John joins Arbuthnot Latham from Hampden & Co plc, where he was a Business Development Director and built strategic partnerships with private client advisors.

Sodexo Engage, the leading expert in employee engagement, today announces the launch and UK implementation of its new brand, Pluxee.

The company, founded by tech industry veteran Tom Dunning, has also seen its headcount jump from 15 to 26 full-time staff, with plans for additional key hires in the next year.

The new investment will support ambitions to become a global leader in 6G technology, improving the capacity and speeds of data transfer and improving the energy efficiency in networks through cloudification.

The High Value Manufacturing Catapult is pleased to announce the appointment of its new chair Steve Bagshaw CBE.

Each founder in the Ada Ventures portfolio will be entitled to claim up to 40 hours of childcare each year. The offering will be delivered via Bubble, the UK’s leading on-demand childcare platform (and an Ada portfolio company).

Shopblocks has raised funding from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia and is part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

The new appointments come as demand for hybrid cloud storage with distributed file shares and safeguards against ransomware continues to grow rapidly.

The team leading Stockport’s new Merseyway Innovation Centre has now been announced.

A further £5.8 million for Scotland, £3.4 million for Wales and £2 million for Northern Ireland will be allocated to devolved administrations to support local and regional economies, in turn boosting growth and increasing productivity.

Responsibly, an AI-driven platform has raised $2.4m in a seed funding round led by venture capital firms Hambro Perks and Pi Labs.

Tim joined TMF Group in March 2019, as a member of the Private Clients team. In January 2022, he was appointed Market Head for the Channel Islands.

The strategic partnership will leverage TCS’ cloud, AI, and security solutions to help ASDA deliver the divestiture smoothly, on-time and securely.

Emir Teffaha as Executive Vice President for its European arm, and Marisa Nelson as Executive Vice President of Marketing and Communications, with both joining the company’s executive team.

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology estimated the digital skills gap costs the UK as much as £63 billion a year, a core issue that the Flexi-job apprentices agencies register aims to tackle.

Alan Denby, Director of Pride in Place at Torbay Council, has announced a groundbreaking deal expected to be worth over £100 million.

Plans for the District will give businesses access to talent, research, networks, and resources within a setting that combines high-quality infrastructure and amenities within one of the UK’s most progressive regions.

MHR, the HR, payroll and finance expert, today announces that it has been selected by Leeds City Council, as its new strategic partner for HR and payroll applications.

CBD brand Goodrays is now on the menu at Zizzi Italian restaurants with a listing in 135 restaurants nationwide.

The Start Up Loans programme has a track record of providing access to finance to underrepresented groups. Since 2012, the programme has provided 9,534 loans to Black business owners – 9% of its total volume of loans.