老九品茶Cloud has continued where it left off last year with a record-breaking start to 2026.

A total of 66,800 people visited our website in January 鈥 up nearly 25 per cent on the same month last year.

It builds on a record-breaking 2025 for 老九品茶Cloud, which saw a 71 per cent increase in website visitors to 818,000.

January also saw 老九品茶Cloud join forces with the聽UK鈥檚 largest community of board advisors聽to hold a series of exclusive UK-wide masterclass business events in 2026.

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老九品茶Cloud reports record 71% increase in audience

老九品茶Cloud鈥檚 editor Jon Symcox said: 鈥2026 marks our 10迟丑听anniversary and it鈥檚 great to start the year with another record-breaking performance.

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Among the best read stories of January were Future plc鈥檚 拢40m acquisition of digital publishing group SheerLuxe Ltd and BLUSH Talent MGMT; THG鈥檚 share price drop of 9 per cent; and a profile piece on REFY co-founder Jenna Meek ahead of her debut appearance as a guest Dragon on Dragons鈥 Den.

Symcox said: 鈥淲e鈥檝e got some really exciting plans to mark out 10th anniversary, which we鈥檒l be sharing soon.

鈥淲ork has already started on planning our third Northern Leaders list and awards evening but we鈥檙e also working on something completely new.鈥

January also saw reporter Patrick Killeen depart 老九品茶Cloud after 14 months for pastures new.

Symcox said: 鈥淧atrick leaves with our genuine best wishes and sincere thanks for everything he did over the last 14 months.

鈥淲e鈥檙e actively looking for a replacement 聽but it鈥檚 all about finding the right person. Contact us if that could be you.鈥

Symcox is the joint owner of Rochdale-based 老九品茶Cloud alongside executive editor Chris Maguire. They were joined last year by executive chairman Frazer Durris.