It’s time savers benefited from Britain’s scale-up success September 16, 2026 Growth in every postcode won’t help Brits if the proceeds are invested abroad, says Saul Klein As a serial entrepreneur, operator and investor I’ve noticed that Britain has a habit of talking itself down, even when the evidence tells a different story. Across the UK, from King’s Cross to our regional innovation clusters, we have [...]
Chemify Becomes the First Chemistry Hyperscaler with £22 Million in Grants from Scottish Enterprise and the UK Government September 16, 2026 Next-generation Chemifarm more than doubles Chemputation capacity, enabling hyperscale chemistry and materials discovery New Chemify Genesis system enables world-model-guided chemical design and closed-loop discovery Series B extension and grants bring total funding to ca. £110 million ($150 million)
Ignore the doomsters, Britain can lead on AI safety September 16, 2026 Despite valid concerns surrounding frontier AI risks, the UK should remain optimistic by implementing proportionate regulatory guardrails while continuing to support innovation and widespread adoption, says Russ Shaw The AI conversation has changed dramatically in the space of a few weeks. Not long ago, the dominant narrative was one of almost limitless possibility: AI transforming [...]
Insurers Are Ready to Hand Repeatable Work to AI, Just 6% Would Trust a General-Purpose Model to Do It September 16, 2026 New research finds that 83% of the global insurance market would hand repeatable work to AI; 75% will only allow AI to execute the work with an insurance-specific or governed model. Less than 1% of the market runs fully AI-native operations today.
Global Crises Expose the Limits of Traditional Market Intelligence as Veridion Raises $20 Million to Expand Real-time Map of the World’s Businesses September 16, 2026 Series A investment will accelerate the development of Veridion's AI-powered digital replica of the world's 640 million businesses, helping market intelligence providers, financial institutions, insurers, and procurement teams understand commercial change as it happens
PwC’s UK business grows but Iran conflict hits wider group September 16, 2026 Big Four giant PwC reported steady financial growth in its UK business, with revenue and profit per partner both increasing slightly from the previous year, despite group revenue slipping due to the Middle East conflict. For the year ended 30 June 2026, PwC’s UK business’s revenue grew to £4.365bn, up two per cent on the previous year. While [...]
Neo4j GraphAware Financial Crime Intelligence Debuts for Full-Cycle Detection, Investigation & Prevention September 16, 2026 Graph intelligence leader delivers new graph-native financial services solution supported by a knowledge layer for trustworthy AI, enabling deeper and quicker financial crime investigations
Aqara Announces the Availability of The Spatial Multi-Sensor FP400, Offering Advanced Spatial Intelligence for Smart Homes September 16, 2026 Aqara, a global leader and pioneer in IoT, today announced the release of the Spatial Multi-Sensor FP400. The FP400 is designed to bring precise, spatial intelligence to homes without sacrificing the privacy typically compromised by smart cameras. Rather than simply detecting motion or presence, the FP400 enables homes to better understand occupancy, movement, and context [...]
Reform’s London mayor pick: I want to design London like an iPhone September 16, 2026 Londoners are steadily finding out who will be on the ballot sheet for the next mayoral election in 2028. Mauricio Alencar spoke to Reform UK’s candidate Laila Cunningham about her tunnel-vision approach to getting things done. Laila Cunningham has a simple pitch to Londoners. While, for the moment, it looks like Labour and the Tories [...]
Government plots university spinout crackdown September 16, 2026 The government is plotting to clamp down on the number university spinouts that shift their operations abroad or float overseas, the boss of the body responsible for research investment has said, in a move likely to spark unrest among founders and the venture capital industry. Sir Ian Chapman, the chief executive of UK Research and [...]