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SCALE NEWS
SCALE events, articles and news from across the UK's scaleup ecosystem.
Angels are "the first believers" - UK Business Angels Association honours investors backing Britain's founders
The UK Business Angels Association named its 2026 winners, recognising the investors, angel networks and champions doing the most to back early-stage founders across the UK.
Amy Knight
Aug 175 min read
Women Who Scale Takes Female Founders Pitch Competition to Manchester
Female and non-binary founders are invited to apply now to pitch on 25 November. Applications are welcomed from women-led businesses headquartered in the North West of England. A select few founders will be invited to present to investors and a live audience of 300 entrepreneurs, investors and ecosystem allies, at SCALE Manchester.
Amy Knight
Aug 64 min read
Who’s buying your business? Don’t wait until you’ve built it to decide – here’s why
Investors and founders agree: the moves that make a business genuinely sellable happen years before anyone puts an offer on the table. At SCALE London 2026, the summit for entrepreneurs, investors and growth partners, the panel The Long Game: Funding routes and paths to exit had founders glued to the stage. Founders too often treat exit planning as a late-stage problem, something to sort out once a business is mature enough to attract interest. SCALE’s assembled experts disag
Sam North
Jul 285 min read
What founders need to unlearn about fundraising and the one question no one thinks to ask investors
Fundraising is usually talked about as something you do when you need money, as if it’s a phase with a start and an end. But the investors assembled by the EISA on stage at SCALE Summit 2026 say founders need to unlearn that concept completely.
Sam North
Jul 145 min read
The founders defining the next chapter of Manchester’s story
Manchester’s growth continues to be impressive. But the economic benefits of central Manchester's success are not yet being felt outside of the ‘urban core’. This represents an important opportunity for SME support across the region.
Amy Knight
Jun 162 min read
Founders, investors and business leaders gather to shape major scaleup event in the North West
A high-level roundtable convening senior figures from across Greater Manchester’s startup and scaleup ecosystem will define the agenda for SCALE Manchester, a business summit taking place at Freight Island on 25 November 2026. SCALE PRESS RELEASE SCALE, the platform connecting founders, investors and business allies through events and community, is convening a roundtable in Manchester on 11 June 2026 to help define the priorities for SCALE Manchester, a new summit in November
Amy Knight
Jun 24 min read
Why Richard Harpin Sold Half of HomeServe for Half a Million Pounds... and What He'd Do Differently
At SCALE SUMMIT on 23 April, HomeServe founder Sir Richard Harpin joined SCALE Chairman Andrew B Morris for a Chairman's Chat on the decisions, mistakes and principles behind one of Britain's most remarkable entrepreneurial journeys.
Amy Knight
May 296 min read
How Britain's most resilient founders turn failures into fuel
At SCALE EXPO & SUMMIT on 22 April, business journalist Dougal Shaw brought together three entrepreneurs to talk about setbacks and comebacks - the theme of his new book, Fail Smarter.
Sam North
May 214 min read
Hard Numbers and Gut Feel: Lessons Learned the Hard Way About the Investor Relationship
At SCALE SUMMIT on 22 April, Women Who Scale brought together a panel of female founders and investors for a frank discussion on capital, culture and the conditions needed to enable more women to build and scale.
Amy Knight
May 115 min read
Breakthrough Growth with Barry McNeill from Work Extraordinary
What breakthrough growth actually requires in practice - not just in systems and strategy, but in people, culture and mindset.
Amy Knight
Jan 213 min read
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