Welcome to our new series, The Circuit. Meet our next interviewee: Your browser does not support the video tag. This is Professor Aline Miller, CSO of Unit M at the University of Manchester, a recently founded initiative to connect the regional innovation ecosystem and drive inclusive growth. The initiative is working closely with Sister, a ... Read more ›
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Asset trading app Plus500 is expanding to Latin America following regulatory approval for a representative office in Colombia. The London-listed fintech announced on Tuesday that it had obtained authorisation from the Colombian Financial Superintendence. This represents the firm’s first Latin American expansion, as the London-headquartered business aims to establish its global footprint. “We are delighted ... Read more ›
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When I founded Scalable Capital in London back in 2014, the city felt electric. There was a powerful sense of inevitability. If you had bold ambitions and grit, London was the place to build. Investors believed it. Policymakers believed it. Founders believed it. 2014 was the year of the first London Tech Week, the likes ... Read more ›
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The UK has agreed to back down on its demand for Apple to allow it back door access to encrypted data, according to claims from the US director of National Intelligence. In a social media post, Tulsi Gabbard said she has been “working closely with our partners in the UK” to discuss data privacy and ... Read more ›
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Neurovalens, a Belfast-based health tech specialising in non-invasive neuro technology, has closed a £6m funding round just over a year after its last investment. The company develops wearable medical devices that stimulate the brain with small electrical pulses to treat various mental health challenges, including insomnia, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. Having raised £2.1m in ... Read more ›
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This week’s podcast guest is Dr Jane Jin, founder and chief operating officer of OXCCU, who discusses the complexity of developing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), the history of how it has been deployed in the past and just how impactful viable could be for the environment and the aviation industry. OXCCU is a spinout from ... Read more ›
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US-headquartered law firm Perkins Coie is expanding its UK tech team with a new appointment to its London-based tech transaction and privacy (TTP) team. Arnav Joshi, who joins Perkins Coie as a partner, specialises in digital regulation, AI, privacy, data protection, cybersecurity and tech policy. Joshi, a former researcher at the London School of Economics ... Read more ›
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An AI system being developed at an NHS Trust aims to reduce waiting times and get patients discharged faster. The tool, in development at Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust, is among a handful of projects backed by the UK government’s AI Exemplars programme. It will aim to help doctors draft discharge documents more quickly, pulling ... Read more ›
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Oxford Quantum Circuits has added former HSBC chief executive Colin Bell to its recent string of appointments, with the banking veteran joining the company’s board. Bell, a former British Army officer, has spent almost two decades as a senior executive in banking and finance, having held prominent roles at Barclays and UBS before joining HSBC ... Read more ›
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Meshed, self-described as the UK’s first AI-native insurance broker, has closed its pre-seed funding round, pulling in £950,000. Tackling the issue of underinsurance for UK SMEs, Meshed claims existing brokerage practices are outdated, inefficient and overly focused on manual operations. The group’s AI-powered platform deploys agents to support the broker experience, handling tasks such as ... Read more ›
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EvaluateLocate, a London-headquartered startup developing geospatial intelligence software, has secured a £300,000 seed investment as it launches its new app. The firm aims to use spatial reasoning technology to provide location analysis to clients to give a clear understanding of a region before launching a venture there. Whether building a new business, expanding an existing ... Read more ›
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This week’s UK tech funding deals include car repair BNPL service Bumper, cross-border payments fintech Riva Money and more. UKTN tracked £16.3m worth of UK tech investment this week (11 August to 15 August), an 89% week-on-week increase across six funding rounds. Here’s your weekly roundup of UK tech startup funding deals. Bumper – £8.1m ... Read more ›
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Jade Leung, a former employee of ChatGPT developer OpenAI, has been appointed as the AI advisor to Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Currently serving as the chief technology officer of the government-owned AI Security Institute, Leung will now report directly to Starmer, as well as Technology Secretary Peter Kyle, on AI policy. Leung will continue her ... Read more ›
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Harvey Lowe is the co-founder of Arcube, a passenger intelligence platform that aims to increase customer loyalty to airlines by converting unused miles into personalised rewards based on consumer data. Arcube is a resident startup at Sister, Manchester’s new innovation district. In this week’s Founder in Five Q&A, Lowe discusses staying productive by keeping things fresh, ... Read more ›
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Monzo has returned to the top spot of the banking customer satisfaction league table run by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), after being leapfrogged in February. The biannual publication from the CMA ranks UK banks in order of customer satisfaction based on surveys conducted by the regulator. Monzo over the past few years has ... Read more ›
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The government aims to use AI technology to launch a mapping system to predict where and when violent crime is expected to occur before it happens. In an announcement reminiscent of the dystopian science fiction thriller Minority Report, Technology Secretary Peter Kyle has called on tech developers to create a detailed, real time interactive crime ... Read more ›
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The British government is sticking by its pledge to move beyond a handful of major corporations to work closely with defence tech SMEs, according to a leading figure in the industry. This shift in approach has been on the cards for a while as the government has been urged over the years to make procurement ... Read more ›
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It is only right that the government’s recently published Industrial Strategy identified life sciences as one of eight priority sectors for UK growth. Britain’s research credentials are undisputed – Cambridge alone houses what the Global Innovation Index has described as the world’s most intensive science and technology cluster for the past three years. But ambition ... Read more ›
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Virgin Media O2 has launched a £1m talent fund aimed at helping small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) train tech apprentices. The initiative will cover the full cost of apprenticeship training, with a particular focus on supporting the early careers of women and people from diverse backgrounds in STEM-based roles. Despite a well documented digital skills ... Read more ›
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Bumper, a buy now pay later (BNPL) platform for car servicing and repairs, has secured an $11m (£8.1m) equity investment. Founded in 2013, the Sheffield-based fintech has raised the new funds to scale its BNPL service across Europe. Bumper offers garages and dealerships the option to spread the cost of repairs into multiple interest-free payments, ... Read more ›
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