Pri0r1ty v Primorus: Listed firms in legal row Smartbox makes third acquisition in 6 weeks £63m investment package ‘to drive down EV charging costs’ Lloyds 'in talks over £120m swoop for FinTech Curve' Travel Counsellors reveals record £566m half-year revenues Manchester’s KOMI Group restructures leadership team Revealing UK’s HealthTech 50 for 2025 DCC plc divests UK&I tech business for £100m Ex-Sky figures look to build 'world's best fan platform' from Leeds Hill Dickinson completes No.1 St Michael’s move Rangers & Everton legend backs SportTech startup New crypto investigations team ‘traces £350m of stolen funds’ Crypto business shut down following global complaints Union’s AI concern as Reach reveals plan to axe sports staff Burnham, Hirst, Bartlett & WPP - the week's best-read stories AI startup backed by former Monzo CEO raises £9.6m UK government joins €1.5bn capital raise for Eutelsat Tech executives back Gigged.AI’s skills platform Lancashire tech firm eyes global expansion with NPIF II funding Meta launches £12m audio research lab in UK Four arrested over M&S, Co-op & Harrods cyber attacks Salford student with chronic condition awarded scholarship Seedtag founders step aside for new CEO £500m British Business Bank package aims to add diversity to VC ‘Beauty industry BS drove us to build CODE Beautiful’ Andy Burnham unveils 10-year Greater Manchester Strategy UK secures £7.5bn Japanese investment Microsoft COO named WPP CEO after share price crash Northcoders cuts costs as government funding changes bite Builder.ai fallout continues as 200 UK employees remain unpaid Matrix moment: Yorkshireman returns to UK to transform mortgages Government partners with Google to upskill 100,000 on AI £12m funding reduces Wrisk for InsurTech as it expands into EU Entrepreneur looks to break The Sound Barrier for women How can the London Stock Exchange prevent falling behind? 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The tech guru selling Crystal Palace stake to enable European spot Project A closes £278m fund as Wang promoted to partner Google-backed iYO's dispute with Jony Ive's firm amid OpenAI deal Government's £54m Taskforce 'to attract top tech talent to UK' Amazon to invest £40bn in UK over next three years Dealroom & Lancashire County Council launch site for tech sector Car finance FinTech Carmoola secures £300m THG Ingenuity partners with Zitcha to launch retail media network The rise of women GCs & what this means for business leadership RAC Insurance partners with Ticker for connected motor products Meet the COO 'doing things differently' with The Data City BBC in feud with Perplexity AI amid potential Apple acquisition Newcastle's Cybit divests security division Tech sector boost as UK-Bahrain partnership 'could unlock £2bn' Mass exodus at Direct Line: CEO & CFO to go as Aviva take over UK's first digital human DJ signs landmark record deal Leicester firm welcomes former Google figure amid acquisition Papilo completes first acquisition since Palatine backing Is Thruvision Group plc on borrowed time? Revealing BusinessCloud's EnviroTech 50 for 2025 British Business Bank commits £6.6bn to back UK innovation Advent closes on £4.4bn Spectris swoop as KKR waits in wings Boost for South West England as Wessex Internet secures £50m The 8-month pregnant CEO running a £60m turnover business Lawyer launches latest startup to broaden access to justice Vote in our HealthTech 50 innovation ranking for 2025 Brothers with 'perfect blend' aim to Glyde to success £72m virtual production studio facility unveiled in Belfast Depledge vows to 'rewrite the playbook' in Treasury advisor role NCC Group eyes up acquisitions after profits boost Tech accelerator Exchange seeks ambitious scaleups How a Manchester global agency is facing up to the AI challenge Omnifi and Airship entrepreneurs embark upon joint venture ‘How would a baby have affected London Tech Week?’ Cotton calls truce in Moulding row – but is the damage done? Founder raises £3.8m for startup 18 months after heart attack MongoDB figure who scaled firm to $700m ARR joins Multiverse Sir Elton John-backed Audoo secures milestone pub deal Northern Gritstone launches EIS fund with Parkwalk Advisors Vodafone raids Microsoft for new CFO Frasers Group snubs Revolution Beauty takeover Global appoints British Heart Foundation executive as CTO 25 businesses join 2nd cohort of ASCEND Scale Up Programme UK government announces cyber plan after M&S & Co-op attacks CEO's high AIM after listing on London Stock Exchange Bartlett-backed PerfectTed tops FEBE Growth 100 Deloitte names 3 new partners in North West amid 8 promotions Ex-NCC CEO and THG boss Moulding in war of words Peter Kyle names Lesley Cowley OBE as Building Digital UK chair FinTech Aspora raises £39m as it eyes expansion What does it take to be a modern entrepreneur in 2025? Praetura Ventures & Par Equity merge to create PXN Group How brain tumour tragedy inspired Featherbed Tales UK's first female founder-focused EIS fund launches FinTech names new CEO following investment deal collapse West Ham United signs global deal New hub launches in Liverpool to support tech innovators ICO fines bankrupt 23andMe for ‘profoundly damaging breach’ UK’s largest independent tuition provider appoints Haycox as CEO Perfect 10 for Unseen Group with Meet & Engage acquisition Secure Trust Bank moves quickly to replace retiring CEO HYROX and THG Commerce team up urfuture appoints 22-year-old founder as chief growth officer Saudi Royal Family invests in Pavegen Manchester's CTI Digital appoints serial entrepreneur as new CEO Victoria Price launches luxury womenswear brand Oberon and YAIL to launch AI fund in Yorkshire ASOS CFO to step down after just 14 months ‘Brush with death transformed our business – for the better’ MedTech developing therapies for heart failure raises extra £5m Zellis Group makes another acquisition after losing finance director THG boss Moulding earns salary of ‘just’ £32k California giant acquires London firm founded by ex-Revolut duo Final chance to register for latest Northern Leaders event Golub Capital moves to new London office amid record results Innovate UK launches AI Skills Hub with support of PwC Everton FC closes deal with Harry Kane-backed business Google to face trial against £1bn legal claim Tech giants & government kick off plans to boost AI skills FinTech makes swoop after CEO falls on sword Disabled entrepreneur hopes to inspire others after £50,000 win Tech champions and Northern Leaders receive Honours 'Surprised and delighted': Amadeus co-founder receives Damehood