C Saatchi hits profit margins Kraken, Pets at Home, Deliverooo - the BusinessBite live blog How AI is a game-changer for understanding people everywoman in Technology Awards open for nominations EHE Ventures puts faith in seven AI startups with £1.1m investment Startup launched by Google DeepMind researchers raises funds ClearCourse appoints ex PPRO & SagePay boss as new chair Founders share their secrets of growth THG Fulfil launches Checkout, giving access to 200 markets North East AI Growth Zone to bring £30bn investment & 5,000 jobs Burnham heaps praise on Zopa as it expands to Manchester Microsoft to invest $30bn in UK to ‘power AI future’ Salesforce to invest $6bn as it makes UK its European AI hub J.P. Morgan Private Bank confirmed as Northern Leaders sponsor CFO of listed professional services firm Gateley to step down Ex-OakNorth & Starling executive appointed CEO at Paysend Bolton EdTech expects new tech to increase turnover by 84% Sky to cut around 600 tech jobs across three sites Shop Circle raises £73m as it looks to pursue more acquisitions FinTech's Reward: Backing from BBC Dragon Touker Suleyman Another firm building Bitcoin treasury to list on stock exchange From Nothing to unicorn: UK firm valued at £1bn by £150m raise Google to invest £5bn in UK as Chancellor opens data centre Nory raises £27m as it doubles down on building AI assistants OpenAI & Google angels back AI firm as it rebrands from Anecdote Award-winning entrepreneur opens up about mental wellbeing struggle How AI can maximise growth within North West businesses Who is Jacky Wright? Former Microsoft CDO joins Frasers Group ASOS relegated from FTSE 250 as Burberry rejoins FTSE 100 Quadrise plc brings in new CEO as it looks to commercialise tech Nottingham-based B Corp agency moves to employee ownership Indian billionaire joins BT board following £3.2bn deal Sainsbury’s terminates Argos sale talks with $49bn firm Inventus: From a room above a shop to global life sciences player UK & US to sign multi-billion-dollar tech deal during Trump visit CEO and FD ousted from board of listed MedTech Grimsby Town, Rayner, THG: The week's best-read stories AnthroTek becomes first UK firm to raise funds solely via legal AI Cambridge Innovation Capital appoints Sir Nigel Wilson as chair Universities to lead £3.4m project on AI in doctoral research Did founder forge documents to push through £577m IPO? Northcoders CEO & Lifted Ventures co-founder join FUEL Manchester 2025 line-up Tech Nation reveals 25 companies joining latest Future Fifty 'Ego, pathetic, a mess': Alan Turing Institute slammed as CEO resigns Joblogic raises over £100m in AI and European push Centaur sees share price spike after £43m sale of The Lawyer Former UK cabinet minister joins board of unicorn Quantexa Trainline sees share price jump as it raises profit expectations THG boss Moulding bullish despite drop in revenue & EBITDA Social Chain owner Brave Bison makes £12m swoop S&W appoints KPMG’s Chris Vaulks as partner UK materials firm advised by ‘Godfather of AI’ raises $100m+ Appeal to raise £40k after Liverpool founder suffers serious fall Business AI Alliance launches to give SMEs a voice in AI policy FCA proposes wipeout of £100 contactless payment limit How Apple's eSIM-only iPhone 17 Air could reshape industry Evri signs deal with boohoo parent days after DHL merger cleared DSG hits record £8m revenue 12 months on from MBO West Ham shore up defences as deal renewed Listed Argo Blockchain strikes Growler deal to avoid insolvency Sports broadcasting giants fined £4.2m by CMA for collusion Is BBC Dragon Touker Suleyman about to save Claire’s? TERN Group raises £19m as it looks to tackle NHS staff shortages HMRC doubles surveillance team amidst Rayner scandal Wolves ‘in safe hands’ after extending NEO deal Historic family-owned Nottingham firm raises six-figure funding Foresight Group leads University of Liverpool spinout's seed round Trio of Indian tech firms set up UK bases at Sci-Tech Daresbury Zen Internet hires TalkTalk veteran for MD role Fyxer AI raises £22m as it continues rapid expansion FinTech Wales names Sarah Jones as new CEO CurrentBody owner set for £300m IPO Steven Bartlett-backed Chapter 2 launches in US L&G digital infrastructure fund reaches £520m at first close Baltic Ventures reveals Accelerator 2025 cohort Purple signs public Wi-Fi deal with Newcastle City Council Scottish MarTech raises £1.5m from Virgin to launch AI platform Macquarie-backed Nottingham firm acquires ELEVEN-I ‘Devastating body blow’ as Reach to cut hundreds of jobs ANS acquires Derby-based 'Microsoft-first' consultancy Huang, Altman & Cook among those invited to UK for Trump visit Why Keir Starmer must send for Andy Burnham Liz Kendall succeeds Peter Kyle as Tech Secretary takes new role Edinburgh UX consultancy raises funds as it appoints CEO & chair NRG Therapeutics raises £50m to tackle neurodegenerative disorders Manchester’s Vypr to expand with AI platform launch Listed defence firm appoints Field Marshal as chairman Poppy Gustafsson replaced as Investment Minister by Grimsby Town owner High-profile figure who raised £300m+ joins Space Forge Vote in our PropTech 50 innovation ranking Runna goes global following Strava swoop Third Liverpool agency closes in three months MyWay, ThinCats, Kainos & Currys: The week's best-read stories Mike Lynch’s former CFO paid £77m to HP to settle fraud suit Purple & Distology CEOs to speak at FUEL Manchester 2025 £13m King’s House transformation in Manchester completed Norwegian government backs Sheffield’s MOPO with £5m UK reveals AI assurance roadmap as investment hits record levels VIOOH reveals premium Qatar deal Regulator clears Evri-DHL eCommerce UK monster merger Currys PLC share price leaps as it launches £50m buyback EdTech 50 star Tapestry unveils new look Huge rise in UK AI startups following inflection point KETS Quantum Security names ex-Oxford Instruments MD as chair Leadership 'so important' for Jaguar Land Rover amid cyber attack Liverpool FC lose £3.6m to hidden fees in record transfer window Funding Bay/FBX Capital reports 320% revenue increase OQC continues high-profile hiring spree as Barclays chair joins firm AI firm Nscale launches London base, to hire 100 specialists Keir Starmer's new Chief Secretary hails UK's FinTech & AI sectors Lace to leave OBI for Urban Splash move Klarna valued at $14bn as IPO is back on Investor seeks to block liquidation of North East tech firm Zytronic Cel AI leaves London Stock Exchange behind as it rebrands BusinessCloud hits records for six in August ThreatSpike hires strategist behind Darktrace’s unicorn journey Cambridge MedTech spinout acquired by France-based SeqOne Ex-Push Doctor CEO appointed to executive role at Co-op S&W appoints KPMG’s Vicki Weston as partner Notion opens London office and appoints new general manager Victoria Price's Emello adds EY figure as CMO FinTech lender ThinCats snapped up for reported £180m Unicorn Zopa Bank to Rvvup with 2nd acquisition Top VCs back quantum leader Phasecraft with £25m Government and Innovate UK create 'Dragons' Den for farming' Spotify UK sees profits rise despite cutting nearly 200 of its staff FTSE 250's Kainos plc sees share price rocket after statement Microsoft exec joins Scottish HealthTech as it raises £3m Cancer-fighting Cambridge spinout raises £32.5m Trailblazing tech law firm opens first international office in London Former unicorn appoints ex-FTSE 250 exec as new CFO Leeds-headquartered PLC makes £56m swoop CMR Surgical exec named CFO at listed MedTech VIOOH steps into US fitness space with Zoom Media's Gym TV deal First 4 speakers unveiled for FUEL Manchester 2025 Ex-Aston Martin CEO's startup buys Oxford spinout after £5m raise Brentford Strides into new Premier League season with US deal Stadium of Light gets major boost amid Premier League return M Squared, CEO's crash & boohoo: The week's best-read stories Brighton law firm harnesses tech in £14.75m battle with Metro Bank Frasers Group to appoint new chair as Daly leaves after 8 years Fresh funding for listed Aurrigo to scale up self-driving technology Frasers Group expands into leisure market for first time UK aims to lock away plutonium with £154m government funding Executive shake-up at Ultimate Products as founder takes new role Moneypenny launches 'game-changing' AI Voice Agent Man Utd owner Ratcliffe invests in Castore as it buys fashion house 'Proud. Sad. Philosophical.': Newcastle EnviroTech ceases trading Next 15 shuts Silicon Valley arm after 'potential serious misconduct' Bottoms up! Firm which appeared on Dragons' Den raises £1m Stockport PropTech secures £2m after extending raise UK tech firms lead Dealroom’s $100m ARR ‘Thoroughbreds 100’ Glasgow-based M Squared Lasers collapses into administration ‘Poundland may still be headed for insolvency despite rescue deal’ Former The Apprentice finalist leaves Samsung Food CEO role City broker paints positive picture for boohoo Fiinu returns to AIM market after completing reverse takeover VIOOH partners with US-based industry giant What’s going on at Cykel AI plc? Streetbees falls into administration five years after $200m valuation CFO to depart listed group Sorted How shizl is aiming to remove the fear from legal documentation Last-minute deal sees Poundland saved but online store to close Boohoo eyes PLT sale as it finally publishes annual results Attio raises £38.6m to continue developing 'first AI-native CRM' Falconedge becomes latest Bitcoin strategy adopter before IPO Paragraf secures £41m funding after being pushed to the brink Greenio founder to leave after 12 years as firm is acquired by TLS Filtronic secures biggest-ever contract from Elon Musk's SpaceX FTSE 100 constituent Halma makes £129m European swoop Checkit reports positive results after redundancies Details of AMLo Biosciences collapse revealed FinTech CEO fights for life after quad bike crash MedTech OrganOx sold in £1.1bn deal Oxford Quantum Circuits, boohoo, Sara Davies: This week's best-read stories Founder who paid £2.9m settlement to Revolution Beauty to return Why logistics is the ‘new SEO’ for retailers Key appointment for Edinburgh's Smart Data Foundry Does Boohoo’s ‘eye-wateringly expensive’ £175m refinancing make it sitting target for a takeover? Former Amazon tech leader joins 4,000-strong UKG National security concerns stall swoop for graphene firm in administration Furza eyes record year as sales roles recover amid interest rate cuts Renishaw FD to retire after 46 years with listed firm 'Let's cut the bullsh*t': ZOO Digital slammed over unpaid invoices Boohoo’s share price climbs as it reveals £175m refinancing deal Leonard Curtis sells majority stake to Pollen Street Capital Maven gives laser focus to PowerPhotonic under new CEO ‘Deeply concerning’ move as UK Space Agency absorbed into DSIT 'Double or nothing': Manchester founder opens up on closing firm Newcastle immersive tech firm Aircards secures PE backing Former Stripe CEO raises £12.6m seed funding for Phoebe GM Business Growth Hub welcomes specialists to digital, creative & tech team SugaROx raises £1m shortly after £2.4m Innovate UK grant Nottingham startup's concrete plan to tackle climate change Inspiration share price flies as turnaround continues Ember becomes Starling Bank’s first acquisition in four years Revolution Beauty downgrades expected profit after Frasers snub FTSE 100's Plus500 continues growth with Colombia expansion Manchester spinout secures £4m and Northern Gritstone backing Broadridge Signals European push as it acquires Cheltenham firm Founder of Manchester spinout Nanoco to retire as it explores sale Manchester firm GhostPosts.ai to shut down From data to 'new SEO': The tech hospitality teams can’t ignore Innerworks raises £3m 'to scale internet immune system' Fresh £125m for GoFibre to expand connectivity in rural Scotland AI InsurTech Meshed gains Aviva and Haatch backing eCommerce giant PRO:DIRECT Sport to open first PD:FC store Former HSBC CEO appointed by Oxford Quantum Circuits ClimateTech VC targets £150m for second fund Leeds Digital Festival set for 10th anniversary in Clarke's final year Sheffield tech firm quits London Stock Exchange after £32m move Ex-Microsoft Ventures CEO appointed by listed UK company University of Edinburgh spinout is Ideagen's 6th acquisition of 2025