Arctic Shores, the Manchester-based psychometric assessment provider, announced that it has secured a £5.75m Series B investment to accelerate the development of its soft-skills assessment and international expansion.

A HR tech company whose platform has attracted a host of blue-chip clients within its first year has raised £2m from Mercia’s EIS funds.

Crowdcube has announced that Chief Operating Officer, Bill Simmons, and Chief Commercial Officer, Matt Cooper have been appointed Co CEOs as Founder and CEO, Darren Westlake, steps down after 13 years of leading the business.

Low Carbon, the global renewable energy company, has announced the appointment of Steven Hughes as Managing Director, Portfolio Management.

B2B payments company Mondu has announced a $13m Series A extension round led by Valar Ventures alongside FinTech Collective.

Global tech investors continue to put their faith in London, with latest end of year VC investment figures from Dealroom and London & Partners showing that the UK capital’s tech firms raised an impressive $19.8bn last year.

Shieldpay, the market leader in solving complex B2B payments, has announced the recent appointment of Isabel Pitt as Product Director.

ABL SA acquires the company Humedics Gmbh to extend the use of a robust, well-known, and CE-marked technology intended to be used for liver function measurement.

Two thirds (64%) of property entrepreneurs have a positive market outlook for the year ahead, new research from Ashman Bank has found.

Global software and services company, Advanced, has announced the appointment of Nick Gallimore to the new role of Managing Director of People Management.

Online art marketplace Artfinder appoints digital entrepreneur, Joshna Rughani, as CEO, joining the growing proportion of UK businesses with female CEOs.

UK banks have been criticised for failing to tackle issues with their risk management systems, despite regular messaging. 

fu3e., the pioneer of adaptive management software for real estate, announces the appointment of Andy Kean as its new Chief Revenue Officer.

Peppy, the personalised digital health platform, has secured funding for a massive US expansion.

Ascension-Q, the clinical research operating system, has secured £250,000 in a pre-seed round led by early-stage focused venture capital firm Jenson Funding Partners.

Data Literacy Academy has raised more than half a million dollars in its pre-seed funding round, for its online learning platform and change programme services, which has been led by Haatch Ventures.

HyperFinity, the Leeds-based decision intelligence business, announced it has raised a seed investment from Snowflake Ventures, the venture capital arm of Snowflake, the Data Cloud company.

Julian Davies Opticians has agreed a pre-pack administration deal to rescue Bateman Opticians, which had been placed into administration and had been facing closure.

QV Bioelectronics, creators of an innovative surgically implanted Electric Field Therapy (EFT)  device for the treatment of brain tumours – announces it has secured £2m in Pre-Series A funding from new and existing leading deep tech investors.

Penta announced the acquisition of Hume Brophy. This acquisition will further expand Penta's global reach and consolidate the company's position as the world's first comprehensive stakeholder solutions firm.