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Investment Management

What tech investors can learn from three under-fire CEOs
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Business strategy

What tech investors can learn from three under-fire CEOs

With clear lessons to learn from the high-profile cases of Autonomy, Theranos, and Wirecard, investors should tread carefully in future
14 Jan 2023
UK gov launches £375 million fund for "game-changing" startups
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startups

UK gov launches £375 million fund for "game-changing" startups

Future Fund: Breakthrough aims to ensure the UK is a world leader in the industries of the future
20 Jul 2021
Bitcoin value sinks to a three-month low
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cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin value sinks to a three-month low

Fluctuations were also seen in other popular digital currencies such as Ethererum and Dogecoin
17 May 2021
Xiaomi to be removed from US trade blacklist
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Policy & legislation

Xiaomi to be removed from US trade blacklist

The tech giant was placed on the CCMC list in January 2021 as one of the last policies enacted by president Donald Trump
12 May 2021
UK leads Europe on VC investment despite Brexit uncertainty
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Development

UK leads Europe on VC investment despite Brexit uncertainty

UK startups raised £10.84 billion in 2020 to break funding records for the second year in a row
16 Mar 2021
UK gov will reportedly buy stakes in tech startups
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startups

UK gov will reportedly buy stakes in tech startups

The £375 million 'Future Fund: Breakthrough' scheme is expected to be announced during Rishi Sunak's budget this week
1 Mar 2021
Digital investment will add £232 billion to UK economy by 2040
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digital transformation

Digital investment will add £232 billion to UK economy by 2040

Digital processes in the public sector will create efficiency gains and cost-savings of £75 billion alone, according to Virgin Media Business
16 Feb 2021
Fintech firm Adyen dismisses Bitcoin as a payment method
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cryptocurrencies

Fintech firm Adyen dismisses Bitcoin as a payment method

Cryptocurrency is too volatile and of little interest to online payment merchants, the firm's CEO suggests
12 Feb 2021
UK to review London listing rules to attract tech firms post-Brexit
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Policy & legislation

UK to review London listing rules to attract tech firms post-Brexit

Review may consider a reduction to the 25% available shares requirement for listing on the London Stock Exchange
19 Nov 2020
UK records a 16% increase in new tech startups
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startups

UK records a 16% increase in new tech startups

RSM credits the growth to an increase in demand for technology to support remote working
28 Oct 2020
Rishi Sunak: UK must protect tech secrets from hostile state actors
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Investment Management

Rishi Sunak: UK must protect tech secrets from hostile state actors

The chancellor has called for stricter foreign investment regulations in order to protect jobs
5 Oct 2020
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian leaves Initialized Capital
Investment Management

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian leaves Initialized Capital

Ohanian leaves VC firm to work on “a new project that will support a generation of founders in tech and beyond”
29 Jun 2020
Facebook paid £28m in tax following £1.6bn UK sales
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Business operations

Facebook paid £28m in tax following £1.6bn UK sales

The firm’s ‘recognised revenue’ jumped 50% in 2018
11 Oct 2019
Small businesses and innovators benefit from £100m boost
Innovation
Business strategy

Small businesses and innovators benefit from £100m boost

UKRI funding will establish 20 university-enterprise collaboration hubs across the UK
20 Sep 2019
Foreign investment in UK tech reaches record levels
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Business strategy

Foreign investment in UK tech reaches record levels

A weak pound combined with successful British innovators has seen investment soar past the US'
21 Aug 2019
Oxford University accepts £150m for AI ethics research
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Investment Management

Oxford University accepts £150m for AI ethics research

The largest single donation to a UK university is for an institute to study the ethics of artificial intelligence
19 Jun 2019
Apple’s 'insider trading head’ charged with insider trading
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Business strategy

Apple’s 'insider trading head’ charged with insider trading

The SEC accuses Gene Levoff of illicitly gaining $600,000 using advance knowledge of Apple stock performance
14 Feb 2019
More than 90% of tech investment handed to all-male teams
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Business strategy

More than 90% of tech investment handed to all-male teams

Report finds women continue to receive just 7% of all start-up funding
6 Dec 2018
Seven IT upgrades that pay for themselves
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Investment Management

Seven IT upgrades that pay for themselves

Is your IT department a financial black hole? Here are seven projects that can boost your revenue
8 Oct 2018
UK government visits US to deepen medical technology ties
Business strategy

UK government visits US to deepen medical technology ties

The science minister is also planning a fact-finding in November mission to encourage UK investment
25 Sep 2018
Nationwide pumps £4.1 billion into digital transformation
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digital transformation

Nationwide pumps £4.1 billion into digital transformation

High street building society's five-year plan will create 1,000 new jobs and open a UK tech hub
14 Sep 2018
European Commission wants to make Europe a fintech hub
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Investment Management

European Commission wants to make Europe a fintech hub

The Fintech Action Plan aims to boost financial tech startups in the EU post-Brexit
9 Mar 2018
Aviva pensions platform suffers outage
IT infrastructure

Aviva pensions platform suffers outage

Customers running small businesses were unable to withdraw funds
8 Feb 2018