Farnborough day two brought 82 firm aircraft orders and £2.6bn for UK aerospace, yet deal value fell 34 per cent. What suppliers should read into it.
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British Business Bank triples profit as SME finance hits record £9.4bn
British Business Bank profit triples to £426m as SME finance hits £9.4bn. What the state-backed lender’s record year means for UK small firms.
Farnborough opens with $48.8bn in orders and £7.7bn for UK industry
Farnborough Airshow 2026 opened with $48.8bn in orders and £7.7bn of work for UK aerospace. What day one’s blockbuster deals mean for UK suppliers.
Vertical’s flying taxis stay British as £10m seals 1,000 jobs
Vertical Aerospace will build its flying taxis in Britain after a £10m boost, creating 1,000 jobs and up to 3,000 more in the SME-heavy supply chain.
Lineker’s Rest Is Football scores two more years on Netflix
Netflix extends Goalhanger’s Rest Is Football Netflix deal to 2028 after its World Cup No. 1 run. What the podcast firm’s streaming win teaches UK SMEs.
Topgolf founders pot $55m to drag pool into the digital age
Topgolf founders Steve and Dave Jolliffe land $55m from Bluestone for Poolhouse and its BillyQ pool technology. What it means for UK hospitality SME
Leeds-born UKREiiF takes its £4bn dealmaking model to Australia
UKREiiF will launch its first overseas event in Australia in 2027, exporting the Leeds model behind £4bn of UK deals. What it means for UK business owners.
Manchester tops UK AI index again as Southampton leaps 19 places
Manchester tops the SAS AI Cities Index 2026 for a third year. What the UK’s most AI-ready city, and fast risers Southampton and Derby, mean for SMEs.
Ministers hand UK space firms £62m to cut reliance on foreign tech
Ministers unveil £62m in UK space funding for satellite communications and innovation. How SMEs and start-ups can apply, plus key deadlines to note.
Water fleas, moon tech and sewage-eating larvae win £100,000 apiece
Water Discovery Challenge names 20 finalists winning £100,000 each from a £7.5m fund, opening the UK water sector to SMEs, from water fleas to moon tech.
Traders will pay to see Trump’s posts before you do
Trump Media’s Truth API will sell trading firms millisecond access to the president’s market-moving Truth Social posts. What it means for UK firms.
SpaceX slips below IPO price as UK investors’ £271m bet turns sour
SpaceX shares have fallen below their $135 IPO price for the first time, leaving UK retail investors who spent £271m in the float nursing paper losses.
Stripe and Advent swoop on PayPal with $53bn takeover bid
Stripe and Advent International have made a $53bn takeover bid for PayPal. What the deal could mean for the fees and payment tools UK SMEs rely on.
Khosla backs robot bricklayers with $32m as UK trades shortage bites
Monumental has raised $32m led by Khosla Ventures to scale its robot bricklayers in the UK, where builders are 20,000 bricklayers short of housing targets.
600 global investors head to Farnborough with capital to let fly
Farnborough Airshow 2026 launches a Finance Summit bringing 600 global investors to meet aerospace, defence and space firms, from primes to start-ups.
