Starling Bank has announced that OVO Energy chief executive Raman Bhatia will take over as the fintech’s CEO following the departure of founder Anne Boden. Bhatia, who is currently running the energy retail unicorn, will take over as CEO of Starling from John Mountain, the company’s COO who has been serving as the interim boss ... Read more ›
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The UK crypto industry has received a regulatory boost from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as the price of Bitcoin continues to climb. The FCA this week posted an update to its position on listing cryptoasset-backed Exchange Traded Notes (cETNs), stating it would “not object to requests”. The update represents a slight softening in the ... Read more ›
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Labour will publish an AI strategy and establish a body within government to ensure tech regulation is “clear and consistent”, the party’s shadow science and technology minister has said. Addressing an audience of business leaders at techUK’s policy event in London, Peter Kyle outlined Labour’s approach to tech regulation and confirmed that the opposition party ... Read more ›
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Packfleet, a London-based startup operating an all-electric courier network, has raised $10m (£7.8m) for its Series A funding round. Launched in 2021 by a team of early-Monzo employees, Packfleet handles the delivery service for clients including Pizza Pilgrims and the climate-focused toilet paper brand Who Gives a Crap. Packfleet manages the tech and tracking end ... Read more ›
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Three-quarters of tech leaders believe a Labour government would have a positive impact on UK innovation, according to a new survey. A general election is firmly on the cards this year and both Labour and the Conservative Party have been fighting to win the approval of the business community. New research from the tech funding ... Read more ›
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VC firm Ada Ventures has announced the final close of its new $80m (£63m) investment fund targeting diverse impact startups. Through the fund, Ada Ventures will make investments between £250,000 and £1.5m from pre-seed to seed-stage startups. The firm plans to make between 10 and 12 investments per year in spaces such as climate equity, ... Read more ›
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In this episode of the UKTN Podcast, Allan Nixon, head of science of technology at Onward, shares his assessment of the Spring Budget and outlines steps he thinks Whitehall could take to improve tech sector growth. Off the back of last week’s Spring Budget, Nixon unpacks some of the key announcements – from the ones ... Read more ›
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Businesses should be cautious about employees using generative AI tools like ChatGPT due to the risk of data leaks, according to the founder of a cybersecurity AI startup. Speaking to UKTN, James Moore, founder of CultureAI, said employees are putting sensitive company information into AI chatbots, putting that information at risk. ChatGPT, Gemini and other ... Read more ›
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Suiso, a Rotherham-based company developing industrial-scale, green hydrogen generators, has raised £3m. Founded in 2021, Suiso aims to supply hydrogen generators the size of shipping containers to provide greener power for hospitals, factories, warehouses and filling stations for hydrogen vehicles. “Hydrogen is rapidly emerging as a sustainable way to decarbonise the economy, but cost, availability ... Read more ›
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Griffin, a London-based fintech, has secured a fully operational banking licence and raised $24m (£18.7m) in funding. Founded in 2017, Griffin provides banking as a service tools for financial companies, such as customer onboarding checks and payments. The fintech secured a banking licence in March 2023, a year after its application. Due to regulatory rules ... Read more ›
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The next government must update the UK’s AI strategy to deliver incentives for capital investment, according to trade association techUK. The industry group said that updating the strategy could diffuse AI across the economy and reduce infrastructure costs. The recommendation comes as part of techUK’s seven policy suggestions to support the tech industry ahead of ... Read more ›
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A little over a year ago I wrote the obituary for Britishvolt, which was meant to be the UK’s homegrown hero and a competitor to Tesla. Nine months after the company broke ground on its gigafactory in Cambois in Northumberland, it had been run into the ground, resulting in hundreds of redundancies. The waste and ... Read more ›
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The UK’s crackdown on legal migration won’t affect the tech industry – despite it facing a long-running skills shortage – the government’s tech minister has claimed. Speaking to UKTN, Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy Saqib Bhatti said that despite recent policies from the Home Office designed to reduce migration into the UK, the ... Read more ›
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As another International Women’s Day comes by, it is a stark reminder of the glacial progress in closing the UK tech industry’s gender gap. Much work is being done. A recent report from the women-led high-growth enterprise taskforce, led by Starling Bank founder Anne Boden, made a handful of practical recommendations for businesses. A women-led ... Read more ›
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Software development has been predominantly male-dominated for decades, and though the tide is slowly turning , there is plenty more to do. This International Women’s Day (IWD), we’re taking a closer look at IT specialists in the UK, and highlighting employers which are committed to driving greater inclusivity in the workforce and proactively promoting software ... Read more ›
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Emma Sinclair is the co-founder and CEO of EnterpriseAlumni, a software platform for organisations to engage with alumni for boomerang hires, brand advocacy and referrals. The London-founded but global company counts the likes of Marks & Spencer and BlackRock among its customers. The platform, which can integrate into an organisation’s existing HR tools, also serves ... Read more ›
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Even in a slowed-down macroeconomic climate, the funding deals never end in the world’s third-largest tech industry. To help keep track of the deals that matter most, UKTN is launching a weekly funding roundup every Friday. This week – 4 March to 8 March – includes funding rounds for digital banking giant Monzo, medtech startup Phagenesis, ... Read more ›
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The government has published a plan that aims to drive public and private investment into the space tech sector as part of its goal to make the UK a “science and tech superpower” by 2030. The tech department this week published its Space Industrial Plan, building on the National Space Strategy (NSS) from 2021, as ... Read more ›
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I need to start with a confession. Today is International Women’s Day, but it is a holiday that I’ve never really celebrated. In fact, I’ve never been a fan. As a journalist, IWD was always preceded with a flurry of emails from PRs proffering their female founder or CEO for interviews to tell me their ... Read more ›
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A biotech spinout from the University of Edinburgh developing RNA sequencing technology that could speed up drug development has raised £8.5m in funding. Wobble Genomics claims its technology can overcome challenges for sequencing RNA, a molecule present in most living organisms and viruses. Challenges include RNA’s complex molecular structure and instability. Potential applications for Wobble’s ... Read more ›
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