‘Speech-to-speech’ AI platform Lucida AI raises £5.3m Former Speedinvest partner Rick Hao closes $50m 'day zero' fund Former Deloitte figure joins YFM after record first half Jude Bellingham’s £18.7m boost for England team-mates Greggs CFO to retire after 28 years with bakery giant Solve a real problem and customers will find you Culture isn’t a nice-to-have. It’s everything New Everton front-of-shirt sponsor ‘shares our values’ Everton lowers Stake with controversial sleeve deal Andy Burnham's social media following tops one million Tapestry VC's £60m fund to build ‘repeat founder flywheel’ from UK NatWest completes £2.7bn swoop for Evelyn Partners BR-DGE raises £10m after winning THG, Betfred deals Omnea launches fund backing its employees as future founders Regulator targets Apple & Google over steering, NFC tech FCA reveals ‘landmark’ crypto rules 'You won't acquire us on the cheap' - Segro digs in on £12.6bn takeover What business wants from politicians: truth, stability and support Harrogate entrepreneur launches whisky platform Caskd Tom Dunlop: Why founders should always be paranoid Politicians need to start listening to business – Andy Street Oxford Nanopore exec named CEO at Oxford BioDynamics $1.4bn deal sees Bridgepoint shares jump 17% in one day Early SpaceX investor joins Gaussion’s £21m round British Business Bank invests £600m across 50 UK scaleups BT & Verizon launch $4bn joint venture Big Technologies boardroom battle twist as CEO steps down Could Ben Stokes be Dragons' Den's next big signing? Vote in our HealthTech 50 innovation ranking for 2026 Meet the professor who could cost Google £1bn+ FinTech hits major milestone of 10 million live accounts ‘It’s time we talked about death’ Summize makes US acquisition after £40m investment Deloitte announces raft of new promotions Birmingham AdTech Covatic raises £1.5m Birmingham AI company Unloqs £900k funding Moonpig shares jump on revenue & profit growth CTI Digital builds its own sovereign AI platform Blackfinch swoops for tech firms Lawdable and Wenup MindGym revenues fall amid sale talks Steven Bartlett ranked third in global list of richest creators Segro reject ‘opportunistically timed’ £12.6bn takeover bid TRIMTECH Therapeutics seed round tops £35m ‘Adult social care is vital to NHS reform - and we have tech to deliver it’ Purple CEO: Newcastle deal is ‘inflection point’ for business HICX secures £15m to close supplier data gap What would a Burnham Britain mean for UK entrepreneurship? EdTech Pastest acquires financial platform Medics’ Money Labour confirm candidate for GM mayoral by-election Why we started a business when the market collapsed Mapping the journey from fractional CRO to CEO B&M turns to ASDA figure for troublesome CFO role Former ANS Group CEO handed top job at Trainline plc A week is a long time in politics – just ask Andy Burnham THG posts strong trading update ahead of AGM Ex-Revolut COO & Tide CEO joins Manchester FinTech Nuclear fusion pioneer raises £23m to battle cancer Newcastle EnviroTech GeoPura bought in £300m+ deal Ex-Dragons’ Den star reflects on the decision that cost him £35m Castore acquires footwear brand Grenson Shoes Why has world-leading investor backed UK AI firm Partly? Bolton Wanderers sign LIMA ‘to support club’s ambition’ After Starmer quit, is Burnham ready for No.10? Building a multi-million pound business with Dad Athletes back vision for North of England Olympic Games CMA fines StubHub UK, orders it to refund customers Northern Spin podcast returns – and this time it’s for good Tech firm backed by England captain Kane secures £20m Onfido founder raises £30m for AI firm Isometric Ocado shares fall on news that Tim Steiner will be replaced as CEO Man Utd secures land for new 100,000-seater stadium Starmer to resign as PM; Burnham to stand in leadership contest England captain Harry Kane's tech investments Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo's tech investments FinTech Monevium enters special administration Louis Taylor to stand down as British Business Bank CEO Is Ocado co-founder Tim Steiner set to be replaced as CEO? Seedcamp, Europe’s original ‘first cheque’ investor, raises $320m Nobody tells founders that the hardest part isn't the product Rise at Seven founder joins Venture Forge GRIDSERVE drives off with £64m revenue Sir Mo Farah's URUNN app secures seven-figure raise From battling Rory McIlroy to scaling Raylo globally LADbible agrees £34m+ swoop for Uncovered Burnham wins big and has No 10 in his sights Liverpool FC unveil ex-THG exec as latest signing Social media: A ban for kids, a wake-up call for brands British Business Bank backs £40m fund supporting B2B startups Fast-growing Purple opens new Greater Manchester HQ River Capital execs to leave as MSIF refocuses on debt Optalysys appoints former Intel executive as CEO Ordo’s tech snapped up by Access Group after its closure BusinessCloud put bodies on the line for Springhill Hospice Monument Technology closes £18m fundraising round Nanoco's plan to quit London Stock Exchange scuppered CuspAI to be valued at £2bn as Jeff Bezos invests The 4am worries behind an 18-year success story Funeral takes place for dealmaker Andy Thomas Science in Sport reveals refinancing deal FEBE Growth 100 of founder-led businesses revealed AO World posts record profits after overseas recruitment drive Brave Bison shares climb on MiniMBA news Cape Verde goalkeeper becomes Instagram sensation I risked it all by becoming a ‘founder’ aged 53 PayCaptain, UK’s first payroll tech B Corp, acquired British Business Bank agrees £75m facility with Propel Finance London firm building ‘AI operating system’ rebrands to SEPANTA Currys shares climb on bank's upgrade IWG CEO steps aside after almost 40 years AdTech pioneer returns with mission to reinvent digital advertising Tottenham Hotspur sign deal with ‘true leader’ England boss Tuchel’s ‘awkward’ FaceTime ended Harry Maguire’s World Cup dream Debenhams Group hails turnaround as losses slashed From trauma to triumph: Sam White's founder journey FinTechs should make regulation their competitive advantage BBC World Cup ‘nerve centre’ rebrands Leeds hosts early-stage Northern investor showcase ANS pledges £3m towards AI adoption in Greater Manchester Barclays snaps up kids money app GoHenry Luxury cruise retailer hits £50m turnover for first time Why UK's under-16 social media ban is a crude tool UK Government confirms social media ban for under-16s Vote in our EnviroTech 50 innovation ranking Tech bosses, entrepreneurs and sporting heroes honoured Frasers Group plots £166m hostile takeover Swoop for Nation Wilcox creates £2bn GMV business Future uncertain for IPG Energy after technical blow 'Farmers are leaving tens of thousands of dollars in the field' Paul Marshall: What I wish I’d known as a founder boohoo group plc takes action on $100m ‘liability’ Freedom Media Group appoints new head of strategy Blume appoints Stanyard as new chief operating officer Contollo Group takes 10,000 sq ft of space at XYZ Building PropTech announces sixth deal of 2026 How private equity firms are starting to talk to their data Space Forge secures £10m for space-manufactured materials Cohort 3 opens for Greater Manchester International Scale Up Programme Manchester United experience ‘improving season by season’ Amplifi Capital enters administration Neil Muller: Tributes continue to flood in NCC Group decides against sale of cyber business Foresight sells public markets division to Guinness Global Investors Capsa AI raises $18m to expand AI platform for private capital Bartlett-backed PerfectTed tracking $100m+ ARR UK's shifting dynamic with US can spark its tech growth Frasers Group makes £1.7bn bid to buy Hugo Boss A&E doctor raises £11.2m to ‘bring Harley Street to high street’ HR tech firm Stribe appoints CEO as founder steps aside Tributes paid to former Daisy CEO Neil Muller LADbible shares plummet on social & Google changes Rem3dy Health raises £14m to power global expansion Arsenal’s title win celebrated with double deal As World Cup kicks off, businesses must ‘get ahead of disruption’ Manchester City dominate Premier League World Cup XI Mayor Tracy Brabin backs Tech West Yorkshire initiative Former City star Neil Woodford responds to FCA decision to sue him Cybersecurity startup set up by former neighbours raises £1m Cloud Pharmacy hits £70m revenue with ZERO VC funding PXN’s PraeSeed returns with most diverse cohort yet Former City star (and podcaster) Neil Woodford sued by FCA 'I underestimated the power of Dragons' Den' ‘It’s easy to start a business but a lot harder to keep it’ Coventry boss Lampard set for World Cup role Man Utd star Harry Maguire set for World Cup role As Nanoco plans to quit LSE, proxy advisor issues shareholder vote advice OpenAI files for blockbuster $850bn IPO What do you do when buyers and sellers don’t agree on the price? 'Don't pick a co-founder like an 18-year-old picks a tattoo' Multi-billion-pound UK tech boost announced at London Tech Week Creator Fund closes $56m fund to back Europe's scientists Audioboom rejects 3 takeover offers amid record results UK AI firm PhysicsX valued at £1.8bn by fresh funding FuelHub reports almost 100% annual revenue growth Neville and Ma tipped to replace Touker Suleyman on Dragons' Den What's Your Dream? Helpbnk founder’s perfect pitch to Branson Serial entrepreneur launches daytime events brand Escapism Leading DeepTech voices set for Cambridge Tech Week 2026 Revolut co-founder steps down from CTO role Raspberry Pi share price rise sends it past £2bn Revolution Beauty shares leap as FCA ends 3-year probe The Genius Group grows turnover from £4m to £210m in four years FCA ends 3-year investigation into Revolution Beauty The Sunday Times 100 revealed for 2026 Lord Sugar defends ‘stressed’ Apprentice winner Karishma Ex-DeepMind researchers raise £15m for AI firm Airspeed Fuuse names ex-Shell figure as CEO as founder steps aside Rightmove demoted from FTSE 100 Index Computacenter, Investec to join FTSE 100 Index The AI race will be won long before the finish line Lex Greensill avoids trial, hit with 9-year director ban Why is SpaceX 'significantly overvalued' by $1.75tn IPO? Auddy wins award for private subscription podcast Wordsmith raises £50m+ to run firms’ in-house legal teams Lloyds Bank app & online banking services finally back up easyGroup to launch online marketplace later this year Kromek CEO to close TechNExt Festival Startup Hub Flok Health raises £9.5m to scale the world’s first AI clinician Oxford Quantum Circuits raises mammoth £260m Customers vent frustrations as Lloyds Bank tech goes down B&M share price up despite huge profit drop B&M profits nosedive after difficult year Lloyds Bank app & online banking services go down Collctiv CTO to champion consumers on Bank of England forum Turnaround at Debenhams Group reaches ‘inflection point’ Andy Burnham profile: King of the North to PM? Events business Hyve in £1.3bn private equity takeover Gigaton plans 5-fold increase in workforce after £19m Series A Wise shares plummet amid money laundering investigation Currys names next CEO as Baldock departs for Boots boohoo Group plc blazes trail with AI platform Railsr: From potential unicorn to administration, merger & now rebrand Meet the vicar’s daughter who is tackling mental health differently 5 habits that unlock AI’s full potential Deloitte UK appoints first chief AI officer Ex-Aston Martin CEO saves British EV firm from administration GBG share price plunges after it reported huge loss US expansion on cards as The Data City takes off Admiral Group seals £80m Flock swoop GBG in huge loss as it writes off £90m Halo Financial collapses into administration