| Date | Title | Description |
| 16.09.2026 | UK tech scale-ups raise £3.4bn as Burnham faces test over British investment | Britain’s latest crop of high-growth tech companies have raised £3.4bn between them and employ more than 6,000 people, as Andy Burnham faces pressure to get more British capital behind home-grown firms.
Tech Nation on Wednesday unveiled the... |
| 16.09.2026 | Deliveroo Backer Joins $4M Seed Round for Tooth Enamel Startup Eterna | London-based biomaterials startup Eterna has secured a £3 million ($4 million) seed round to scale its revolutionary tooth enamel regeneration platform. The round was jointly led by Hoxton Ventures—known for early investments in tech giants... |
| 16.09.2026 | Gaia Dynamics Secures $7M Seed to Scale AI Trade Compliance Platform | Palo Alto-based Gaia Dynamics has closed an oversubscribed $7 million seed round to expand its artificial intelligence trade compliance platform. Corazon Capital and Lobby Capital led the round, with continued participation from existing in... |
| 01.09.2026 | ‘They want business on board’: How Reform UK is wooing City chiefs at its conference
Reform lures business chiefs
Conversations with ‘adults in the room’
Cooling on crypto | Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is on a mission to win over businesses before the next election. Maurício Alencar and Ali Lyon report on how the party’s upcoming conference in Birmingham could determine its political future.
By the time Britain’s ... |
| 01.09.2026 | Vodafone and Deliveroo look to patch up Reform ties after Yusuf prison threats | Vodafone and Deliveroo will dispatch senior representatives to the Reform UK conference this week despite the party publicly threatening to send their bosses to prison.
Telecoms giant Vodafone, operating under its UK banner Vodafonethree, w... |
| 28.08.2026 | How I earn cashback on everyday purchases with the Complete Savings shopper rewards programme | I joined Complete Savings in July 2024 and since then I’ve earned £1,276.26 in cashback. I’ve used it for everything from everyday grocery deliveries and takeaways to flights, accommodation and car hire. Cashback has now become one of my fi... |
| 26.08.2026 | Reform to slash HMRC officials’ pay if taxpayers wait too long | HMRC officials would be fined and dismissed if they keep taxpayers waiting too long to deal with government services under a Reform UK government.
If Nigel Farage becomes Prime Minister, customer services officers at the tax collector would... |
| 17.08.2026 | What Happens To SaaS Revenue When AI Product Works So Well Customers Stop Buying Seats? | A strange paradox is sweeping enterprise SaaS. The better an AI tool gets at doing actual work, the fewer user seats a client needs to buy. An automated support platform resolving 80% of customer tickets without human assistance makes for a... |
| 05.08.2026 | The Shai-Hulud npm worm didn't fake its security check — it earned a legitimate one | An attacker on Tuesday took over the GitHub account of the developer who maintains keyv, a small key-value storage library that npm serves roughly 127 million times a week. Within hours, poisoned versions of keyv and its sibling caching pac... |
| 27.07.2026 | AI Minister: Visa reform key to keeping tech giants in Britain | AI Minister Kanishka Narayan renewed calls for more visas for top engineers, arguing that the UK will need to do more to help tech companies scale at home rather than sell overseas.
In his first interview since joining Andy Burnham’s cabine... |
| 20.07.2026 | Uber's Global Gamble: $14.8 Billion Delivery Hero Acquisition Reshapes Food Market | Uber buys Delivery Hero in a $14.8 billion deal. This creates the largest food delivery giant outside China. Uber gains vast global reach, expanding to 99 countries. The move intensifies competition. Regulatory approval is a major hurdle. D... |
| 16.07.2026 | Uber in $15 billion deal for Delivery Hero to create global takeout giant | Berlin: Uber agreed on Thursday to buy Germany's Delivery Hero at an equity value of $14.8 billion to create the largest food-delivery group outside China and stave off intensifying competition from U.S. and European rivals.
The acquisition... |
| 16.07.2026 | Uber to acquire Delivery Hero in $14.8 billion deal to create global food delivery giant | Uber is betting big on the future of food delivery. The ride-hailing giant has agreed to acquire Germany’s Delivery Hero in a $14.8 billion deal that would create the largest food delivery group outside China. If regulators approve the tran... |
| 15.07.2026 | The Big Disconnect Between US Federal Labor Reports And Real Life Hiring | The June jobs report landed with a thud as it fell significantly short of expectations. With payroll growth of just 57,000, which is barely half of the forecast 113,000 and a steep drop from May’s revised 129,000, the numbers tell a concern... |
| 05.07.2026 | World Cup gives London restaurants and retailers Deliveroo boost | England’s World Cup campaign has delivered a boost for restaurants and retailers across London, with new Deliveroo data showing a sharp increase in orders during the Three Lions’ group-stage matches.
Exclusive figures shared with City AM sh... |
| 02.07.2026 | M&A is ‘on fire’ as large-cap firms simplify, Citi UK CEO says | Citi U.K. CEO Tiina Lee told CNBC that U.K. M&A is “on fire.”
Lee said dealmaking is being driven by large-cap companies simplifying and overseas buyers targeting cash-generative British assets.
Lee said M&A is providing the main mo... |
| 30.06.2026 | iFood pede que Cade investigue 99Food e Keeta | iFood pede investigação contra 99Food e Keeta (imagem: reprodução/Vitor Pádua/Tecnoblog) Resumo
iFood pede investigação do Cade sobre 99Food e Keeta por supostas práticas de subsídios agressivos.
Segundo o iFood, 99Food e Keeta operam abaix... |
| 22.06.2026 | Cole Palmer: Chelsea footballer launches range of ‘premium craft ice’ for £2 a bag | Chelsea and England footballer Cole Palmer has put his World Cup snub behind him by launching a new range of “premium craft ice” with grocery delivery platform Gopuff.
The “Cole’d” product range – a nod to his nickname “Cold Palmer” – inclu... |
| 21.06.2026 | Yum Brands Sells Pizza Hut, AI Revolutionizes Workforce Management | Yum Brands sells its struggling Pizza Hut division for $2.7 billion. Private equity firm LongRange Capital acquires most global operations. Yum China buys the mainland China business. This strategic divestment allows Yum Brands to sharpen i... |
| 16.06.2026 | Struggling Pizza Hut snapped up by private equity in $2.7bn deal | Struggling restaurant chain Pizza Hut is set to be offloaded to private equity by its owner Yum Brands in a $2.7bn deal.
Most of the pizza giant’s global operations will be sold to Long Range Capital just months after 250 restaurants were p... |
| 09.06.2026 | Britain Unleashes £1.1 Billion AI Hardware Push | Britain has unveiled a colossal £1.1 billion AI Hardware Plan, marking a decisive national commitment to the future of artificial intelligence. This extensive strategy targets the construction of a cutting-edge national AI supercomputer, sl... |
| 08.06.2026 | Labour bets £1.1bn on Britain’s AI chip race | Keir Starmer’s government has unveiled a £1.1bn package aimed at turning Britain into a global AI hardware powerhouse, with ministers backing domestic chipmakers and pouring capital into training the next generation of engineers.
The new AI... |
| 03.06.2026 | Why Britain needs a defence innovation engine | Britain must follow the US by aligning government demand, private capital, and entrepreneurs to leverage its technological talent against modern national security threats, says Simon Pavitt
Britain has spent years celebrating entrepreneurs ... |
| 02.06.2026 | Lime trialled fast-food lane that let Deliveroo riders bypass speed limits | Lime has scrapped a trial that allowed Deliveroo riders to bypass speed restrictions on its rental e-bikes after questions were raised over the policy.
The scheme, first reported by London Centric, gave riders using Lime’s new Delivery Pass... |
| 01.06.2026 | Tech's Tumultuous Frontlines: AI Costs Rise, Rockets Fail, Infrastructure Strains | The tech world faces rapid shifts. Rocket failures disrupt space ambitions. AI drives unprecedented talent costs. Generative AI tools bring unforeseen operational expenses. Data center demands escalate. Companies like Amazon, Microsoft, and... |
| 29.05.2026 | Ocado shares rocket after striking Asda home deliveries deal | Supermarket giant Asda has struck a deal with Ocado for the grocery technology company to take over all home deliveries from next year, as it looks to completely overhaul its online shopping business.
Ocado will “quickly replace and upgrade... |
| 26.05.2026 | London AI jobs boom as Anthropic salaries hit £630k | London’s AI hiring race is accelerating at dizzying rates, with Anthropic offering some engineers in the capital as much as £630,000 a year as Big Tech firms battle for AI talent.
The US AI giant, backed by Amazon and best known for its cha... |
| 14.05.2026 | Deliveroo takes on the high street in grocery push | Deliveroo customers will soon be able to shop from multiple shops in a single order and add restaurant items after checkout, City AM can reveal, as the Doordash-owned giant attempts to elbow in on the high street.
The takeaway giant’s first... |
| 14.05.2026 | JPMorgan's bet on early-stage companies pays off in leading global tech investment banking | NEW YORK, May 14 : When Pattern Group co-founders David Wright and Melanie Alder needed $10 million for their startup in 2017, it was barely a rounding error for a bank like JPMorgan, which held $2.5 trillion in assets at the time.
Yet the ... |
| 13.05.2026 | Avantia, Hoxton Ventures’ Portfolio Company, Acquired By Carta | Hoxton Ventures, the early-stage venture capital firm known for backing Europe’s next-generation unicorns, congratulated Avantia, the firm’s portfolio company and one of the earliest AI-native legal-tech companies, for its successful acquis... |
| 06.05.2026 | Who Gives a Crap: The toilet roll tycoon making a splash | Simon Griffiths founded Who Gives a Crap toilet paper with the philanthropic aim of ensuring everyone has access to a clean toilet. He has raised £11m so far, but Griffiths tells Felix Armstrong that’s not nearly enough
“I was always an ent... |
| 10.03.2026 | Sportl: the pay-as-you-go gym app sprinting into the capital | When they worked at the Bank of England, Matthew Austin and Ryan Lovelock understood the frustration of finding time for the gym.
Sneaking out for a lunchtime sesh or scrambling to leave work on time for an evening class is a familiar chall... |
| 04.03.2026 | Foreign buyers circle ‘undervalued’ UK firms | Foreign buyers continued to circle “undervalued” UK firms in the final quarter of last year, new figures show, with the value of inward Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) surging to its highest level in four years.
The total value of deals ... |
| 29.01.2026 | London’s HomeCooks secures €1.6 million for its home-cooked meals prepared by independent chefs | HomeCooks, a British meal-prep marketplace connecting health-conscious consumers with homemade dishes from independent chefs, has raised €1.6 million (£1.4 million) to accelerate its retail expansion and growth across the UK.
The company, w... |
| 14.01.2026 | London-based incentifi raises €174k pre-seed round to pilot wellbeing-focused workplace rewards platform | incentifi, a well-being-focused workplace rewards startup based in London, has secured €174k (£150k) in phase one pre-seed funding as it prepares to pilot its platform with businesses across the UK. Alongside the investment, the company has... |
| 07.01.2026 | Waterstones books Rothschild as IPO plans ramp up | The owner of Waterstones is preparing to appoint Rothschild to advise its multibillion-pound flotation later this year, offering the clearest sign yet that London could turn the page on a dire run of form if it edges out New York for the li... |
| 18.12.2025 | Elliott turns the page on London’s IPO drought with Waterstones listing plan | Elliott Management is preparing a multibillion-pound flotation of Waterstones and Barnes & Noble, with a listing expected next year and London edging out New York as the preferred venue.
The US hedge fund has reportedly begun sounding o... |
| 17.12.2025 | Can Spotify and Lloyds and Uber and Deliveroo and Apple and everyone stop wrapping my year, please! | From Spotify to banking, data ‘wraps’ are taking over the festive period and exposing all our bad habits. Anna Moloney wants out
In the year 2025, it feels like Spotify Wrapped has reached the status of full Christmas tradition, akin to sto... |
| 05.12.2025 | Cloudflare Suffers Global Outage | Image: Envato
A widespread internet outage disrupted access to major websites and services worldwide after Cloudflare — a key provider of internet infrastructure and security — experienced a significant system failure today (Dec. 5).
The in... |
| 30.11.2025 | Byron burger chain rescued by Gen Z investor | The struggling high end burger chain Byron has been saved from a third collapse by a Gen Z entrepreneur, who has snapped up the troubled business for £2.5m.
First reported in The Times, the business has been bought by Niyamo Capital, founde... |
| 27.11.2025 | British founders bagging a few Budget wins after dodging exit tax | Startup founders went into this week’s Budget in a state of quasi-panic.
Rumours of a so-called ‘exit tax’ on wealthy individuals, fuelled by weeks of speculation that the UK had bubbled, fuelling fears that Britain was about to hurt its ow... |
| 11.11.2025 | AI spending is not all equal. Wall Street rewards hyperscalers, punishes DoorDash and Duolingo | Shares of DoorDash, Duolingo and Roblox sold off after the companies warned investors that they plan to spend big on artificial intelligence and innovation.
Megacaps are getting treated differently, as Wall Street rewarded Alphabet and Amaz... |
| 06.11.2025 | UK tech founders warn Reeves her Budget could derail London IPO plans | Executives from some of Britain’s most valuable technology start-ups have warned Rachel Reeves that proposed tax measures in this month’s budget could force them to abandon London listing plans.
According to Sky News, a letter was sent this... |
| 06.11.2025 | Uber Eats new tech aims to beat Deliveroo in Christmas delivery war | The annual Christmas rush, characterised by frantic supermarket dashes and sold-out delivery slots, is undergoing a fundamental change, with on-demand delivery cementing its role as the crucial last-minute lifeline.
Uber Eats has laid out i... |
| 05.11.2025 | Tip off: here’s how to fix infuriating service charges in restaurants | Faced with high staff costs, restaurants are finding ways around new laws to make sure waiters can keep their tips. There is a better way, says Richard Crampton Platt
“Call it whatever you want, it’s still theft!” I said to my flabbergasted... |
| 03.11.2025 | Businesses face new ‘right to work’ compliance burden as gig economy checks loom | The UK government is moving to extend mandatory ‘right to work’ checks to cover individuals hired under a ‘worker’s contract’, in a move to address gaps in the law in the gig economy.
The Home Office launched a consultation last week as it ... |
| 30.10.2025 | Deliveroo and Darktrace top UK exits amid IPO draught | Deliveroo and Darktrace have been named among the UK’s most successful tech exits in the latest ‘Founders Forum UK exit 50 report’, as the country faces ongoing challenges in retaining its high-growth firms.
Founders Forum’s annual list, co... |
| 04.10.2025 | Lunos AI Reimagines B2B Payments with Automation, Secures $5M for AI-Powered Accounts Receivable | Lunos AI has launched, securing $5 million in pre-seed funding. This fintech pioneer automates B2B accounts receivable, addressing a significant economic inefficiency. Its AI agents manage invoice chasing, customer communications, and payme... |
| 01.10.2025 | Thunes and BSF Unite to Transform Cross-Border Remittances from Saudi Arabia | Collaboration signals new era of real-time, affordable global money movement for consumers in the Kingdom
SINGAPORE and RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Thunes, the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world, today ... |
| 30.09.2025 | Lunos AI launches with $5M to automate accounts receivable using AI agents
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| 18.09.2025 | Will Shu quits as Deliveroo CEO after denying he planned to leave | The CEO of Deliveroo, Will Shu, has announced his decision to step down from the company he co-founded in 2013, just months after the company denied he had any plans to leave.
In February, after growing speculation Shu was preparing to exit... |
| 18.09.2025 | Deliveroo founder Will Shu to step down as CEO after DoorDash takeover | “I have decided that now is the right time for me to step down,” Deliveroo CEO Will Shu said in a statement Thursday.
Shu will step down as CEO after DoorDash’s deal to acquire the company, which is expected to close on Oct. 2
The deal repr... |
| 17.09.2025 | Three Scottish Startups Featured in Tech Nation 2025 Future Fifty | Tech Nation has released its 2025 Future Fifty, featuring some of the UK’s leading technology startups, including three Scottish startups.
The Tech Nation Future Fifty is a UK programme that helps late-stage tech companies scale, expand int... |
| 16.09.2025 | barq joins forces with Thunes to power faster, world-class remittances across Saudi Arabia | RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Thunes, the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world, and barq, the rapidly-growing digital wallet in Saudi Arabia, announce the launch of barq's enhanced remittance services to ... |
| 15.09.2025 | Follow The Leader: How Charlie Wright Built UAE-Based Humantra as an Extension of His Core Values "This business was really largely built on how I operate as a human being. We want to do cool stu... | "I've always felt like I was destined to do more…but I didn't really know what that pursuit was going to be," says Charlie Wright, founder of UAE-based wellness brand Humantra, very early on during his interview. As will be eviden... |
| 15.09.2025 | Foreign takeovers risk turning UK into an ‘incubator economy’ | The UK is facing a time crunch to avoid becoming an “incubator economy” as foreign takeovers continue to sweep the London market.
A collection of top venture capital investors and founders have called for crucial reforms to the markets ecos... |
| 12.08.2025 | Tide Rewards Debuts to Help Small Businesses Cut Daily Costs | Cashback now available with 100+ major UK retailers, including Apple, Currys, Deliveroo, Sainsbury’s, Wickes and Grind Coffee.
Online offers launched last month; in-store cashback offers are now live.
Tide Rewards, powered by Valuedynamx, c... |
| 07.08.2025 | Deliveroo: Earnings shoot up ahead of Doordash acquisition | Deliveroo has announced a boost to its earnings driven by a ‘more resilient than expected’ consumer, although profit has taken a hit ahead of its acquisition by American delivery giant Doordash.
Revenue rose nine per cent in the six months ... |
| 06.08.2025 | DoorDash shares rise on earnings, revenue beat | DoorDash beat on the top and bottom lines in its second-quarter earnings report.
The company said total orders increased 20% from a year earlier to 761 million.
DoorDash shares rallied after hours, extending their gains for the year.
DoorDa... |
| 23.07.2025 | UK sanctions 25 targets in illegal migration crackdown | The UK government has banned 25 people smugglers, fraudsters, and bankers in the first set of sanctions aimed at curbing illegal migration, putting pressure on countries across Europe and the Middle East to follow suit.
The Foreign Office h... |
| 26.06.2025 | Metaview's $35M Funding: A New Dawn for Hiring Intelligence | In the world of hiring, clarity is often a rare gem. Traditional methods are riddled with biases, gut feelings, and fragmented knowledge. Enter Metaview, a London-based startup that has just raised $35 million in Series B funding, led by Go... |
| 26.06.2025 | Quick commerce sector faces delivery partner shortage amid rapid growth | - |
| 26.06.2025 | Visma to snub Amsterdam for London IPO in rare win for Britain’s stalling market | Norwegian software giant Visma has provisionally selected London over Amsterdam for its upcoming IPO, a rare win for the UK’s shrinking public markets as the country battles to remain a viable home for high-growth tech listings.
The €19bn f... |
| 25.06.2025 | Metaview Closes $35M Series B Funding | Metaview, a London, UK-based provider of an AI platform that turns job interviews into actionable hiring intelligence, raised $35M in Series B funding.
The round was led by GV (Google Ventures), with participation from existing investors in... |
| 25.06.2025 | AI hiring startup Metaview raises $35M to automate recruiters’ admin work
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| 25.06.2025 | London-based AI platform Metaview raises €30.1 million dollars to help recruiters in “the war for talent” | British startup Metaview, an AI platform that transforms job interviews into actionable hiring intelligence, has announced a €30.1 million Series B funding round to further develop their suite of AI agents.
The round was led by GV (Google V... |
| 23.06.2025 | The UK: A Beacon for M&A Amid Economic Storms | The UK is shining bright in the murky waters of economic uncertainty. Recent data reveals that it is the top destination for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in Europe. This is no small feat. The global law firm White & Case LLP’s M&a... |
| 22.06.2025 | UK a ‘standout’ destination for deals despite economic uncertainty | The UK remains a “standout” destination for dealmaking among European peers despite wider economic uncertainty, new data shows.
Global law firm White & Case LLP’s M&A Explorer found the UK was the top destination for mergers and acq... |
| 20.06.2025 | Inside the UK's Nigerian Tech Boom A new wave of Nigerian tech talent is quietly transforming the UK start-up scene - from AI to fintech, their impact is beginning to show | Across the UK's innovative tech hotspots, a new generation of Nigerian tech professionals are shifting the paradigm and reshaping the future of the UK's digital economy, with determination, innovation and community.
With a growing reputatio... |
| 18.06.2025 | Danish bakery Ole & Steen brews up success with buns on demand | International bakery Ole & Steen has reported a double-digit uplift in sales, boosted by online deliveries to business and consumers.
Turnover grew five per cent last year after a strategy revamp, with revenue increasing to £36m from £3... |
| 16.06.2025 | Стартап Wordsmith AI с украинским сооснователем привлек $25 млн | Раунд финансирования серии A Legal Tech стартапа Wordsmith AI возглавил фонд Index Ventures. Также к раунду присоединилась организация Scottish Enterprise. Благодаря инвестиции оценка Wordsmith превысила $100 млн, что делает ее одной из сам... |
| 11.06.2025 | The Great British Tech Exodus: A Wake-Up Call for the UK Economy | The UK tech sector is at a crossroads. Recent events have sent shockwaves through the industry, highlighting a troubling trend: British tech firms are being swept away by US investors. In a single day, three significant takeovers occurred, ... |
| 09.06.2025 | Bargain basement Britain: Tech takeovers continue with three billion-pound swoops in a day | The frenzy of UK tech takeovers showed no signs of slowing down on Monday after three separate billion-pound M&A moves were made within hours of each other as US tech giants continued their hunt for British bargains.
First to announce a... |
| 09.06.2025 | Alphawave reaches deal on Qualcomm takeover | Alphawave is poised to become the latest tech firm to quit the London Stock Exchange after reaching a $2.4bn (£2.8bn) deal to be acquired by Qualcomm.
The British semiconductor business said its board would now recommend to shareholders the... |
| 06.06.2025 | Wordsmith AI: $25 Million Series A Raised For Scaling Legal AI Agent Infrastructure | Wordsmith AI announced it has secured a $25 million Series A led by Index Ventures to scale its AI infrastructure that deploys legal agents across organisations to guide them to outcomes faster.
With AI transforming the legal profession and... |
| 05.06.2025 | Nikesh Arora Joins Uber Board Amid Executive Reshuffle "I'm honoured to join Uber's Board at such an exciting time, as the company plays a central role in commercialising autonomous mobility glob... | Uber Technologies has announced that Nikesh Arora, Chairman and CEO of Palo Alto Networks, is joining its board of directors. The appointment was disclosed in a regulatory filing on Wednesday and comes as part of a significant leadership sh... |
| 05.06.2025 | Whoppers on choppers: Deliveroo launches first drone-delivery service | Deliveroo has announced the rollout of a drone-delivery service for takeaways, with early test flights to be carried out in Ireland.
Launching in Blanchardstown, Dublin, initial flights will be used to see how effective the drones are in de... |
| 04.06.2025 | Wordsmith AI: The Dawn of Legal Tech Transformation | In the heart of Edinburgh, a revolution is brewing. Wordsmith AI, a legal technology startup, has just secured a hefty $25 million in Series A funding. This investment, led by Index Ventures, is not just a financial boost; it’s a signal fla... |
| 04.06.2025 | Wordsmith AI Raises $25M in Series A Funding | Wordsmith AI, an Edinburgh, Scotland, UK-based legal intelligence company, raised $25M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Index Ventures.
The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its development efforts.
Led by C... |
| 04.06.2025 | Uber adds Palo Alto CEO Nikesh Arora to its board after executive shakeup | Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora is joining the board of Uber.
He has previously worked at Google, and the move comes as Uber partners with Alphabet-owned Waymo in the face of increased self-driving competition.
Tesla is planning its lon... |
| 04.06.2025 | Wordsmith AI raises $25M to build legal AI for in-house teams
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| 03.06.2025 | London’s AI Ambitions: A Balancing Act Between Vision and Reality | London is at a crossroads. The city, long hailed as a global tech hub, is now facing a storm of challenges. Mayor Sadiq Khan recently pitched London as a beacon for artificial intelligence (AI) innovation. He painted a picture of a “creativ... |
| 03.06.2025 | DoorDash's Bold Moves: The Rise of an Industry Titan | In the fast-paced world of food delivery, DoorDash has emerged as a formidable player. Under the leadership of CEO Tony Xu, the company has transformed from a scrappy startup into a powerhouse valued at nearly $90 billion. This metamorphosi... |
| 03.06.2025 | Scots Startup Wordsmith AI Raises $25M Series A | Edinburgh-based startup Wordsmith AI has secured a $25 million (£18.5m~) Series A, led by venture capital firm Index Ventures.
The Series A funding, which also comes from the likes of Scottish Enterprise, will be used to scale the startup’s... |
| 03.06.2025 | Wordsmith AI raises $25M for agentic legaltech | Edinburgh-based legal technology startup Wordsmith AI has raised a $25 million Series A round, led by Index Ventures. The company, which builds AI infrastructure to deploy fleets of legal agents across organisations, is capitalising on the ... |
| 03.06.2025 | Hospitality ranks bottom for UK wages as sector struggles with costs | Hospitality workers are now the worst-paid employees in the UK as the sector continues to struggle with high costs.
A combination of high energy prices, high wholesale prices and high taxes have squeezed margins in the last two years, makin... |
| 03.06.2025 | Wordsmith AI Raises $25 Million Series A from Index Ventures to Deploy Fleets of Legal AI Agents and Power the Rise of Legal Engineers | Wordsmith AI has secured a $25m series A led by Index Ventures to scale its AI infrastructure that deploys legal agents across organisations to guide them to outcomes faster. With AI transforming the legal profession and giving rise to enti... |
| 02.06.2025 | Sadiq Khan pitches London as AI hub despite sector concerns | Sadiq Khan today championed the capital as an open, “values-led” tech hub, telling international investors that London “will always remain open to talent” and is “resolutely pro-growth”, even as sector voices warn of structural barriers lim... |
| 31.05.2025 | DoorDash CEO Tony Xu is taking on the role of industry consolidator in food delivery | DoorDash CEO Tony Xu has transformed the once-scrappy delivery startup into an industry consolidator worth almost $90 billion.
DoorDash recently bought London-based Deliveroo for $3.9 billion and booking platform SevenRooms for $1.2 billion... |
| 28.05.2025 | The IPO Drought: Why Companies Are Choosing to Stay Private | The landscape of initial public offerings (IPOs) is shifting. Companies are opting to remain private for longer periods. The IPO drought is a reality that investors and businesses must navigate. The reasons behind this trend are multifacete... |
| 28.05.2025 | BGF’s £3bn pledge offers hope amid concerns over UK competitiveness | The Business Growth Fund (BGF) has unveiled a £3bn commitment to back British businesses over the next five years which includes £500m earmarked for early stage start-ups in deep tech and life sciences.
The organisation, which is one of the... |
| 27.05.2025 | Firms ‘staying private for longer’ as listing drought set to continue, Baillie Gifford says | British businesses are set to stay “private for longer” as a drought in IPOs shows no sign of coming to an end, an investor at Baillie Gifford has warned.
Pater Singlehurst, head of private company investments at the Edinburgh-based busines... |
| 27.05.2025 | UK-EU deal triggers strategic AI partnership | A new initiative has been launched to enhance AI collaboration across Europe, building on the recent agreement between the UK and the EU.
This partnership invites leading UK public research organisations to apply to become the UK’s gateway ... |
| 26.05.2025 | 10-Minute meal model faces reality check: Quick commerce cools on meals | - |
| 22.05.2025 | The Rise and Fall of Tech Titans: A Tale of Triumph and Tragedy | In the world of technology, fortunes can shift like sand in the wind. Just yesterday, London was a beacon of innovation, a city where dreams took flight. Today, it finds itself grappling with a stark reality. The recent collapse of Builder.... |
| 22.05.2025 | The Cybersecurity Conundrum: UK Tech's Dual Challenge | The UK tech landscape is a paradox. On one hand, it thrives. On the other, it teeters on the edge of chaos. The software mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market is booming. A staggering £13.2 billion was invested across 420 deals last yea... |
| 21.05.2025 | Cyber and AI fuel surge in UK tech M&A deals | The UK’s software M&A market has hit a record high, with £13.2bn deployed across 420 deals over the past year, marking a 27 per cent year on year rise and revealing the nation’s pivotal role in Europe’s tech investment scene.
A recent s... |
| 21.05.2025 | London loses Europe tech crown to Paris | Paris has overtaken London as Europe’s leading tech hub for the first time, reigniting concerns over the competitiveness of the UK’s biggest city for a vital sector.
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