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Robotics & AI: 2026 Valuation Multiples 3 Feb 2026 Tech, Trends, Valuation - Robotics & AI Companies started 2025 with a median EV/EBITDA multiple of 15.8x, dipping slightly in Q2 before rising to 16.8x in Q4 2025.
Entrepreneurship in the UK: The “Start, Scale, Stay” Plan Explained 4 Dec 2025 Policy, Tech - The plan is built on a simple mantra: backing companies to start, scale, and stay in the UK.
Budget 2025: Home working tax relief scrapped for 300,000 employees 4 Dec 2025 Tax - The policy change creates a direct cost for employees relying on this relief. Basic rate taxpayers will see an annual tax increase of £62.
What Rachel Reeves’ Budget Means For Tech, Innovation & SMEs 26 Nov 2025 Policy, Trends - Tax-raising rumours and leaks have been making budget headlines for months now. What hasn't is a reassuring commitment of this government to high-growth SMEs, tech-sector businesses and cutting-edge research.
Lessons From The UK’s Top 50 Exits 12 Nov 2025 Exit, Trends - The most successful founders are those who build a company to be bought, not sold.
SaaS Stumbles in 2025: End of an Era, or Just Growing Pains? 23 Oct 2025 Tech, Valuation - There is a widening gap between SaaS and the rest of the market starting in April 2025, and it's just getting larger and larger.
The Jaguar Land Rover Cyber Attack: a £1.9bn Case Study in Systemic Risk 23 Oct 2025 Strategy, Trends - The Jaguar Land Rover attack highlights several major threats and vulnerabilities in the cybersecurity space.
The 2025 AWS Outage Reignited The UK’s Tech Sovereignty Debate 23 Oct 2025 Policy, Tech - The AWS outage raised a point about architectural resilience on one hand, and one about sovereignty and accountability on the other.
BoobyBiome Raises £2.5m to Preserve Breast Milk’s Microbiome 24 Sep 2025 Clients, Fundraising - BoobyBiome, a startup focused on studying and preserving breast milk’s microbiome, just closed a £2.5m Seed round led by Empirical Ventures.
Our Predictions For The 2025 Autumn Budget 24 Sep 2025 Policy, Tax - Here's our five Budget predictions for start-ups and scale-ups, prepared together with our Tax colleague Oscar Wingham at Rouse.
What The “Tech Prosperity Deal” Means For UK Start-Ups 23 Sep 2025 Opinion, Policy - Beyond the fancy dinners and royal meets and greets, tech has been one of the main protagonist of Trump's second presidential visit to the UK.
How The New Company Size Thresholds Affect Your Business 22 May 2025 Policy - Companies moving down to a smaller size category will enjoy reduced reporting requirements and auditing requirements.