diff --git a/apps/trading/client-pages/competitions/competitions-create-team.tsx b/apps/trading/client-pages/competitions/competitions-create-team.tsx
index 21661fef3..19710ffef 100644
--- a/apps/trading/client-pages/competitions/competitions-create-team.tsx
+++ b/apps/trading/client-pages/competitions/competitions-create-team.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
-import { useSearchParams } from 'react-router-dom';
-import { Intent, TradingAnchorButton } from '@vegaprotocol/ui-toolkit';
+import { Link, useSearchParams } from 'react-router-dom';
+import {
+  Intent,
+  TradingAnchorButton,
+  VegaIcon,
+  VegaIconNames,
+} from '@vegaprotocol/ui-toolkit';
 import { useVegaWallet, useVegaWalletDialogStore } from '@vegaprotocol/wallet';
 import { addDecimalsFormatNumber } from '@vegaprotocol/utils';
 import { useT } from '../../lib/use-t';
@@ -30,6 +35,19 @@ export const CompetitionsCreateTeam = () => {
       <LayoutWithGradient>
         <div className="mx-auto md:w-2/3 max-w-xl">
           <Box className="flex flex-col gap-4">
+            <Link
+              to={Links.COMPETITIONS()}
+              className="text-xs inline-flex items-center gap-1 group"
+            >
+              <VegaIcon
+                name={VegaIconNames.CHEVRON_LEFT}
+                size={12}
+                className="text-vega-clight-100 dark:text-vega-cdark-100"
+              />{' '}
+              <span className="group-hover:underline">
+                {t('Go back to the competitions')}
+              </span>
+            </Link>
             <h1 className="calt text-2xl lg:text-3xl xl:text-4xl">
               {isSolo ? t('Create solo team') : t('Create a team')}
             </h1>
@@ -78,15 +96,17 @@ const CreateTeamFormContainer = ({ isSolo }: { isSolo: boolean }) => {
         <p className="text-sm">{t('Team creation transaction successful')}</p>
         {code && (
           <>
-            <p className="text-sm">
-              Your team ID is:{' '}
-              <span
-                className="font-mono break-all"
-                data-testid="team-id-display"
-              >
-                {code}
-              </span>
-            </p>
+            <dl>
+              <dt className="text-sm">{t('Your team ID:')}</dt>
+              <dl>
+                <span
+                  className="font-mono break-all bg-rainbow bg-clip-text text-transparent text-2xl"
+                  data-testid="team-id-display"
+                >
+                  {code}
+                </span>
+              </dl>
+            </dl>
             <TradingAnchorButton
               href={Links.COMPETITIONS_TEAM(code)}
               intent={Intent.Info}
diff --git a/apps/trading/client-pages/competitions/competitions-update-team.tsx b/apps/trading/client-pages/competitions/competitions-update-team.tsx
index f0dae7c88..f8bd9c2d1 100644
--- a/apps/trading/client-pages/competitions/competitions-update-team.tsx
+++ b/apps/trading/client-pages/competitions/competitions-update-team.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,14 @@ import { usePageTitle } from '../../lib/hooks/use-page-title';
 import { Box } from '../../components/competitions/box';
 import { useT } from '../../lib/use-t';
 import { useVegaWallet, useVegaWalletDialogStore } from '@vegaprotocol/wallet';
-import { Loader, Splash } from '@vegaprotocol/ui-toolkit';
+import {
+  Intent,
+  Loader,
+  Splash,
+  TradingAnchorButton,
+  VegaIcon,
+  VegaIconNames,
+} from '@vegaprotocol/ui-toolkit';
 import { RainbowButton } from '../../components/rainbow-button';
 import { Link, Navigate, useParams } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { Links } from '../../lib/links';
@@ -11,6 +18,7 @@ import { useReferralSetTransaction } from '../../lib/hooks/use-referral-set-tran
 import { type FormFields, TeamForm, TransactionType } from './team-form';
 import { useTeam } from '../../lib/hooks/use-team';
 import { LayoutWithGradient } from '../../components/layouts-inner';
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 
 export const CompetitionsUpdateTeam = () => {
   const t = useT();
@@ -29,6 +37,19 @@ export const CompetitionsUpdateTeam = () => {
       <LayoutWithGradient>
         <div className="mx-auto md:w-2/3 max-w-xl">
           <Box className="flex flex-col gap-4">
+            <Link
+              to={Links.COMPETITIONS_TEAM(teamId)}
+              className="text-xs inline-flex items-center gap-1 group"
+            >
+              <VegaIcon
+                name={VegaIconNames.CHEVRON_LEFT}
+                size={12}
+                className="text-vega-clight-100 dark:text-vega-cdark-100"
+              />{' '}
+              <span className="group-hover:underline">
+                {t('Go back to the team profile')}
+              </span>
+            </Link>
             <h1 className="calt text-2xl lg:text-3xl xl:text-5xl">
               {t('Update a team')}
             </h1>
@@ -57,7 +78,8 @@ const UpdateTeamFormContainer = ({
   pubKey: string;
 }) => {
   const t = useT();
-  const { team, loading, error } = useTeam(teamId, pubKey);
+  const [refetching, setRefetching] = useState<boolean>(false);
+  const { team, loading, error, refetch } = useTeam(teamId, pubKey);
 
   const { err, status, onSubmit } = useReferralSetTransaction({
     onSuccess: () => {
@@ -65,7 +87,15 @@ const UpdateTeamFormContainer = ({
     },
   });
 
-  if (loading) {
+  // refetch when saved
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (refetch && status === 'confirmed') {
+      refetch();
+      setRefetching(true);
+    }
+  }, [refetch, status]);
+
+  if (loading && !refetching) {
     return <Loader size="small" />;
   }
   if (error) {
@@ -84,6 +114,33 @@ const UpdateTeamFormContainer = ({
     return <Navigate to={Links.COMPETITIONS_TEAM(teamId)} />;
   }
 
+  if (status === 'confirmed') {
+    return (
+      <div
+        className="flex flex-col items-start gap-2"
+        data-testid="team-creation-success-message"
+      >
+        <p className="text-sm">
+          <VegaIcon
+            name={VegaIconNames.TICK}
+            size={18}
+            className="text-vega-green-500"
+          />{' '}
+          {t('Changes successfully saved to your team.')}
+        </p>
+
+        <TradingAnchorButton
+          href={Links.COMPETITIONS_TEAM(teamId)}
+          intent={Intent.Info}
+          size="small"
+          data-testid="view-team-button"
+        >
+          {t('View team')}
+        </TradingAnchorButton>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
   const defaultValues: FormFields = {
     id: team.teamId,
     name: team.name,
diff --git a/apps/trading/components/competitions/team-avatar.tsx b/apps/trading/components/competitions/team-avatar.tsx
index 7e8be0ecb..2b50a51ba 100644
--- a/apps/trading/components/competitions/team-avatar.tsx
+++ b/apps/trading/components/competitions/team-avatar.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+import { isValidUrl } from '@vegaprotocol/utils';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 
 const NUM_AVATARS = 20;
 const AVATAR_PATHNAME_PATTERN = '/team-avatars/{id}.png';
@@ -11,6 +13,26 @@ export const getFallbackAvatar = (teamId: string) => {
   return AVATAR_PATHNAME_PATTERN.replace('{id}', avatarId);
 };
 
+const useAvatar = (teamId: string, url: string) => {
+  const fallback = getFallbackAvatar(teamId);
+  const [avatar, setAvatar] = useState<string>(fallback);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!isValidUrl(url)) return;
+    fetch(url, { cache: 'force-cache' })
+      .then((response) => {
+        if (response.ok) {
+          setAvatar(url);
+        }
+      })
+      .catch(() => {
+        /** noop */
+      });
+  });
+
+  return avatar;
+};
+
 export const TeamAvatar = ({
   teamId,
   imgUrl,
@@ -22,7 +44,7 @@ export const TeamAvatar = ({
   alt?: string;
   size?: 'large' | 'small';
 }) => {
-  const img = imgUrl && imgUrl.length > 0 ? imgUrl : getFallbackAvatar(teamId);
+  const img = useAvatar(teamId, imgUrl);
   return (
     // eslint-disable-next-line @next/next/no-img-element
     <img
diff --git a/libs/i18n/src/locales/en/trading.json b/libs/i18n/src/locales/en/trading.json
index 82a2e0aea..d3d5174fc 100644
--- a/libs/i18n/src/locales/en/trading.json
+++ b/libs/i18n/src/locales/en/trading.json
@@ -446,5 +446,9 @@
   "Choose a team": "Choose a team",
   "Join a team": "Join a team",
   "Solo team / lone wolf": "Solo team / lone wolf",
-  "Choose a team to get involved": "Choose a team to get involved"
+  "Choose a team to get involved": "Choose a team to get involved",
+  "Go back to the team's profile": "Go back to the team's profile",
+  "Go back to the competitions": "Go back to the competitions",
+  "Your team ID:": "Your team ID:",
+  "Changes successfully saved to your team.": "Changes successfully saved to your team."
 }