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UK femtech investment grows by 194 per cent over the last decade
Investment in UK femtech has risen from £9.4m in 2015 to over £100m in 2025, with the average deal size more than doubling to £1.9m. This s…
Homes England invests £27.7m to build 350 new homes in Riverside Sunderland
Homes England and the North East Combined Authority have announced a £27.7m investment to transform a former industrial site into the city'…
BAE Systems secures £135m Royal Navy torpedo support contract
BAE Systems has been awarded a £135m contract to maintain the Royal Navy's torpedo fleet, ensuring the equipment remains operational for ma…
Doncaster Council signs £7m contract for new airport radar systems
Doncaster Council has finalised a £7.3 million contract with Raytheon Systems Ltd to install primary and secondary surveillance radars at D…
Innovate UK selects 100 female founders for its largest Women in Innovation cohort
Innovate UK has named 100 women to its latest innovation programme, providing business support and grants to founders developing new techno…
British Steel welcomes 70 new apprentices and graduates to its sites
British Steel is bringing on 70 new apprentices and graduates across its Scunthorpe, Teesside, and Sheffield locations following a recruitm…
Cairngorms businesses to receive share of £3m recovery fund after wildfires
Businesses affected by the recent wildfires in the Cairngorms are now eligible for a share of £3m in government funding to help cover losse…
Leeds-based Hesco Bastion and UK firm DIRICKX share £150m US defence contract
Leeds-based Hesco Bastion and UK company DIRICKX Systems have been awarded a share of a £150 million contract to supply expeditionary barri…
Great British Energy invests in Naked Energy to boost UK solar-thermal manufacturing
Great British Energy is leading an £8.875m funding round for Naked Energy to establish a new automated manufacturing facility in the UK. Th…
UK manufacturing sector records ninth consecutive month of growth
The latest S&P Global UK Manufacturing PMI registered 51.9 in July, marking nine months of sustained expansion across the sector. With prod…
Rheinmetall to manufacture British Army howitzer guns at new Telford facility
Rheinmetall has secured a contract to produce 155 mm gun assemblies for the British Army's new RCH 155 wheeled howitzers at a site in Telfo…
Four hundred Lanarkshire food wholesale workers secure pay rise
Employees at the Brake Brothers facility in Newhouse have negotiated a 4.85 per cent increase to their basic hourly wage. The deal, which f…