Parliament Chiefs are investigating how the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill can add £4.7 billion to the UK economy over the next 10 years, detailing modern laws for a data-driven era.

Two sports scientists who have developed an employee wellbeing and performance app have secured a further £1m from North East Venture Fund, supported by the European Regional Development Fund and managed by Mercia.

Perci Health, the world’s first online platform that gives people access to multidisciplinary, supportive care throughout their cancer journey, has raised £3.4m in a seed round led by Octopus Ventures.

Taylor & Hart, the digital-first bespoke jewellery business, announces it has raised £3.5 million in funding from Virgin Money, Active Partners and private investment platform Seedrs.

Seedtag, the leading contextual advertising company, has announced Emilia Kirk as its UK Commercial Director.

London-based global fintech Unlimint, has announced the launch of its operations in Nigeria, after receiving its Payment Solution Service Provider (PSSP) License from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

Good Business Pays announced the appointment of Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones MBE as Non-Executive Director.

London and Atlanta-based diagnostic imaging platform Scan.com has raised a $12 million Series A round co-led by Aviva Ventures, YZR Capital, Oxford Capital, Triple Point Ventures and Simplyhealth Ventures, with participation from Forefront Venture Partners.

Formerly Lightspeed’s Senior Vice President of Hospitality, UK-born Crooks brings over 15 years of experience within the technology industry to the new position. He joined Lightspeed in early 2022, after spending 10 years at Yelp as Vice President of Sales.

UK agritech SOLASTA Bio specialising in the next generation of green insecticides has secured a further round of investment totalling £4 million to scale up the development of its unique nature-inspired pesticides, the first of their kind to be developed worldwide.

Kuberno, a global legal entity SaaS provider for corporate secretaries, legal teams, and governance professionals, today announced the completion of a £3.5m Series A financing from Nasdaq Ventures.

Lyfeguard has appointed ex-Director of Digital at British Airways, Jack Smith, to its advisory board to help drive commercial growth and digital customer experience strategy.

The team behind one of the world’s leading mobile football games has raised a further £1m from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia and is part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, and Mercia’s own funds. 

Boere joins Remote from Uber, where he held various roles and most recently was Global CFO for UberEats. He also serves on the supervisory board of the RAI Amsterdam and previously worked as CFO of Greetz, a Dutch ecommerce company.

Dwain McDonald, who formally sat in the position as CEO of DPD Group UK, will assist the company in its expansion strategy, through his vast experience in leadership, innovation and technology in the logistics and delivery sector.

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) issues its first-ever euro private placement for €65 million to four German pension funds with the Hamburger Pensionskasse (HPK) as key investor.

The New Non-Domestic Rates Bill was laid before Parliament last week in the House of Commons.

Over the past years, Kickstart has been able to attract some of the world's best startups, including well-known names such as Planted, Neustark, Unsupervised and AAAcell.

Fuelled by its global expansion, opening new offices in Ghana, Dubai, Cameroon and Ivory Coast, DKK has increased its client base by 250 per cent over the past 12 months, providing FX liquidity in emerging and frontier markets to enable fast and simple transactions for customers.

As many industry experts clamour to analyse the impact of the latest AI chatbot tool to join ChatGPT, the big question on everyone’s lips is how will AI impact and disrupt business, industry and everyday life?