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technology
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Tesla surpasses $1tn valuation following 100,000 vehicle order from Hertz
Aeguana enjoys record growth after £1.2m Growth Capital investment
BGF announces successful exit from Lightfoot
What are the ‘meme stocks’ with the most potential for investors this Autumn?
Free B2B payment processor Crezco announces £3m seed fundraise
Tech industry experts hail Chancellor’s £3bn skills pledge as ‘positive step in the right direction’
employment and skills
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49% of UK small firms fear they’ll go under without external support
Accountancy and business advisory giant BDO promotes 26 new partners across the firm
Predicted executive mass exodus to disrupt small British businesses and cost £34bn
Over half of UK business will have hybrid offices by next summer
Hall & Partners Announces Tim Wragg as new CEO
Long COVID: Could it amount to a disability?
funding
View allAeguana enjoys record growth after £1.2m Growth Capital investment
Free B2B payment processor Crezco announces £3m seed fundraise
Gender funding gap closing in the UK’s GreenTech sector but more progress needed
Agronomics participates in Solar Foods Bridge Round for €3 million
Courts in England and Wales go green following £40m funding
Plum Guide secures $9m led by Beringea and launches Crowdcube round
mergers acquisitions
View allBGF announces successful exit from Lightfoot
Orolia set to acquire Seven Solutions
Avanade to acquire UK-based Microsoft Business Applications provider QUANTIQ
BDO advises on sale of Midlands freight specialist to Latin American buyer
Merger and Acquisition values have gone wild – it’s too easy to spend someone else’s money
Birmingham-based Hollywood Monster secures £250,000 loan to safeguard 40 jobs
economy and politics
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Squid Game more talked about than climate change in the run-up to COP26
Tech industry experts hail Chancellor’s £3bn skills pledge as ‘positive step in the right direction’
UK agrees historic free trade deal with New Zealand
Why skating over business rates in Budget 2021 will be a mistake
UK trade partners agree to end export credit support for unabated coal power
Autumn Budget: A balancing act for businesses and tax
retail
View allAeguana enjoys record growth after £1.2m Growth Capital investment
Fast fashion giant Shein ranked most manipulative site
Bad in-store advice causing retailers to lose £15bn per year
Possible Tesco hack sees customers unable to order goods and track deliveries
JustWears secures £2.6m in seed funding round
‘E-commerce is propping up crumbling retail sales’
financial services
View allFree B2B payment processor Crezco announces £3m seed fundraise
Proptech firm Goodlord acquires fintech app acasa
Recovery Loan Scheme offers over £1bn to smaller businesses
Less than half of UK finance professionals have set targets to be net zero by 2050
Can you risk remaining a one-market SME?
UK fintech TransferGo announces new CCO following $50m Series C funding round
energy and low carbon
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Trials for first edible packaging made from pea protein announced by Gousto
Squid Game more talked about than climate change in the run-up to COP26
Gender funding gap closing in the UK’s GreenTech sector but more progress needed
Less than half of UK finance professionals have set targets to be net zero by 2050
London playing integral role in record global climate tech investment growth
Business West and Mayor Marvin Rees urging Bristol businesses to meet Net Zero by 2030
covid 19
View allRecovery Loan Scheme offers over £1bn to smaller businesses
What can UK businesses expect from the Autumn Budget?
1 in 5 UK workers unsure of return-to-work plans
Brits prefer the dentist chair over back-to-back work meetings
Do UK workers know their employers’ plans for returning to the office?
8 in 10 employers report increase in staff disclosing mental health issues
property and construction
View allProptech firm Goodlord acquires fintech app acasa
Independent Design House celebrates 10 years of engineering design consultancy across the seas
£4.2m boost for St Joseph’s Hospital in Newport
Has the Just in Time economy had its day?
WorkPad announces appointment of a new Director to help scale expansion in flexible office market
Sunderland City Council and BAI Communications announce new partnership to create ‘UK’s most advanced smart city’
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‘Fall in trade will hit UK SMEs forced to shun EU exporting’
UK agrees historic free trade deal with New Zealand
Government support helps British business get exports off to a tea
DIT supports South West companies expand overseas despite impact of Covid-19
UKEF provides €430m funding for inaugural export credit facility between Bechtel and ENKA
UKEF boosts its presence in North America, Africa and the Pacific
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How can we tackle the NHS burnout crisis?
£4.2m boost for St Joseph’s Hospital in Newport
Online pregnancy and postnatal clinic launches with £300,000 pre-seed funding
Conservative MP Adam Afriyie MP joins leading healthcare firm Elite Growth as Board Chairman
Holland & Barrett backs London-based Floe Oral Care to tackle gum disease
LycaHealth invests more than £140m as it looks to takes on the UK healthcare sector
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View allTrials for first edible packaging made from pea protein announced by Gousto
Agronomics participates in Solar Foods Bridge Round for €3 million
Government support helps British business get exports off to a tea
HelloFresh becomes UK’s first Red Tractor licensed recipe box
Global vodka producer Roust appoints new Managing Director for its UK business
Plant-based food firm allplants secures £38m Series B funding round
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View allCourts in England and Wales go green following £40m funding
‘Fall in trade will hit UK SMEs forced to shun EU exporting’
Long COVID: Could it amount to a disability?
VWV Scoops ‘Team of the Year’ at Bristol Law Society Annual Awards
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What can UK businesses expect from the Autumn Budget?
leisure and tourism
View allPlum Guide secures $9m led by Beringea and launches Crowdcube round
Half of Brits planning holiday abroad in 2022 with £40 billion set to be spent
Plum Guide outpaces international travel recovery and announces $9m investment
‘The success of our Japan brand has mirrored the huge growth in the popularity of all things Japanese’
Camptoo buys sharing economy platform Out2Camp
Hospitality and leisure to add £440m to South West economy this year as part of bounceback from Covid-19
manufacturing
View allTesla surpasses $1tn valuation following 100,000 vehicle order from Hertz
Has the Just in Time economy had its day?
£86m boost for UK fusion energy programme
Flexciton announces £15m Series A to tackle issues facing global semiconductor industry
Modular Group Investments (MGI) completes acquisition of Barton Windows
Leicestershire sustainable cycling apparel business secures £500,000 funding package
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10 fully-funded digital skills programmes announced for Birmingham SMEs
Naurt announces hyper-precise location tracking software
Form Ventures closes £30m fund to help start-ups navigate public policy
Enterprise City welcomes expert tech Entrepreneur in Residence
Seraphim Space Camp announces six startups as part of its Mission 8
Record-breaking 12,000 social enterprises founded during pandemic
transport and distribution
View allTesla surpasses $1tn valuation following 100,000 vehicle order from Hertz
BGF announces successful exit from Lightfoot
EV charger and renewable technology company INDRA appoints new CEO
Tesla reports record revenue in Q3 2021
BDO advises on sale of Midlands freight specialist to Latin American buyer
UK supply chain activity remains barely half pre-pandemic levels
sport
View allLeicestershire sustainable cycling apparel business secures £500,000 funding package
Ahead of World Title showdown Tyson Fury launches new app – MY AAA
Virat Kohli joins Hyperice as athlete-investor and global ambassador
Crypto.com and Fnatic announce multi-year deal worth $15m
Esports platform MPL valued at $2.3bn following Series E financing
Bristol action sports distributor secures £8.5m funding package
100 day countdown: ‘The Entrepreneur Ship’s’ record-breaking attempt to complete the ‘world’s toughest row’ raises funds for social entrepreneurs
Government data shows mass events can take place safely but fans urged to remain cautious in crowds and get vaccinated
‘We were the fastest growing e-commerce business in the UK last year’
creative industries
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Octaive secures £500k in angel investment round
From Planet of the Apes to helping manage road networks – this is Oxford Metrics
Creative UK Group announces new members of its UK Council
PicMonkey acquired by Shutterstock for $110m
ExtraMile Communications set for change of ownership after management buyout
Forward Partners announces first portfolio company exits since its admission to AIM
