Simply Business, one of the UK’s largest small business insurance providers, has launched its annual nationwide hunt for the country’s funniest small business name – and this year’s winner will walk away with a £2,500 cash prize. Whether you’re a locksmith called Surelock Homes, a landscaping firm known as Easy Lay, or a takeaway with a twist like Tikka Chance ...
Legal tech startup Wordsmith AI has reached a valuation of more than $100 million just 18 months after its launch — a milestone it claims is the fastest ever for a Scottish-founded technology company. The Edinburgh-based firm, which has developed an AI platform to automate and streamline legal operations, secured the valuation following a $25 million Series A funding round ...
A growing number of London’s entrepreneurs and micro-businesses are swapping traditional offices for coffee shops and cafes, with new research revealing that these venues are playing an increasingly vital role in the capital’s business ecosystem. Commissioned by pan-European real estate investment manager Tristan Capital Partners, the research shows that 11% of London business owners now work from restaurants or cafes ...
A tech startup founded by two British military veterans has raised $20 million to expand its secure coordination and payments platform for defence, humanitarian and disaster response teams. Labrys Technologies, co-founded by Royal Marines veteran August “Gus” Lersten and former army linguistics specialist Luke Wattam, developed its flagship platform Axiom to address growing concerns over “shadow IT” in high-risk environments ...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been warned by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) that her wafer-thin fiscal buffers could prove inadequate if the UK economy is hit by a fresh downturn, following a downgrade to the country’s growth forecast. In its latest economic outlook, the Paris-based body revised its UK GDP growth projections downward for both this year ...
Millions of UK cryptocurrency holders will soon be required to disclose their personal details to digital asset platforms, as HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) rolls out a sweeping new crackdown on tax avoidance in the sector. From 1 January 2026, crypto exchanges and marketplaces will be obliged to collect and report information on users and transactions to HMRC as part ...
Rachel Reeves’s planned overhaul of inheritance tax reliefs for farmers and family businesses could end up costing the Treasury nearly £2 billion by 2030, rather than raising revenue as intended, a new analysis has warned. Reforms to Business Property Relief (BPR) and Agricultural Property Relief (APR), set to come into force in April, were projected to generate £1.8 billion by ...
UK-based cybersecurity firm ThreatSpike has raised $14 million in Series A funding to expand its mission of simplifying enterprise security through a unified, end-to-end platform. The round was led by growth equity firm Expedition Growth Capital, with key additions to ThreatSpike’s board including Will Sheldon, Partner at Expedition, and Emily Orton, co-founder of Darktrace. Founded in 2011 by computer scientists ...
In a digital-first world where automation rules and inboxes are jammed with pitches, one company has quietly taken the opposite route — and succeeded. OLN Inc, founded by Elijah Medge in 2007, runs on something older than the internet: face-to-face interaction. With its roots in Nashville and its reach now across 30 U.S. cities, OLN Inc specializes in direct sales ...
Jacob Zach Winsett didn’t always see himself as a judge or an attorney. He started life far from a courthouse—on a farm in Chrisney, Indiana. His days were spent helping his dad, who worked as both a farmer and a welder. It was honest work that taught him discipline early on. “I learned about responsibility at a young age,” Winsett ...