Author name: Elizabeth Jenkins-Smalley

According to Dealroom’s latest European Deep Tech report, science-led companies are hitting billion-dollar valuations far sooner than their software peers. Success stories such as Mistral AI, alongside support from institutions like Oxford, Cambridge and UCL, and corporate backing from ASML, show how Europe’s deep tech ecosystem is combining research, capital and collaboration to accelerate growth

Sales Agents Ltd has acquired AgentBase, consolidating the UK’s two leading specialist platforms for commission-based sales agent recruitment. Led by founders Lars Hellestrae and Stephen Craine, the merger combines AgentBase’s 30-year heritage and extensive agent network with a technology-driven approach, creating the most comprehensive and authoritative service in the sector

Marking its 65th anniversary, Four Seasons continues its global expansion with new hotels, resorts and residences across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Asia, alongside the upcoming launch of Four Seasons I and continued journeys through the Four Seasons Private Jet Experience. Led by President and CEO Alejandro Reynal and backed by long-term owners Cascade Investment, Kingdom Holding Company and founder Isadore Sharp, the brand enters its seventh decade with a strong pipeline of luxury destinations worldwide

Drawing on PwC’s 29th Global CEO Survey, the findings reveal how chief executives distribute their time across short-, medium-, and long-term priorities. UK leaders, in particular, spend a significant share on immediate demands, yet the data shows that organisations which protect executive focus on long-term investment and strategic positioning deliver stronger growth and profitability, even amid uncertainty