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Sigma has launched an Asia Pacific and Japan hub in Sydney, naming veteran sales leader Bede Hackney as regional vice president.

Cruxy names Rebecca Osman CFO and COO to spearhead international expansion and deepen work with private equity-backed tech firms.

UK online parcels jumped 17% in late 2025 as pet care and beauty surged, even as fashion and homewares shipments slid, Scurri data shows.

London-based Intruder posts 81% surge in enterprise ARR as AI, cloud security and consolidation drive midmarket and enterprise demand.

WealthAi secures $1m pre-seed to scale its modular AI wealth platform for UK advisers, targeting system sprawl and manual workflows.

Remara picks 10x Banking’s cloud-native core to speed new lending and investment products and fuel ANZ and Southeast Asia expansion.

An AI-powered physio app delivering same-day back pain care has been shortlisted for three national HSJ awards after slashing waits.

British Business Bank commits up to GBP £10 million to Ascension to boost early-stage tech investment across UK regions outside London.

GoCanopy secures EUR €2.1m seed funding to build an AI-driven “system of record” for institutional real estate investors in Europe.

Raylo secures GBP £30m funding and inks LG TV and audio subscription deal as it eyes UK growth and a 2026 launch in the US market.

UK finance jobs jumped 13% in 2025 as tech and fintech hiring surged, with London tightening its grip and banking still leading the field.

TerraPay partners with MilX to speed cross-border payouts, giving YouTube creators faster local-currency access to earnings in 70+ markets.

Gartner identifies four finance tactics it says helped 105 US-listed firms beat peers with a 51% total shareholder return premium.

Anthropic will build a Claude-powered AI assistant for GOV.UK, piloting personalised support for job seekers and people returning to work.

BCS launches a Sustainable Development Service for data centres, targeting AI-driven power, planning and community pressures across EMEA.

Cerillion names Greg Price as incoming CFO to replace Andrew Dickson, who will step down from the board in March 2026 after four years.

SEON and Domaine partner to embed AI-driven fraud prevention into Shopify migrations, aiming to secure merchants without hindering conversions.

AutoGrab secures AUD $80m Series B at AUD $230m valuation to fuel AI-powered automotive data expansion across the UK and Europe.

Seven in ten Londoners have had to rejig cramped homes after online furniture buys failed to fit, Fixtuur warns in new ‘fit gap’ report.

Commvault names Dale Smith to steer North Europe channel strategy, boosting partner growth and cyber resilience across the wider region.