Nudea has launched a recycling scheme, ‘Bra-cycle’ to encourage its customers to recycle their old bras as well as to highlight the importance of shopping responsibly.

The Republic of Estonia will today beat its own record of 18 minutes and 3 seconds for the time taken to set up a business virtually, demonstrating the ease by which entrepreneurs can benefit from the country’s pioneering e-Residency programme.

Machine learning-led decarbonisation platform Ecolibrium has launched its revolutionary sustainability solution in the UK, as the race to reduce carbon emissions accelerates across the built environment.

Scottish tech firm Earth Blox has secured £1.5m funding from Archangels to expand its global reach and further develop its no-code Earth Observation (EO) cloud-based SaaS.

Artfinder has seen 140% sales growth since pre-pandemic 2019, as the online art market booms. The global online art market almost tripled in size to $13.5bn in 2021, according to the Hiscox Online Art Trade Report.

StaffCircle has received funding from Blackfinch Ventures and the MEIF Proof of Concept & Early Stage Fund, which is managed by Mercia and part of the Midlands Engine Investment Fund.

London-based businesswoman, Lea Gibson who studied for an Open University degree whilst homeless is set to feature in front of millions in a docuseries with the OU and MTV Generation Change for her uplifting work with the community.

Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) has today announced a £1.6 million, five-year investment in Fintach Wales, the independent not for profit membership association and champion of the FinTech and Financial Services industry in Wales.

A Stamford entrepreneur who aims to disrupt the dry-cleaning industry by installing automated drop-off points in shopping centres and railway stations has raised £550,000.

Klasha, a San Francisco and Lagos-based technology company transforming cross-border African commerce, announces an additional $2.1 million fundraise - to complete its $4.5 million seed round.

Fresho, a company that aims to make food supply chains more sustainable between restaurants and their suppliers, has whet the appetite of investors with a recent capital raising of £8 million ($10 million USD).

Global proptech venture capital firm Pi Labs has concluded its tenth growth programme for early stage proptech startups, with the participating companies set to secure $18.6m in seed and pre-seed funding.

One in three UK-based small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) who sought access to finance were denied in the last year.

Gemma Cairney unleashed her inner entrepreneur, as she entered the helms of a business for the day through the Open University’s high-stakes interactive social experiment: ‘Unlock your Inner Boss Live! The CEO Challenge’.

Florence, the UK-based tech innovator for social care, announced it has raised $35 million (£28.5m) through a Series B funding round. Florence will use the investment for product expansion to support care in the UK and multiple international markets, and to expand its services beyond elderly care.

Debite, the dynamic financing platform for early-stage companies, has today announced its UK launch with a mission to help businesses more effectively manage their cash flow and maximise their growth potential.

A new potential £25M social investment fund is announced today, offering flexible and patient capital for early-stage social businesses to grow their impact, ring-fencing a minimum of 50% of funding for leaders from underrepresented backgrounds.

The RLS offers businesses loans of up to £2m of which 70% is underwritten government guarantee. It is available to businesses that have been affected by Covid and whose turnover is less than £45m.

Sunderland-based Troo will use the investment to create around 50 new jobs over the next six months.