The Professional Managers of the Future (PMF) community held a meeting with the representatives of companies from the Internet industry to discuss the capacity and profitability of high technologies employed in UK businesses.

Sysnet Global Solutions, the leading provider of cyber security and compliance solutions for SMBs, today announced that it has acquired the Managed Compliance Solutions (MCS) division of ControlScan, Inc., a U.S. leader in managed security services specialising in compliance, detection and response. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

CardUp, the digital credit card enablement platform, has launched a new solution that enables businesses to instantly access credit on international payments at competitive rates. While the global remittance market is dominated by bank to bank transfers -- CardUp enables these payment to be made via credit cards to overseas suppliers who do not accept card payments.

Ziglu, the personal money app, has successfully closed its crowdfunding campaign, having raised over £6 million from over 1250 investors. 

Ziglu aimed to raise £1 million but hit this target within 3 hours of the campaign opening, with this very high investor demand Ziglu went on to raise 500% more than their initial target. The average investment amount was £4,800.