IPO activity on the London Stock Exchange remained subdued in the third quarter of 2025 with only three new listings – but a stronger IPO pipeline for the first half of 2026 suggests confidence is returning to the UK’s equity markets. Between July and September 2025, the three listings on the AIM raised £16.3m in ... Read more ›
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Atom Bank has opened its new headquarters in Newcastle, bringing 600 employees and creating 30 new roles. The move from its previous home in Durham to the historic Pattern Shop marks a new era for the digital bank, reinforcing its commitment to the North East and creating new opportunities for local talent. The relocation is ... Read more ›
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Google and NatWest are teaming up with the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) to help UK SME leaders implement AI tools after it was found that more than half (59%) of British SME owners have paused ideas due to time constraints. Google’s AI Works for Business tour will teach SMEs how AI can improve ... Read more ›
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Sitehop, a Sheffield-based cyber startup building encryption future-proofed against quantum cyberattacks, has received a £7.5m investment. As quantum computing becomes more viable and accessible, there is widespread concern among cyber experts that current encryption standards are not capable of withstanding attacks from quantum computers. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has already issued a warning to ... Read more ›
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The UK’s advertising regulator is exploring how AI can be used to detect problems with commercials that have slipped through its traditional monitoring system with a trial directed at alcohol adverts. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) conducted a trial using AI at scale to determine if alcohol ads were following its rules. The ASA first ... Read more ›
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The Beauty Tech Group, a Manchester-based firm that owns a host of beauty treatment technology brands, has listed on the London Stock Exchange with an initial market cap of £300m. Founded in 2009 under the name CurrentBody, The Beauty Tech Group now owns a portfolio including ZIIP Beauty and Tria Laser, with a presence in ... Read more ›
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Plural, a venture capital firm launched by prominent tech entrepreneurs, has announced the appointment of Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty (Pictured), a former Uber executive, as its new partner. Gore-Coty spent 13 years at the global tech firm and held several roles including vice president of mobility and at one point leading the Uber Eats division globally. He ... Read more ›
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Fintech group GoCardless has recorded its first quarter of profit, having operated in the black for the last three months of the financial year. The company has not disclosed the specific unaudited figure, however, it will release the figures as part of its complete accounts for FY25, due to be released no later than March ... Read more ›
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Sees.ai, a startup based in Chichester developing autonomous aerial solutions, has raised £3.65m, UKTN can exclusively reveal. Backed by Boeing, Sees.ai’s technology is used for flight control, collision avoidance, autonomous take-offs and general vehicle and safety management. Founded in 2018, Sees.ai was the first company in the UK to secure authorisation from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) ... Read more ›
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Existing regulation against scams will struggle to keep pace with bad actors in the AI age, the UK’s financial regulator has been warned as it prosecutes a host of ‘finfluencers’. Several individuals will appear at Southwark Crown Court this week facing charges of illegally promoting dangerous investments on social media from the Financial Conduct Authority ... Read more ›
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Keir Starmer’s announcement of an NHS “online hospital”, designed to connect patients with specialist clinicians to deliver 8.5 million extra appointments in its first three years, is a promising step forward in the NHS’s digital transformation journey. The proposal builds on the government’s 10 year plan to make the NHS the most “AI enabled health system in ... Read more ›
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Logistics tech platform Beacon is reimagining the global logistics stack to make it smarter, simpler and more connected. CEO Fraser Robinson used the principles he learnt as head of Uber’s EMEA business to create a digital-first business in an industry that is traditionally slow to adopt new technologies. This ambition to replace outdated tools with ... Read more ›
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Munro, a Glasgow-based manufacturer of electric four-by-four vehicles, has secured an investment of £2m to accelerate production of its M-Series cars. Founded in 2019, Munro was launched to apply the electrification trend seen in passenger vehicles to commercial all-terrain vehicles. While passenger EV sales have risen greatly, the company notes commercial vehicles used in sectors ... Read more ›
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Owlstone Medical, a health tech company from Cambridge that has developed a breath-based early diagnostics device for cancer, has been awarded a research prize of up to $49.1m (£36.5m). The funding has been awarded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, an agency within the US government’s Department of Health, for the company’s Platform ... Read more ›
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This week’s podcast guest is Christoph Lippuner, co-founder and chief executive of Semble, who discuses why healthcare professionals are far too often victims of extreme burnout, why that is a problem for everyone and the challenges he faced raising money for his business. Semble provides management software for healthcare providers. The platform helps clinicians and ... Read more ›
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The James Hutton Institute has received a £3m investment from Scottish Enterprise for its new high throughput phenotyping facility that’s part of the Advanced Plant Growth Centre (APGC) in Invergowrie, Scotland. The facility is part of a suite combining advanced phenotyping, automation, AI-driven analytics and a high-performance computing cluster that supports research and industry collaboration. ... Read more ›
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YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has appointed Neil Inskip as head of new investments for the North across their Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham offices to strengthen its regional leadership team. Inskip will oversee YFM’s new investment activities across the North, supporting the regional teams and sitting on its investment committee. With nearly 20 years of private ... Read more ›
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Local areas across the UK can now bid for support of up to £20m in government funding to grow existing regional science and tech expertise. Funding body UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is inviting local and regional partnerships to bid for the government funding to support research and innovation projects in their area through the ... Read more ›
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Consumer group Which? has launched legal action against tech giant Qualcomm accusing the US chip firm of anti-competitive behaviour. The case will be held in the Competition Appeal Tribunal on Monday and is expected to last five weeks. Which? has alleged that Apple and Samsung, two major customers of the company, were forced to pay ... Read more ›
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Payments and banking platform OpenPayd has appointed Yasemin Swanson as the firms new chief operations officer (COO). Swanson will be responsible for scaling OpenPayd’s operational infrastructure as it looks to expand globally and secure additional regulatory milestones. The new OpenPayd executive joins the company from clearing and embedded banking company ClearBank, worth around $1bn, where ... Read more ›
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