GoHalves opens founding membership ahead of matching
London-based startup GoHalves has opened founding membership for a new marketplace, designed to connect technology companies with non-competing brands that want to reach similar audiences,…
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AI use among small businesses more than doubles
The number of UK small businesses using artificial intelligence has more than doubled in a year, with almost half now using AI in their day-to-day…
KELLART acquires The Framers
Following growing demand from customers, contemporary art gallery KELLART has acquired bespoke framing service TheFramers.co.uk. The gallery will now expand its existing framing services under…
Sheffield startup raises £3.9m from NPIF II fund
Tickets for Good, a ticketing startup based in Sheffield, has secured nearly £4m from the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II. Tickets for Good is a…
Joe Woolf launches Discovery Hub after Tasty Mates collapse
Joe Woolf is helping emerging food and drink brands get their products into independent retailers after the collapse of his own sweets business, Tasty Mates….
TrueStart founders warn of growing pressure on coffee supplies
TrueStart founders Helena and Simon Hills are strengthening relationships with coffee growers and suppliers as they warn that high-quality coffee is becoming increasingly difficult to…
Lord Somerleyton seeks £10m investment in family estate
Lord Somerleyton is looking for £10m from investors in exchange for a 10% stake in his family’s 5,000-acre Suffolk estate. Hugh Crossley, the 4th Baron…
British founder funds AI startups
Timothy Armoo is investing £5m of his own money into AI startups by minority founders. The man who co-founded FanBytes, and then sold it in…
IGNITE returns to the Midlands
A flagship event celebrating and supporting female founders is returning to the Midlands this month, bringing together some of the UK’s most prominent women in…
Molten Ventures puts £175m into Europe’s next big startups
Molten Ventures has raised £175 million for a new fund aimed at a part of the startup market that can be surprisingly difficult to finance:…
