Two female entrepreneurs win £1m in Virgin Media’s startup competition Voom 2018

Thursday, 24 May 2018 Varsha Saraogi

Richard Branson has again led the biggest startup pitching contest in the UK and Ireland. And this year the competition was fierce as the winners left thousands of other startups in the dust behind them

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Google reveals the five trends businesses must follow for accelerated growth

Wednesday, 23 May 2018 Craig Fenton

The world of business is changing. Fortunately, Google UK’s director of strategy and operations is eager to share some of the tricks to realise your business’ potential

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Female founders raise on average 44p for every £1 raised by male entrepreneurs

Monday, 14 May 2018 Eric Johansson

New research from Access Commercial Finance unveils the ugly truth that the gender funding gap is still alive and kicking among UK SMEs

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How open banking can give startups financial freedom

Tuesday, 01 May 2018 Zen Terrelonge

After being proposed in 2016, open banking has arrived. But is the financial services shake-up exactly what startups need or is it too drastic?

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Emotional intelligence startup Realeyes raises $16.2m in growth funding

Wednesday, 23 May 2018 Varsha Saraogi

Realeyes, a UK-based intelligence startup that analyses consumer emotions, has bagged the funding round as it looks to supercharge marketing for the likes of Coca-Cola and Mars

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Former Dragon James Caan fires £5.1m into recruitment app Debut

Monday, 21 May 2018 Angus Shaw

Having already raised money from Zoopla, Graze and the co-founder of Indeed, the startup has now raised a total of £7.3m

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The ten nations UK SMEs pay the most money to

Wednesday, 09 May 2018 Eric Johansson

New research from WorldFirst reveals SMEs are getting bullish about international trade outside of the EU but that they’d like more help from the government to do so

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