The companies are all currently participating in the University’s six-month AI Accelerator programme where they benefit from access to training and mentoring to enhance founders’ commercial skills and develop their business proposition.

Leading healthcare informatics provider Epro will continue to partner with Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, following the success of its existing work with integration and interoperability with existing systems.

The Aioi R&D Lab – Oxford brings together insights from Aioi Nissay Dowa Group of companies and the wider insurance sector with applied machine learning expertise from Mind Foundry, continuing the successful collaboration that has already delivered improvements across customer retention, safe driving, fraud detection and automation across the board.

Duke’s investment will facilitate InTec’s acquisition of Frog IT Services Limited (“Frog IT”), a profitable specialist provider of IT support and cloud-based services to small and medium sized customers.

Watercycle’s patented filtration process is proven to be able to selectively extract lithium from sub-surface waters/brines and is currently already being piloted in tandem with Cornish Lithium in the South West of England.

Teams from Glasgow, Kingussie, Edinburgh and East Lothian, Oban and Clackmannanshire have all made it to the finals of this year’s Growing Future Assets Competition.

Veridion plans to continue building its US footprint by opening a New York office in 2023 to more closely support their growing base of clients in the region.

HedgeFlows, a fintech platform for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) launches following a £2m funding round.

Yorkshire-based PR agency, Wild PR has appointed Hollie Thornton as the agency’s first SEO Manager.

Low Carbon, the global renewable energy company, has announced the appointment of Siobhan Temple as Chief Technology Officer.

London-based global fintech, Unlimint, has announced it is further expanding its alternative payment methods portfolio with the addition of one of Brazil’s leading online payment solutions, Mercado Pago.

Pub chain Wetherspoons has invested in the health and care sector through a significant donation to pioneering home healthcare provider Cera, as part of the Apprenticeship Levy.

Founder of Coterie Marketing, Helen, will work closely with the Dean of Huddersfield Business School to support the board to provide appropriate support for its stakeholders.

Nicki Clark OBE, Chief Executive of business support consultancy UMi, has been appointed to on the board of Trustees for B Lab UK.

The announcement follows a period of rapid growth for the business which has tripled its client base in the last 12 months and signed its first key strategic partnership with the global data network Macrometa.

The Series A round enables Quell to upsize its launch game, Shardfall, and continue to expand its video  game library.

IMServ announces the appointment of Raj Bhogaita as their new permanent Chief Financial Officer.

Corporation Tax, which is currently 19%, will rise to 25% on 1 April 2023 and will raise an estimated additional £12bn in the first year, rising to £18bn by 2025/26.

Simply Asset Finance surpasses £1bn lending milestone just five years since its 2017 inception, having funded over 27,600 assets for businesses across the UK

VivaCity, the transport technology scaleup transforming cities into smarter and more efficient places to live and work, has announced £7 million in funding to fuel its expansion into North America.