Eight projects proposing ways in which AI can be incorporated into public sector work have been selected as semi-finalists in a government-sponsored competition. Run by digital business and technology service provider NTT DATA, the Civil Service AI and Data Challenge encouraged public sector workers to propose projects utilising the technology to improve services. Among the ... Read more ›
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Sister, the £1.7bn innovation district based in Manchester, has announced an international partnership with Ireland’s Platform94. Based in Galway, Platform 94 works similarly to Sister, providing tech businesses in the West of Ireland with workspaces, access to a supportive business community and corporate partnerships. With the 12 month partnership in place, both tech hubs will ... Read more ›
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This week’s UK tech funding deals include energy brokerage tem, AI synthetic audience generator Electric Twin and more. UKTN tracked £82.5m worth of UK tech investment this week (9 February to 13 February), a 81% week-on-week decrease (skewed somewhat by the £368m megaround for ElevenLabs last week) across six funding rounds. Here’s your weekly roundup ... Read more ›
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Rightmove, the UK’s largest digital property platform, is joining the scores of firms betting on AI search features through a new collaboration with Google. Announced on Friday, Google’s Gemini models will be integrated into Rightmove’s property search service which will include conversational “natural language” search and “personalised property discovery”. With Gemini technology built into the ... Read more ›
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Banking group NatWest has announced plans to scale its AI investments signifcantly, citing the technology as a major factor in its annual profit surge. NatWest announced its full-year results on Friday, revealing a 24% increase in pre-tax profits, which reached £7.7bn. Speaking on the success the bank saw, NatWest’s group chief innovation officer Scott Marcar ... Read more ›
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Gregory Mostyn is the co-founder and chief executive of Wexler, an AI-powered fact extraction, verification and analysis platform for legal, compliance, HR and tax and forensics teams. In this week’s Founder in Five Q&A, Mostyn discusses why founders need to focus on what they are building rather than the competition, why momentum creates motivation and a ... Read more ›
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Debenhams Group is rolling out an AI shopping service in partnership with PayPal as retailers continue to explore how the technology can be used in the shopping experience. The group, which contains the brands Debenhams, PrettyLittleThing, boohoo, boohooMAN, and Karen Millen, will allow customers to discover products, receive personalised recommendations and check out all within ... Read more ›
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Former Atomico partner Anu Adebajo has been chosen as the new chief executive officer of the prominent Newton Venture Program. Founded by Phoenix Court and London Business School, Newton Venture Program is an educational course designed to train new generations of venture capital talent. The scheme was launched in 2020 and has since amassed an ... Read more ›
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Bracket, a financial management platform designed for mid-market businesses, has raised $7m (£5.1m) in seed funding. The London-based fintech was founded to offer mid-size businesses an alternative to spreadsheets and manual processes to manage foreign exchange (FX) exposure, cash visibility and bank connectivity. Bracket’s AI-powered platform is used to centralise bank accounts and automate FX ... Read more ›
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HSBC has been approved by HM Treasury as the provider of its Digital Gilt Instruments (DIGIT) platform pilot, via its Orion operation. As the UK government pushes ahead with its first-ever tokenised blockchain-based sovereign bond scheme, HSBC Orion will serve as the first issuer of digital gilts and digital corporate bonds. Proponents of the DIGIT ... Read more ›
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Leaders have got it tough right now. A number of factors are adding and prolonging the pressure they are under. A continually unstable economic climate, developing technology changing ways of working, and adapting to changing customer preferences – to name a few. When you’re a startup, arguably those challenges become even more acute. Revenue is ... Read more ›
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The Bank of England’s proposals to integrate regulated stablecoins into the British economy have been blasted as too cautious and discouraging adoption by a payments trade body. Riccardo Tordera-Ricchi, vice president for policy and government relations at the Payments Association has warned current proposals from the Bank of England would create a regime that “discourages ... Read more ›
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Stanhope AI, a startup developing artificial intelligence technology that aims to mimic the processes of the human brain, has raised $8m (£5.8m). The company, which previously secured a £2.3m investment back in 2024, is working on its Real World Model product, which it describes as a “next-generation framework for adaptive intelligence”. Essentially an AI model ... Read more ›
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The Northern tech ecosystem has spent the past decade proving it can grow without the level of investment or attention enjoyed by London and the South East. The question now is whether the rest of the system is ready to catch up. That theme ran through a roundtable discussion hosted by Lloyds in partnership with ... Read more ›
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An AI startup founded by former Downing Street advisors to model audiences and human thought has secured a £10m funding round from a group of major investors. Electric Twin was founded by Dr Ben Warner, former chief adviser on digital and data to the prime minister and Alex Cooper, a former military officer who worked ... Read more ›
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Takeaway delivery group Just Eat has launched a trial using ground robots to carry out deliveries, taking part in a growing trend for its sector. The trial will take place across Bristol and Milton Keynes. Just Eat said the increased delivery capacity brought on by the robotic couriers would allow it to meet the busy ... Read more ›
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British Transport Police (BTP) has become the latest law enforcement organisation in the UK to explore Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology, starting from Wednesday. Various UK legal institutions have been launching trials, with central government keen on supporting AI-powered LFR as a method of improving efficiency across the entirety of law enforcement. Several police forces ... Read more ›
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London payments platform Volt has launched stablecoin acceptance at checkout for online merchants as the asset type becomes integrated into the British economy. As UK regulators enter the final stage of approving the issuance of stablecoins, Volt aims to bring digital currencies into the mainstream from a payments perspective. The firm will be offering businesses ... Read more ›
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Mozart AI, a generative audio creation platform founded in London, has secured a $6m (£4.38m) seed investment round. Looking to use AI to break up the dominance of traditional music creation and editing software platforms that have been in use for years, Mozart AI claims its generative technology can support the creative work of artists ... Read more ›
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Occam, a UK-based defence tech startup developing AI autonomous drones being tested with the Ukrainian military, has raised a £2.6m investment. Founded in 2025, Occam is one of many tech firms founded to meet the defence needs of modern geopolitcal conflicts, with the war in Ukraine presenting one of the largest deployment operations for military ... Read more ›
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New protections aimed at people using buy now pay later (BNPL) credit products have been confirmed by UK financial regulators. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) confirmed on Wednesday that from 15 July 2026 BNPL will be subject to the Consumer Duty, which will regulate it in line with other loan products. After the deadline, BNPL ... Read more ›
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