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HEADBOX SECURES £2 MILLION FUNDRAISE

HEADBOX SECURES £2 MILLION FUNDRAISE

– Investment follows growth during Covid and major client wins –   19th October 2021, London: Event tech scale-up, HeadBox..

Pinpoint: UK startup Naurt unveils first-of-its-kind location hyper-precise tracking software that improves GPS (GNSS)

Pinpoint: UK startup Naurt unveils first-of-its-kind location hyper-precise tracking software that improves GPS (GNSS)

Location? Naurt!: With up to sub-meter precision 45 times greater than GNSS, Naurt’s hyper precise technology to radically transform ..

NEW EYE SCAN FOR DIABETES?

NEW EYE SCAN FOR DIABETES?

Occuity seals £2.85million investment to develop revolutionary medical technology with multiple clinical uses October 2021: A Berkshir..

5 top interior trends for 2022

5 top interior trends for 2022

From nature-inspired trends to fresh colour schemes, 2022 is shaping up to be an exciting year for interior design. Rebecca Snowden, I..

Business sales drop 2% when local average temperature increases by 1°C, says new report

Business sales drop 2% when local average temperature increases by 1°C, says new report

A 1°C increase in average daily temperatures in the US is linked to a reduction in company sales of around 2%, according to research f..

Employee Relations and Leadership

Employee Relations and Leadership

By: Rita Trehan founder and CEO of Dare Worldwide Labour shortages across the UK have helped shift the focus back towards..

How to succeed as an IT leader in the digital age?

How to succeed as an IT leader in the digital age?

Peter Vollmer, Solution Architect & Agile Evangelist, Micro Focus What does it mean to be successful as an IT leader?..

The hybrid working model; a phase or the future?

The hybrid working model; a phase or the future?

With the prospect of restrictions easing on the horizon, the focus turns to what type of working environment employees expect to retur..

Why we need more intuitive business leaders

Why we need more intuitive business leaders

By: Paul Hargreaves is a speaker, a B-Corp Ambassador, and author of The Fourth Bottom Line: Flourishing in the new era of compassiona..

Poll reveals significant decline in applications compared to pre-pandemic levels

Poll reveals significant decline in applications compared to pre-pandemic levels

As vacancy numbers continue to rise, new data from online talent sourcing specialist, Talent.com, has shown that a majority of employe..

Azerion set to become European digital powerhouse following strategic acquisition of Inskin Media

Azerion set to become European digital powerhouse following strategic acquisition of Inskin Media

The integration of global digital advertising company Inskin Media will improve Azerion’s technology stack and boost its advertising c..

Inflation trade? Nestle reaps benefits from higher prices

Inflation trade? Nestle reaps benefits from higher prices

By Silke Koltrowitz ZURICH (Reuters) – Nestle raised its full-year sales target on Wednesday after the world’s largest foo..

Analysis-Eat or be eaten? Food delivery apps have knives out as pandemic boom fades

Analysis-Eat or be eaten? Food delivery apps have knives out as pandemic boom fades

By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The meal delivery market is expected turn to a phase of consolidation in the coming month..

Adnami appoints new Publisher and Agency Sales Directors to strengthen London team

Adnami appoints new Publisher and Agency Sales Directors to strengthen London team

London, UK, 20th October, 2021: Tech company, Adnami, has announced two new hires to join its London team: Alex Barstow as Publisher S..

Amazon and others commit to using zero-carbon shipping fuels by 2040

Amazon and others commit to using zero-carbon shipping fuels by 2040

By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) -Amazon.com Inc and IKEA are among commercial users of container shipping that will opt for zero-car..

Metro Bank posts flat third-quarter loan growth

Metro Bank posts flat third-quarter loan growth

(Reuters) – Metro Bank said on Wednesday third-quarter net loans were at similar levels to the previous quarter, as a reduction ..

A UK COVID lockdown would be wrong right now, business minister says

A UK COVID lockdown would be wrong right now, business minister says

LONDON (Reuters) – Another COVID lockdown would be completely wrong right now as Britain is learning to live with the novel coro..

How employers can better support and help their remote employees manage mental health and stress

How employers can better support and help their remote employees manage mental health and stress

Mental health has become a major workplace topic in recent years, but with a surge in anxiety caused by the COVID-19 outb..

UK competition watchdog has music streaming in its sights

UK competition watchdog has music streaming in its sights

By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s competition regulator plans to launch an investigation into music streaming to see wh..

Lightsource BP to enter Polish renewables market

Lightsource BP to enter Polish renewables market

LONDON (Reuters) – Lightsource BP said on Tuesday it was entering the Polish market with a deal to develop solar energy projects..

MetLife enhances proposition with launch of EverydayProtect

MetLife enhances proposition with launch of EverydayProtect

EverydayProtect offers flexible protection tailored to suit clients changing lifestyles Protection suited to self-employed, families ..

Virgin Media O2 supercharges small business services with first joint product offering

Virgin Media O2 supercharges small business services with first joint product offering

New proposition to offer small businesses greater value and extra benefits with the best from both brands London, UK: Virgin Media O2 ..

Banking platform launches to power SME lending across Europe

Banking platform launches to power SME lending across Europe

FIBR brings EUR 1bn of lending to help European SMEs thrive post pandemic  Amsterdam/London, 18.10.2021: FIBR, the connected digital ..

LycaHealth invests more than £140 million, as it takes on the UK health market

LycaHealth invests more than £140 million, as it takes on the UK health market

LONDON, October 2021: LycaHealth has confirmed that it is investing more than £140 million to grow its business in the UK. The figure..

MANCHESTER BUSINESS TO LAUNCH NEXT GENERATION INTERACTIVE VIDEO TECH AT GLOBAL EVENT

MANCHESTER BUSINESS TO LAUNCH NEXT GENERATION INTERACTIVE VIDEO TECH AT GLOBAL EVENT

North West tech business Near-life™ will launch a powerful content authoring tool, Near-life™ CREATOR+, at this year’s DevLearn In Las..

Almost half of graduates would advise going straight into business

Almost half of graduates would advise going straight into business

New research by NerdWallet, one of the UK’s leading financial comparison sites, has found that almost half of former university studen..

Shame, fear and guilt – how managers tackle the ‘imposter phenomenon’ at work

Shame, fear and guilt – how managers tackle the ‘imposter phenomenon’ at work

Do you ever feel like you aren’t good enough for the job you have, and any success you experience is due to luck? Does this affect you..

MY BATTLE WITH LONG COVID AS AN ENTREPRENEUR

MY BATTLE WITH LONG COVID AS AN ENTREPRENEUR

Founder of eco-friendly toothpaste startup, Faye Wilson, caught Covid in March 2020 and is still suffering from the long covid At her..

Combining Business Leadership with Scientific Expertise: Lessons for Start-ups

Combining Business Leadership with Scientific Expertise: Lessons for Start-ups

By: Sara Hamou, CEO & Co-Founder of Medovie. The world of business is always challenging. Starting your own business takes that ch..

Lessons Learned from Digitopia Maturity Summit

Lessons Learned from Digitopia Maturity Summit

Leading digital maturity consultancy, Digitopia, led its first Digitopia Maturity Summit on 23rd September, hosted in London and broad..

Why Setting Financial Goals is Something Everyone Should Do

Why Setting Financial Goals is Something Everyone Should Do

Ask most people about their financial goals and you will usually receive the same vague responses; to get rich, to earn m..

Power squeeze curbs Chinese growth, leaves Europe in a gas bind

Power squeeze curbs Chinese growth, leaves Europe in a gas bind

By Muyu Xu, Oksana Kobzeva and Jason Hovet BEIJING/MOSCOW/PRAGUE (Reuters) – China’s power shortages hit growth in the wor..

Former U.S. President Clinton leaves hospital, heads to New York

Former U.S. President Clinton leaves hospital, heads to New York

ORANGE, Ca. (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Bill Clinton walked out of a Southern California hospital on Sunday after being admitted ..

Ford to invest around $300 million to build electric car parts at UK plant

Ford to invest around $300 million to build electric car parts at UK plant

LONDON (Reuters) – Ford said on Monday it would invest up to 230 million pounds ($316 million) to build electric car components ..

Oil prices climb as COVID recovery, power generators stoke demand

Oil prices climb as COVID recovery, power generators stoke demand

By Jessica Jaganathan SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices hit their highest level in years on Monday as demand recovers from the COVID-19 ..

Taiwan’s Foxconn shows off three electric vehicle prototypes

Taiwan’s Foxconn shows off three electric vehicle prototypes

By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan tech giant Foxconn unveiled its first three electric vehicle prototypes on Monday, unders..

For Britain’s chicken farmers, Brexit and COVID brew a perfect storm

For Britain’s chicken farmers, Brexit and COVID brew a perfect storm

By Kate Holton and James Davey DRIFFIELD, England (Reuters) – When Nigel Upson checks the plucked chicken carcasses dangling fro..