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B2B Commercial Expansion

Enterprise contracts, pilots, procurement wins and sector-specific market entry.

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LHV Bank names Damian Thompson CEO for UK lending expansion

Former Starling executive Damian Thompson is due to join LHV Bank on 4 January 2027, bringing experience of scaling mortgage and SME lending.

13 Oct

An anonymous worker moves a pallet truck past racks of plain cartons in a grocery distribution warehouse in Finland.

B2B Commercial Expansion

Kesko selects Manhattan for grocery warehouse overhaul in Finland

Kesko’s €6.5bn grocery business will replace its legacy warehouse software with Manhattan’s cloud platform, with an initial rollout across five distribution centres.

13 Oct

An anonymous technician inspects an interceptor drone on a workbench in a Ukrainian aircraft assembly workshop.

B2B Commercial Expansion

Germany funds Quantum Systems interceptor production in Ukraine

German financing will support several tens of thousands of interceptor drones as Quantum Systems expands Ukrainian manufacturing, Tech.eu reports.

05 Oct

An anonymous customer wearing a breath-testing mask beside compact equipment in a fitness studio in Athens, Greece.

B2B Commercial Expansion

PNOĒ targets wider B2B reach with self-serve breath testing

PNOĒ plans an October launch for its self-serve metabolic testing device as the US-focused business expands in Europe and through partners elsewhere.

27 Sept

Workers prepare pallets of gym equipment for dispatch inside a warehouse in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland.

B2B Commercial Expansion

BLK BOX expands in Europe as workforce reaches 180

Northern Ireland gym equipment company BLK BOX is expanding in France, Spain and Germany, with founder Greg Bradley citing the Windsor Framework as an advantage.

25 Sept

Gloved hands examine compacted soil beside young onion rows on a UK farm, with a tractor in the distance.

B2B Commercial Expansion

Muju Earth starts paid UK trials for soil-aerating Aeropod

Nine UK farmers will test Muju Earth’s Aeropod this autumn, with more than 30 on a waiting list for a device designed to reduce cultivation costs.

25 Sept

A cloud infrastructure engineer checks cabling beside server racks in a data centre near Paris, France.

B2B Commercial Expansion

Cycloid joins European Commission’s €180m cloud framework

The French software company will give up to 5,000 Commission developers a single portal for cloud services, alongside a procurement route into other EU institutions.

21 Sept