Tech firm plots London listing (yes, really) in boost to barren IPO market August 21, 2023 A compliance tech firm which help financial firms navigate regulation is plotting a move on to London Stock Exchange in a boost to the City after a barren first six months of the year, according to reports.
FuturePlus Becomes Strategic Sustainability Partner to Sustainable Ventures, Europe’s Leading Climate Tech Hub May 20, 2024 New collaboration marks a significant step towards fostering comprehensive sustainability and ESG management and reporting within the Sustainable Ventures ecosystem Sustainability management and ESG reporting platform FuturePlus has agreed a strategic partnership with Sustainable Ventures, Europe’s leading climate tech hub. Sustainable Ventures helps climate startups and entrepreneurs across the UK to scale through investment, workspaces [...]
London SMEs committing over half of annual revenue to tech investment, data reveals August 22, 2023 London’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are ramping up their tech budgets, allocating over half of their annual revenue to technology investments, according to a report by Barclays. In the capital, SMEs are directing an average of 54 per cent of their annual revenue to technology investments, such as data analytics and artificial intelligence tools, [...]
The Power of FinTech: Delivering on the ESG Agenda December 9, 2022 Many point to the 2008 financial crisis as the birth of the current fintech movement. At a time of economic turmoil, innovators and new entrants stepped in to rebuild trust and resilience in the financial sector and provide better, easier, and cheaper services to the end consumer. Nearly 15 years later, the world is facing [...]
FTSE 100 today: London markets likely to mirror Wall Street’s rise in global tech rally January 25, 2024 Global markets rally on tech strength, while Tesla is down 6%, and oil prices rise. Focus shifts to pivotal indicators like U.S. Q4 GDP, PCE inflation, ECB policy, and Intel earnings.
UK banks leading European counterparts in tech readiness, new research reveals June 21, 2023 UK banks are leading against European rivals in their preparation for new technologies but still have much further to go to secure global leadership, new research shows. A new study from IT and consultancy firm Accenture – shared exclusively with City A.M. – shows that around a third of UK bank board members have technology [...]
Regulation set to challenge the ‘dominance’ of tech giants Google, Amazon and Facebook April 25, 2023 Plans to toughen up UK regulation of some of the world’s largest tech companies will go before MPs for the first time, with the competition watchdog’s dedicated digital unit set to be given sharper teeth. New laws to regulate big tech firms, such as Google, Amazon and Meta, have been long awaited, with MPs last [...]
UK safety tech sector to grow to £1bn by mid-2020s June 15, 2023 Safety tech – technology designed to promote a safer online environment – is experiencing rapid growth in the UK. The UK’s safety tech sector has achieved an annual revenue of £456m, shooting up 20 per cent from this time last year, a new government analysis reveals today. It bottles this success down to greater investment, [...]
Google backs £9.5m London legal tech firm which ‘combines AI with human lawyers’ April 15, 2024 Google Ventures (GV) has led a seed round worth £9.5m to fund legal tech company Lawhive, along with participation from Episode 1 Ventures.
Donelan: Tech success must make Brits’ lives better March 6, 2023 THE GOVERNMENT’S new technology secretary has promised to turn the UK’s research triumphs into “actual, tangible benefits” for the country as she launches a new science and tech framework today. Writing for City A.M., Michelle Donelan said the UK’s “most incredible days of innovation are not in our past (but) are happening right now.” Donelan [...]