Mayor Tracy Brabin backs Tech West Yorkshire, a new body uniting 9,700 digital firms across Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Calderdale and Kirklees to build a leading UK tech hub.
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WH Smith turns to investors for £100m lifeline as US slowdown and Middle East conflict trigger profit warning
WH Smith is raising £100m through a share placing after cutting profit guidance, blaming a US sales slump and fallout from the US-Iran conflict.
Reading start-up NewOrbit raises £13.8m to fly satellites where Elon Musk won’t
Reading-based NewOrbit has raised £13.8m to launch the world’s first commercial satellite built for very low Earth orbit, a potential British rival to Elon Musk’s Starlink.
UK firms need a sharper strategy to win in a changing American economy
America is still growing, but British firms eyeing the US in 2026 need sharper regional targeting, disciplined pricing and a realistic view of cost, says Blick Rothenberg.
Horner joins Oakley Capital to steer premium sports dealmaking
Former Red Bull boss Christian Horner has been appointed as a sports investments advisor by private equity firm Oakley Capital, signalling fresh ambitions to scale its premium sports portfolio.
Revision Implant lands oversubscribed €4m round to take brain-powered sight implant into the clinic
Belgian neurotech ReVision Implant secures an oversubscribed €4m round to bring cortical visual prosthesis manufacturing in-house ahead of first-in-human trials in Q3 2026.
Goalhanger Ventures opens its chequebook to creator-led media with Invisible Media stake and Backyard Cricket deal
Goalhanger launches Goalhanger Ventures, taking an equity stake in Invisible Media and a commercial partnership with Backyard Cricket as it bets on Britain’s creator economy.
OpenAI lines up confidential IPO filing as race for AI listings accelerates
OpenAI is preparing a confidential IPO filing with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, paving the way for one of the most consequential AI listings on record and raising the stakes for SpaceX, Anthropic and the wider technology sector.
Packaging power: how Cheshire’s Packaging One sealed a £4m export deal with UKEF backing
Cheshire’s Packaging One has won a £4m contract with a global tech giant after UKEF and NatWest unlocked working capital through the General Export Facility.
Barclays crowns Fractile and Isomorphic Labs in inaugural AI 100 as Britain’s tech race intensifies
Barclays Eagle Labs names Oxford chip pioneer Fractile and DeepMind spinout Isomorphic Labs among Britain’s top AI start-ups, as UK AI funding tops £8.3bn.
Britain’s AI boom hits record £8.3bn as London cements European tech crown
UK AI investment hit a record £8.3bn in 2025, with London home to nearly three quarters of Britain’s AI fintech firms, Barclays Eagle Labs research reveals.
Hertfordshire Pharma lands £2.3m Saudi contracts after UKEF steps in to plug working capital gap
UK Export Finance insurance has unlocked an HSBC UK credit lift, allowing Hertfordshire SME Masters Speciality Pharma to ship £2.3m of lifesaving medicines to Saudi Arabia.
ebay rebuffs GameStop’s surprise $55.5bn swoop
eBay has rejected a surprise $55.5bn takeover bid from GameStop, calling it “neither credible nor attractive”. Ryan Cohen may now go direct to shareholders.
OpenAI mints hundreds of overnight millionaires as staff cash out $6.6bn in share sale
Around 600 OpenAI staff have shared a $6.6bn (£4.8bn) payout in a secondary share sale, with average proceeds of $11m and the largest sellers banking $30m apiece, as the ChatGPT maker eyes a 2027 IPO at a $1tn valuation.
SME funded launches one-stop finance platform to plug funding gap for britain’s builders and manufacturers
New specialist lender SME Funded launches with access to 130+ lenders and its own capital, targeting underserved construction and manufacturing SMEs across the UK.
