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Start-ups

Articles on Startups – newly established businesses most often characterised by innovation, agility, and high growth potential, pursuing disruptive ideas or technologies with the aim of addressing unmet needs or solving pressing challenges in the market.

News

Why Britain’s best start-ups love America

The United States offers British start-ups over 300 million sophisticated consumers, roughly 500 "active" venture capital firms, and the opportunity to be a charming British import.

Venture Capital Funding

Will the European Investment Fund continue to support British start-ups post-Brexit?

The Luxembourg headquarted European Investment Fund (EIF) has been a boost for British businesses beyond the M25. Now with the UK's imminent exit from the European Union, where will our fast-growth businesses get their funding from?

Technology

Tech Innovators: Monuva

From saving Hilton Grand Vacations over Euro40,000 by reducing invoice delinquency at one of its Italian resorts, to being handpicked for the UKTI's Global Entrepreneur Programme, Monuva has taken off even before its launch.

News

​Google to support ten UK start-ups to go global

The start-ups identified by Google will receive support to scale at the company's Campus London workspace

Entrepreneurs

“All about empowerment”: Prezi

From a university start-up to household name, cloud-based visual presentation tool Prezi now challenges PowerPoint's decades-old monopoly.

Opinion

Beware the start-up bubble

​​Silicon Valley investors may dismiss the idea of a 'tech bubble', let alone of it bursting, but according to entrepreneur and investor Leon Emirali, today’s market conditions mirror those of the dot-com bubble.

Venture Capital Funding

University of Bristol launches investment fund for high-tech start-ups

West-country uni reaches out to investors to help fund science and technology companies founded on campus.

News

North-West tech start-ups ‘tapping in’ to networks to flourish

The young companies of the North-West are now better equipped than ever to secure funding and growth: but more can still be done, according to Mils & Reeve partner Paul Knight.

News

Digital Enterprise Hub aims to make Oldham ‘Shoreditch of the North’

10 digital start-up teams will initially be housed in the Northern hub following investment from Oldham Council.

Entrepreneurs

Seven of the best start-ups in Wales

The start-up scene across the Severn Bridge has been quietly bubbling away from quite some time now. We take a look at 7 fast growth business startups from the Principality.

Growth Planning

Five surprising ways of working to accelerate your start-up business

Getting the basics right is harder than it sounds for budding entrepreneurs: so here are some ways you can give your nascent business the best shot at success from day one.

News

Start-up Europe: The businesses making a splash and the technology behind them

A look at start-ups across Europe and how they can shape the continent's business future: along with the IT support that's making it possible