• Innovate UK Fund Announces Six Organizations Funded by £1M Grant

    The Innovate UK Fund has announced six winners to be awarded grant funding from the government totalling £1 million to jumpstart ‘AI in the music industry.’ Competition assessors agreed that AudioStrip would benefit and strengthen the UK music industry by saying “this is well planned, resourced, and researched innovation that can impact the business, market, […]

  • startup funding: ETtech Deals Digest: Startup funding falls 30% on year to $73 million this week

    Startup funding in the penultimate week of April 2024 declined by nearly 27.9% from the same period a year ago, totalling $74 million across 14 deals. However, deal density in the latest week improved to $5.3 million per deal, as per Tracxn data. From April 6 to April 12, 2023, startups had raised about $2.4 million per deal. Funding was down sequentially as well, from $103 million across 15 funding rounds in the previous week. Of the total corpus raised this week, fundraises of...

  • Scottish leader scraps coalition deal with Greens

    The leader of the pro-independence Scottish National Party on Thursday ended a coalition deal with the Greens, leaving him facing fresh pressure as the head of a minority government in Edinburgh. The announcement by First Minister Humza Yousaf came a week after the devolved government abandoned an ambitious climate pledge,

  • Government challenges Nac to fund medical research

    AUTHORITIES have called on the National Aids Council (Nac) to allocate financial resources in medical research to ensure that people affected with To access this post, you must purchase a subscription. Please click the button below to visit our subscriptions page to select a package. Subscriptions

  • Israeli opposition leader vows to back ceasefire deal

    Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid (pictured) told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that his Yesh Atid party will vote in favor of a ceasefire deal with Hamas. Lapid sought to reassure Netanyahu af

  • Wendy's Announces Free FRYdays with App Purchase Deal

    In a sizzling announcement sure to excite fast-food enthusiasts, Wendy’s® is gearing up to make every Friday a FRYday to remember. Starting April 19, the renowned fast-food chain is offering free any size Hot & Crispy Fries with ANY purchase, exclusively through the Wendy’s app. This irresistible deal is set to continue every Friday until […]

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    Hochul announces budget agreement, with 'landmark' housing deal

    State lawmakers reached a “conceptual” agreement on the 2025 budget on Monday, according to Gov. Kathy Hochul, who hosted a celebratory press conference touting the deal. Since the bills have not been printed yet, details remain scarce. However, according to the governor, the $237 billion budget, now over two weeks late, includes “landmark” policies to [] The post Hochul announces budget agreement, with ‘landmark’ housing deal first appeared on 6sqft.

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    State, local leaders discuss opioid settlement funds

    Community leaders in Jackson joined Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Monday at Andy's Place, the state's first of several permanent supportive recovery housing projects, as she looked to learn more about the organization's work as recovery housing.

  • Derek Schmidt announces Congressional run for Kansas’ Second District

    INDEPENDENCE (KSNT) - Former Kansas Attorney General and 2022 gubernatorial candidate Derek Schmidt is making a run for Kansas' Second Congressional District. Schmidt's announcement on Friday comes after Republican Congressman Jake LaTurner announced that he wouldn't be seeking re-election last week. “My family and I are grateful for the many friends and neighbors who have []

  • New bill to fund Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library announced

    Supporters of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota are cheering new federal legislation to help build the library and to showcase artifacts of the 26th president, who as a young man hunted and ranched in the state during its territorial days. Last week, North Dakota's three-member, all-Republican congressional delegation announced the bill to "authorize funding for the Library’s continued construction and go towards ensuring the preservation of President Roosevelt’s...

  • Saudi Development Fund agrees $50m loan deal with SVG

    The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), signed a $50 million loan agreement with St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Friday, April 19, 2024, to assist communities affected by natural disasters, Saudi Press Agency reported. The deal was signed by SFD CEO Sultan Abdulrahman Al-Marshad and Minister of Finance of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), Camillo Gonsalves, during the 2024 spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary

  • ‘Gut and replace’ bill deals with emergency Maui recovery funding

    State senators are pushing a bill that would fund and govern a Maui wildfire death and injury compensation fund, but the measure runs a risk of violating the Hawaii Constitution.