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Fortescue buys Williams Advanced Engineering and announces world’s first infinity train

Fortescue buys Williams Advanced Engineering and announces world’s first infinity train

Marking its transition to a global green renewables and resources company, Fortescue has today completed the acquisition of UK-based ..

KYB “category creator” Detected raises 1.5 million in 4th funding round

KYB “category creator” Detected raises 1.5 million in 4th funding round

London, 2nd March 2022: Today, Detected, the critical infrastructure component for global KYB compliance, announces it has raised an a..

Child Friendly Cleaning Brand Welcomes Justin King as an Investor and Advisor

Child Friendly Cleaning Brand Welcomes Justin King as an Investor and Advisor

Justin King CBE has joined London-based sustainable cleaning products producer Nimble. The former Sainsbury’s CEO, who has invested in..

Majority of UK businesses failing to offer employees adequate workplace pension support

Majority of UK businesses failing to offer employees adequate workplace pension support

A new survey has revealed how senior decision makers within leading UK businesses are managing their employee benefit schemes. It foun..

7 in 10 business account holders have never switched business bank providers

7 in 10 business account holders have never switched business bank providers

3 in 5 (60%) business account holders have their business account with the same provider as their primary personal account Online ban..

Zoom Video Communications Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2022 Financial Results

Zoom Video Communications Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2022 Financial Results

Year-end number of customers contributing more than $100,000 in trailing 12 months revenue up approximately 66% year over year Fourth..

Avalanche Blockchain Now Accessible to 4.5M Users Across Wirex App, Wallet & Payment Ecosystem

Avalanche Blockchain Now Accessible to 4.5M Users Across Wirex App, Wallet & Payment Ecosystem

Wirex, a leader in the crypto sphere, has expanded its ecosystem to enable 4.5 million users to access the popular Avalanche blockchai..

Testsigma raises $4.6M from Accel and STRIVE to launch open source test automation platform

Testsigma raises $4.6M from Accel and STRIVE to launch open source test automation platform

Impact: Testing is now done at least 5X faster, software delivery cycles shortened by at least 30% Traction: Platform used by thousan..

A new study by Fasthosts reveals that 60% of Brits are personally affected by after-hours work emails

A new study by Fasthosts reveals that 60% of Brits are personally affected by after-hours work emails

A new report by Fasthosts has revealed the number of after-hours emails Brits receive daily and how this impacts them in their person..

Analysis-War in Ukraine puts pressure on East European banks to prop up sinking currencies

Analysis-War in Ukraine puts pressure on East European banks to prop up sinking currencies

By Gergely Szakacs and Alan Charlish BUDAPEST/WARSAW (Reuters) – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is putting pressure on centr..

Lebanese bank closes over 30 British-held accounts after UK ruling-depositors’ group

Lebanese bank closes over 30 British-held accounts after UK ruling-depositors’ group

By Timour Azhari and Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Bank Audi has closed more than 30 accounts belonging to UK nat..

NATO rejects Ukraine no-fly zone, says ‘not part of this’ war

NATO rejects Ukraine no-fly zone, says ‘not part of this’ war

By Simon Lewis and Sabine Siebold BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO allies rejected Ukraine’s demand for no-fly zones on Friday, saying t..

Russia’s offer to foreign firms: stay, leave or hand over the keys

Russia’s offer to foreign firms: stay, leave or hand over the keys

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Companies around the globe grappled with a dilemma over what to do with their Russian investments on Friday as Mosco..

Ukraine to confront Russia at Int’l Court of Justice on Monday

Ukraine to confront Russia at Int’l Court of Justice on Monday

THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Ukraine and Russia will face off Monday at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a hearing on emerge..

Oil steadies from decade-highs as Iran talks kindle supply hopes

Oil steadies from decade-highs as Iran talks kindle supply hopes

By Marcy de Luna HOUSTON (Reuters) – Oil steadied after hitting prices not seen in roughly a decade on Thursday, as sellers jump..

Russian ETF jumps as some sense bargains in ‘uninvestable’ market

Russian ETF jumps as some sense bargains in ‘uninvestable’ market

By Danilo Masoni MILAN (Reuters) – A Russia-exposed ETF rose by more than 100% in London on Thursday in a sign that some investo..

Ukraine demands ceasefire, humanitarian corridors at talks with Russians

Ukraine demands ceasefire, humanitarian corridors at talks with Russians

By Maksym Levin and Pavel Polityuk BORODYANKA/LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian negotiators at talks with Russian officials on..

Stocks slide as oil surge rattles inflation fears

Stocks slide as oil surge rattles inflation fears

By Herbert Lash and Tommy Wilkes NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices soared again on Thursday as the Ukraine war sparked a ru..

Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other offices from April 4

Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other offices from April 4

By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google from April 4 will require employees back about three days..

Generali pulls back from Russia, Intesa reviews business

Generali pulls back from Russia, Intesa reviews business

MILAN (Reuters) – Leading Italian insurer Generali is set to pull out of its operations in Russia following Moscow’s invas..

Analysis-Crypto exchanges won’t bar Russians, raising fears of sanctions backdoor

Analysis-Crypto exchanges won’t bar Russians, raising fears of sanctions backdoor

By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) – Some of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges are staying put in Russia, breaking ..

These are the BEST cities to start a business, according to a new study

These are the BEST cities to start a business, according to a new study

After such many challenging years for businesses across the UK, Instant Offices has analysed Companies House data to work out which UK..

How to stay one step ahead of the Great Resignation

How to stay one step ahead of the Great Resignation

By: Deborah Gray, Founding Director of Totum Partners 2021 will be remembered as the year of the “great resignation.” In t..

Procurement with a Purpose: Creating a sustainable supply chain

Procurement with a Purpose: Creating a sustainable supply chain

By: Annabel Sim at Compleat Software Hidden among the many moving cogs of business is procurement, which has quickly found itself at t..

Investors seek bargains as Ukraine keeps markets on edge

Investors seek bargains as Ukraine keeps markets on edge

By Sujata Rao and Lewis Krauskopf LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Money managers are scanning roiled global markets for bargains after unpr..

Euro weakens, rouble slumps as sanctions piled on Russia

Euro weakens, rouble slumps as sanctions piled on Russia

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Russian rouble plunged and the euro nursed losses against the U.S. dollar on Monday as th..

Former Tractable executive joins Sprout.ai as Chief Executive Officer

Former Tractable executive joins Sprout.ai as Chief Executive Officer

London, UK, 24th February, 09:00am: Sprout.ai – the insurance technology company reimagining the insurance claims process –..

Hitachi Vantara Launches Application Reliability Centers to Boost the Resiliency, Performance and Compliance of Cloud Applications

Hitachi Vantara Launches Application Reliability Centers to Boost the Resiliency, Performance and Compliance of Cloud Applications

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – February, 23, 2022 – Hitachi Vantara, the digital infrastructure, data management and analytics, and digital sol..

Smaller firms facing a ‘low workforce morale epidemic’

Smaller firms facing a ‘low workforce morale epidemic’

Almost all (99%) small businesses in the UK believe Covid-19 restrictions have impacted the mental health of their employees and subse..

Businesses Say they’ll Pay Whatever Rate it Takes to Secure Top Freelance Talent

Businesses Say they’ll Pay Whatever Rate it Takes to Secure Top Freelance Talent

31 January 2022: As the negative impact of staff shortages is felt across a myriad of UK industry sectors, a new survey fr..

The Big Winners Of Open Banking

The Big Winners Of Open Banking

Open Banking is taking the financial industry by storm, and the rising competition is driving the adoption of the technology by PSPs, ..

Small businesses could be at breaking point with increase in energy prices

Small businesses could be at breaking point with increase in energy prices

The strain on small businesses over the past couple of years is undeniable, battling both a pandemic and Brexit. The challenges facing..

juice® remains UK market leader in 2022 with impressive sales beating Apple

juice® remains UK market leader in 2022 with impressive sales beating Apple

Mobile phone accessories manufacturer juice® has successfully retained its position as market leader in the UK for the second year run..

Mindstone launches next-generation onboarding and training platform for fast-growing companies

Mindstone launches next-generation onboarding and training platform for fast-growing companies

February 23rd, 2022: Mindstone, the learning platform that simplifies and accelerates informal learning, has launched Mindstone for Bu..

Latest annual impact report shows mainstream social investment fund supporting the Covid-19 recovery

Latest annual impact report shows mainstream social investment fund supporting the Covid-19 recovery

Report by The Big Issue Group assesses how well the Threadneedle UK Social Bond Fund has delivered on its impact objective to support..

IPC PARTNERS WITH DREBBEL TO BOLSTER PRESENCE IN KEY CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN MARKETS

IPC PARTNERS WITH DREBBEL TO BOLSTER PRESENCE IN KEY CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN MARKETS

Jersey City, London, Brussels , Amsterdam , Frankfurt – 24 February, 2022 – IPC, a leading provider of secure, compliant communication..

Growth capital for sustainable transformation to a bio-based circular economy: EU-initiated impact fund oversubscribed with €300M

Growth capital for sustainable transformation to a bio-based circular economy: EU-initiated impact fund oversubscribed with €300M

The European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF) exceeds expectations: Originally set for €250 million, the EU-backed fund raised around ..