ALVÁTECH, has exceeded its £500K investment target within hours of launching a new crowdfunding round.

The proposals in the report call on the FCA to review the market for financial advice and guidance on philanthropy.

AkzoNobel-backed AI and robotics start-up, Les Companions, has announced the preview of PACO, a new AI-driven painting robot.

HR Tech RoleMapper has raised £1.75m in a funding round led by Mercia and including existing backer Qantx and private investors.

EcoSync, the tech start-up founded by Oxford University engineers, has raised close to £1 million in its second seed funding round.

Quitting meat and dairy is not the only way to lower your carbon footprint - a few simple swaps in your food shopping can have a dramatic effect.

There are more than 4 million small businesses in the UK which have no viable alternative to debit card payments and are reliant on Mastercard or Visa payment rails.

While scammers and hackers can’t be completely stopped, a new movement called #ReputationisKING aims to increase users’ financial literacy and decrease the industry’s negative experiences.

Based in Mayfair London, The New Craftsmen Limited was founded in 2011 and represented over 100 of the UK’s finest craftsmen and women.

FlyFeed, an international insect farming tech startup, announces the newest addition to its advisory board: Ahmed Hassan.

Santander UK has launched a new £1 million university scholarship programme that will help 100 students from under-represented groups with annual grants of £10,000 over three years.

Tokyo based space company, JSI, is the leading provider of geospatial information including satellite data, serving defence and intelligence customers as well as civil and commercial markets in Japan.

Vitæ, the award-winning company that aims to reinvent urban agriculture, has overfunded its IndieGogo crowdfunding campaign in just 48 hours.

A Leeds-based tech company whose advanced remote working software is used by the Home Office and the NHS has raised £400,000 from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance.

Ambl – the first-ever platform matching diners and drinkers with real-time availability - has successfully closed a £1 million funding raise and officially launched.

Dufrain, one of the UK’s leading data analytics consultancies, announces it has appointed Alex Meakin as its first ever Chief Financial Officer.

The scale of the challenge facing HR teams to convince organisations of the power of the modern People function is revealed in a new study from Sage.

SeedLegals, the leading legal automation platform for startup funding, has partnered with JustCarbon.

British solar thermal design and engineering company Naked Energy announces their partnership with Italian energy service company X3Energy.