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Government unveils voluntary standards to tackle investment bias against women in UK tech
DCMS and BIST will work with BT, Revolut, Sage and two VC firms on new workplace and investment standards, plus a 2027 scale-up programme for women founders.
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Hammer Distribution adds Swedish firm Eggsplain to channel portfolio for sovereign AI
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Every UK company will have to file accounts in iXBRL format through commercial software from April 2028, while small companies and micro-entities will not yet have to file profit and loss accounts, Companies House said on 23 October. Tech · 28 Oct 2026Subsea cable saboteurs could face 14 years in prison under UK security plans
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- Innovate UK is offering sensing SMEs a flat £80,420 grant at 100% funding, closing 7 October
- Innovate UK opens a £12m materials call covering power electronics, 6G and metamaterials, closing 28 October
- Prevalent AI's investor took a board seat eight months before the $22m raise was announced
Scaleups
- DSIT publishes UK CertifID trust mark rules and promises action over unauthorised use
- DSIT study puts UK semiconductor revenues at £10.6bn, with 24 companies taking three quarters of it
- Synectics wins £1.4m of bus surveillance contracts for a UK regional authority
- Companies House records kyu holding more than half of Public Digital's parent company
Exits
- MedPal AI finalises eMARx purchase price at about £446,633, below its July estimate
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AI
- Basingstoke distributor Hammer adds Swedish sovereign AI platform Eggsplain for its EMEA channel partners
- Government launches AI Biosecurity Lab with £100m UK funding and £200m from OpenAI and Anthropic
- Chancellor to set out AI investment package ahead of Budget
- University of Birmingham spins out Dexter AI to commercialise its health records data platform
Tech
- Ofcom fines telecoms provider Tismi £437,500 over phone numbers left open to scammers
- BT, EE, TalkTalk and Vodafone top Ofcom's broadband complaints list for April to June
- IPO delays Web Filing switch-off and moves patent renewals into IP accounts from 9 November
- Apple fixes macOS flaw that could let a malicious app escape its sandbox
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