Co-founder of @Temple_Bright, innovative law firm in London and Bristol. Tweets about tech news and occasionally Temple Bright news.
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Jun 12
More than 54,000 of the UK's 83,000 active tech companies are based outside London, according to Beauhurst. Could regional hubs be driving the next chapter of UK tech growth?
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Jun 10
The Tech Nation Report 2026 reveals the UK tech sector is worth £1.2 trillion, with AI growing twice as fast as Germany and three times faster than France. Can the country maintain its position as a leading AI hub?
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Jun 9
Monzo and Fair4All Finance are expanding access to affordable credit through a new Flex Build pilot. The initiative targets up to 16 million UK adults facing barriers to borrowing, supported by a £7M lending guarantee.
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Jun 5
London-based cybersecurity startup Geordie AI has raised a £22.3m Series A round led by Balderton. The platform helps enterprise teams monitor, secure, and govern the runtime behaviour of autonomous AI agents across internal systems.
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Jun 4
AI-powered insurance platform Sapiens is moving its global headquarters to Holborn, London. The new Space House base will also function as an AI customer experience lab to help insurers automate workflows and scale agentic systems responsibly.
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Jun 1
Revolut, Mistral, and Wayve are backing a six-figure “Built in Europe” campaign by VC Balderton. The billboard push is supported by 100 founders and challenges Silicon Valley dominance, with a job platform aggregating 1,000 European startup roles.
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May 29
Is the UK moving on from neobanks? The centre of gravity in UK fintech hiring is shifting to B2B payment infrastructure and SME platforms. New data forecasts a 14% surge in hiring for 2026, driven by a recruitment push into IT and engineering roles.
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May 26
The UK is reportedly in talks to rejoin a €4bn (£3.45bn) EU startup equity funding scheme later this year. The move would reverse a post-Brexit opt-out, allowing British startups to secure equity investments from EU-connected funds.
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May 20
Barclays names Fractile and Isomorphic Labs among Britain’s top AI firms, highlighting strong investor momentum in AI hardware and AI-powered drug discovery.
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May 19
UK fintech raised $741m across 41 deals in Q1 (down 43% from $1.3bn previously however) according to Tracxn data. But early-stage funding rose sharply, with seed up 46% and early-stage investment up 35%.
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May 15
Manchester-based IT and cyber resilience provider Novem has acquired IT services firm Intalect. This marks Novem’s fifth acquisition as it expands its national platform and cybersecurity capabilities.
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May 13
British engineering firm Buro Happold has appointed 11 new Partners globally, taking its total to 113. The promotions span the UK, Europe and the Middle East as Buro marks its 50th anniversary.
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May 12
The University of South Wales will become the first UK university to offer a formal AI qualification as part of a degree. Business and management students can earn an Applied AI for Business certificate in their first year. thetab.com/2026/05/11/univer…
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May 8
Ben Agnew, CEO of The Payments Association, is stepping down after a recently secured investment from Nineteen Group in 2025. Agnew first joined the trade body in 2020.
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May 5
The future of AI governance and compliance in the UK's financial services is at risk, a new report has found, as the country still lacks shared AI governance standards. Could the UK follow the US and Singapore in creating sector-specific guidance?
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May 1
Former Orbex CEO and tech veteran Phillip Chambers joins Balderton as partner, focusing on early-stage investments at the London-based Revolut and Wayve investor.
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Apr 29
Enviromena secures £825M to deliver a 1GW solar pipeline across the UK, with backing from Lloyds and NatWest among major lenders. This is one of the largest renewable deals in recent times, boosting the UK’s clean energy capacity.
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Apr 27
BT and Nscale partner to build sovereign AI data centres in the UK using NVIDIA infrastructure. With up to 14MW across three sites, the move aims to boost secure, scalable AI compute under UK control.
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Apr 24
UK startup Rivan raises £25M to scale synthetic fuel production across Europe. The company aims to make clean fuels cheaper than fossil fuels for heavy sectors like aviation, steel, and cement. Could this unlock true industrial decarbonisation?
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Apr 22
Manchester HR tech startup Urfuture raises £1.7M seed to reinvent entry-level hiring. Its AI platform replaces CVs with behavioural matching and a Gen Z-focused model, helping firms like Tesco and British Airways find better candidates.
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