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Lancashire-built WedPage launches UK-wide wedding planning platform

The platform links printed invitations to online guest and couple hubs, and adds photo sharing, live slideshows and galleries for the day itself.

By Digital Gossip, Today, 10:01

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Manchester charity tech startup Raiser adds Daryl Upsall as investor and secures funding

The former Greenpeace fundraising director and JustGiving launch adviser joins as Raiser wins Greater Manchester Business Growth Hub innovation funding for its grant-matching engine.

By Digital Gossip, 21 October 2026

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Former newspaper editor Sue Douglas to close Northern Tech Summit with AI careers keynote

The ex-Sunday Express editor co-founded Veer Technologies, an Oxford University spinout building AI agents to help people explore careers. She joins a Sheffield line-up covering innovation, investment and the North’s tech ecosystems.

By Digital Gossip, 8 October 2026

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Musiio founder Hazel Savage and investor James Butcher join Fhunded Angels as advisers

The two exited founders take senior consultant roles at Lancashire County Council’s equity investment programme for startups in the county.

By Digital Gossip, 6 October 2026

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Revnu founders, both 21, raise $3m and pick Manchester over Silicon Valley

The AI marketing startup, set up by two childhood friends who went through Y Combinator, secured funding led by NPIF II – PXN Equity Finance.

By Digital Gossip, 1 October 2026

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Lancashire-built WedPage launches UK-wide wedding planning platform

Manchester charity tech startup Raiser adds Daryl Upsall as investor and secures funding

Former newspaper editor Sue Douglas to close Northern Tech Summit with AI careers keynote

Musiio founder Hazel Savage and investor James Butcher join Fhunded Angels as advisers

Revnu founders, both 21, raise $3m and pick Manchester over Silicon Valley

Unhinged turns an open casting call into its first ad for caffeinated protein bars

Agency consultancy Two Engines partners with Manchester startup Keeve

Manchester’s Sister and Dublin’s Guinness Enterprise Centre sign start-up MoU

Fuuse co-founder Will Maden raises £850k pre-seed for EV charging venture TOGL

Dragons’ Den businesses that turned down offers are most likely to survive, study finds

Venture Forward accelerator takes on 21 underrepresented Northern founders

Manchester AI firm Saber reports £13m ARR without sales or marketing teams