Loopup: Stock price crashes after cancelling listing to benefit from private markets boom March 11, 2024 Loopup estimated that it needs to raise around £9m, to pay off its £6m in debts and to continue growing its cloud telephony business.
Elliott says it’s no longer interested in making an offer for Currys after two rejections March 11, 2024 Waterstones owner Elliott Advisors has pulled out of the race to take over Curry following two rejections from the electrical retailer.
UK government to pump £1.5m into science and tech investment drive March 11, 2024 Tech secretary Michelle Donelan is set to announce the fresh campaign today, urging UK investors to back science and technology scale-ups.
Can AI help solve the UK’s public sector productivity puzzle? March 11, 2024 Jeremy Hunt wants to embed AI throughout the public sector to boost productivity - but experts suggest the policy could take a long time to deliver results.
Meet the brains behind the fast-growing ‘builders’ radio station taking on the big boys March 11, 2024 Fix Radio has more than 450,000 average weekly listeners and is forecasting revenue of over £5m in 2024, up from £2m in 2022.
Love them or hate them, Memecoins are a new paradigm March 11, 2024 Each day, Coinrule will run through the state of the digital assets market for Blockbeat, your home for news, analysis, opinion and commentary on blockchain and digital assets While all eyes are on Bitcoin and the question when, not if, it will break its All-Time-High price, another group of tokens has taken the market by storm: Memecoins. [...]
Dial R for Regulation March 11, 2024 2023 saw more publications and developments in global policy and regulation for digital finance than any previous era in financial regulation. Jurisdictions are racing to build their frameworks to attract new capital, talent, regulated firms, and innovative business models.
Building Blocks: what is Bitcoin halving? March 11, 2024 Lately, you may have heard reference to something known as the Bitcoin halving, or “halvening.” To the uninitiated, this might suggest splitting a Bitcoin into two equal parts and if that’s your first thought, you’re on the right track. However, to fully understand the meaning of Bitcoin halving we must first understand exactly how new Bitcoins are issued into circulation.
Griffin: UK’s newest bank lands £19m funding round as it looks to scale March 11, 2024 Griffin, the UK’s newest fully operational bank, has secured a $24m (£19m) funding round as it looks to take on new customers for its Banking as a Service (BaaS) platform.
London fintech Flagstone notches £108m US private equity funding as it eyes international expansion March 11, 2024 UK fintech savings platform Flagstone has landed £108m funding from US private equity firm Estancia Capital Partners as it looks to tackle savings inertia and ramp up international expansion.
