London-listed fintech group Wise has announced its intention to move its primary public listing to New York in a potential blow to the UK public markets. Announced in the company’s results for the year ended March 2025, Wise said it would be seeking a dual listing in the US to “accelerate our mission and bring ... Read more ›
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The Gibraltar government has enlisted climate tech company IES to create the territory’s first dynamic simulation engine for compliance with local building regulations. Glasgow-based IES has unveiled a bespoke Dynamic Simulation Modelling (DSM) tool to help building professionals meet Gibraltar’s Part F energy regulations for new buildings and extensions. The modelling platform was funded through ... Read more ›
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Science Minister Lord Vallance has doubled down on calls to promote and develop the area connecting Oxford and Cambridge into “Europe’s Silicon Valley” in an address to major industry figures in the region. Speaking at the OxCam Supercluster Conference on Thursday, Vallance made the case for supporting previously announced intentions from the government to bet ... Read more ›
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Tech job vacancies in the UK have grown 21% in the past year, driven in part by a surge in demand for AI professionals, new research has found. Specific demand for AI skills from UK firms has skyrocketed by almost 200% year-on-year, according to Accenture’s latest UK Tech Talent Tracker. The report, which tracks tech ... Read more ›
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The UK government has launched an “evidence-based model” aimed at speeding up the adoption of AI across the economy. Based on the earlier launch of Assist, a bespoke generative AI tool designed for the Government Communication Service (GCS), the new model will encourage AI implementation to meet – what the Cabinet Office has described as ... Read more ›
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London has long been a cornerstone of global finance and a leading fintech hub. It was only a couple of months ago that the Z/Yen Global Financial Centres Index showed the UK capital was closing the gap on New York. But recent developments make clear that the race is far from over. Paris has just ... Read more ›
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Employee benefits platform Epassi Group has expanded its UK presence with its latest strategic acquisition of Zest. Founded in 2004, Zest is a SaaS platform that helps employers manage, communicate, and expand their employee benefits offering. Zest complements Epassi’s existing operations in the UK and will expand the product suite available to existing and new ... Read more ›
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Revolut will open dozens of physical ATM cash machines in a pilot programme to expand its use in cash-reliant markets. The London-headquartered fintech will launch an initial 50 machines distributed between Madrid and Barcelona, with an additional 150 units to be deployed in other major hubs including Valencia and Málaga. Revolut chose to start its ... Read more ›
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Shares in London-listed fintech group CAB Payments surged around 10% on Wednesday morning after the company was granted a licence to establish a representative office in the US. The cross-border B2B payments firm was granted approval from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and The New York State Department of Financial Services. ... Read more ›
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Healthcare marketplace platform HealthKey has acquired personal health assessment and recommendation platform Syndi Health. The acquisition, which was finalised on 1 May, will see HealthKey take on a number of Syndi Health’s customers, and will look to combine HealthKey’s due diligence and marketplace capabilities with Syndi Health’s patented and medically-approved clinical assessment technology. “This acquisition ... Read more ›
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Legal tech startup Valla has secured a seed investment of £2m. The Edinburgh firm’s platform offers guidance on staff dealing with workplace disputes, including letter and document templates, tribunal claim assistance and a toolkit explaining the process. The Valla platform also offers coaching and access to webinars and other educational events. Employment tribunals can often ... Read more ›
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London-listed clothing vendor NEXT is bolstering its customer security processes through a new partnership with cloud communications platform Infobip as retailers in the UK and beyond face a barrage of cyber-attacks. NEXT will incorporate Infobip’s AI solution designed to target and combat artificially inflated traffic to prevent phishing attacks and attempted fraud. According to the ... Read more ›
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The new chief executive of the British Computer Society, the chartered institute for the IT industry, will make digital skills a “significant priority” during her tenure. Speaking exclusively to UKTN, Sharron Gunn, who was recently named the new permanent boss of the Royal Charter-backed group following the departure of Rob Deri, laid out her vision ... Read more ›
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ThreatSpike, an end-to-end cybersecurity provider, has raised $14m (£10.35m) in a Series A funding round that will see Darktrace co-founder Emily Orton join its board. Founded in 2011, Adam and Kate Blake, a former Deloitte and Accenture analyst and former Morgan Stanley IT associate respectively, ThreatSpike provides firms with a unified platform to replace fragmented ... Read more ›
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Two British military veterans have secured a $20m (£14.8m) investment led by Plural for their startup Labrys, used for managing teams operating in high-risk environments. Royal Marine veteran August Lersten and former army officer Luke Wattam founded Labrys in 2020, inspired by their frontline experience. The company aims to provide humanitarian organisations, defence forces, crisis ... Read more ›
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Treefera, a startup using AI to map supply chain conditions, has raised $30m (£22.2m) in a Series B round a year after raising £9m. Environmental volatility has added significant new difficulties in maintaining reliable supply chains. Treefera’s tech is implemented at the first mile, the point at which commodities and raw materials are first sourced. ... Read more ›
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London-based fintech group Zilch will launch its first-ever physical payment card in a new partnership with Visa. The provider of advertising-subsidised buy now, pay later services will work with Visa to develop new financial products as it looks to capture a greater share of customer wallet spend. Zilch, which recently surpassed five million customers, will ... Read more ›
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New research has revealed that, for the first time, the proportion of startups measuring their carbon footprint has fallen, declining from 28% in 2023 to 23% in 2024. ESG_VC and the BVCA analysed ESG data from 711 startups backed by leading venture capital firms. According to the data partners, the drop could be explained – ... Read more ›
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AI experts have called for the development of regulation to have a greater focus on the technology’s use by children, the demographic likely to be most affected by the technology over their lifetimes. New research published by the Alan Turing Institute has found that almost a quarter (22%) of children aged 8-12 are regularly using ... Read more ›
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This week’s podcast guest is Ed Bussey, CEO of Oxford Science Enterprises, who discusses why time is running out to solve British tech’s scaleup funding gap, why the potential for the UK tech industry is so much greater than its current performance and an out-there idea to improve the competitiveness of the London public markets. ... Read more ›
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