Deliveroo reports doubling in gross order value in first half
LONDON (Reuters) – Food delivery company Deliveroo said the value of orders on its platform more than doubled in the first half,..
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Greek villagers try to save homes as wildfires burn for eighth day
By Lefteris Papadimas and Leon Malherbe AVGARIA, Greece (Reuters) – Residents mounted a round the clock watch on Tuesday to try ..
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Germany to end free COVID tests from Oct. 11 – sources
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German government will stop offering free coronavirus tests from Oct. 11 in a bid to encourage more peopl..
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Oil rebounds on profit-taking as market shrugs off virus impact
By Devika Krishna Kumar NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices rose 3% on Tuesday, largely driven by profit taking after more than a week̵..
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Geoengineering marks scientific gains in U.N. report on dire climate future
By Jake Spring (Reuters) – Geoengineering science is advancing, but the question remains – should we use it? The U.N. clim..
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SoftBank’s Vision Fund posts $2 billion profit, share weakness casts shadow
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) – SoftBank Group Corp’s Vision Fund unit on Tuesday posted a 236 billion yen ($2.14 billion)..
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Carbon footprint a mystery to 9 out of 10 small businesses
National business survey finds vast majority of small businesses have yet to put targets in place to reduce their emissions – with the..
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First FinTech Super App for SMEs in UK & Ireland launches funding round
Paysme launches £1 million funding round on Globacap platform ∙ Paysme is a single platform that delivers FinTech services such ..
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British AI tech firm Kortical beats Google as it helps drive revenues for business
Success: Kortical has improved the success rate of machine learning implementation 10x for business David vs Goliath: Kortical is conf..
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The future looks bright for UK SMEs, reveals Azets inaugural SME Barometer
87% of UK SMEs expect to be trading in a year’s time 73% of UK SMEs intend to bring back all staff from furlough Over half of UK SMEs ..
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Business communications – the new normal
By Dr John Yardley, CEO, Threads Software Pre-pandemic, most of us probably thought that video conferencing was a relatively ma..
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Top tips for growing a fully remote startup
Lydia Kothmeier, VP of Operations at enterprise CMS Storyblok, discusses how startups can manage growing their business with an entire..
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CLUTTONS USES LOCKDOWN TO EXPAND, LAUNCHING ITS NORTHERN HUB WITH NEW FULL-SERVICE TEAM BASED IN MANCHESTER
August 2021 – Manchester, UK: strategic property consultancy business Cluttons bucked the trend in lockdown and has launched a n..
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houzen team expands as new AI products launch
6th August 2021 Fast-growing proptech company houzen has made multiple senior appointments, as it announces a host of new products. Pr..
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The impact of remote working on productivity and effectiveness
Rupert Morrison, CEO, orgvue At the start of the pandemic, business leaders and economists were deeply concerned about productivity. S..
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Five ways to get the most out of your hybrid office space
By Philippe Gomes, Head of UK and Ireland at Powell Software, an award-winning digital workplace platform vendor headquartered in Fran..
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The importance of understanding cultural differences when expanding
By Graham Smith, Managing Director of Volopa There comes a time in the journey of many companies when expansion into new markets becom..
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U.S. Senate Democrats unveil details of $3.5 trln follow-up bill
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Monday released some details of the $3.5 trillion bill addressi..
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Stocks tread water as gold, oil declines spook sentiment
By Matt Scuffham and Ritvik Carvalho NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -Global shares treaded water on Monday as sharp falls in gold and oil p..
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U.N. sounds ‘deafening’ warning on climate change
By Nina Chestney and Andrea Januta (Reuters) -The United Nations panel on climate change told the world on Monday that global warming ..
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UK’s Morrisons agrees to raised $9.3 billion offer from Fortress-led group
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -British supermarket Morrisons has agreed an improved takeover offer worth 6.7 billion pounds ($9.3 bi..
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UK’s Vectura takeover battle heats up as Carlyle outbids Philip Morris
By Pushkala Aripaka and Yadarisa Shabong (Reuters) -Private equity firm Carlyle Group on Friday outbid tobacco company Philip Morris i..
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Why developing better accessibility should now be a boardroom priority
By Sarah Plant, Experience Strategist, Cognizant Digital Experience For millions of people, the last 18 months has been characterised ..
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Olympics-Hockey-Netherlands claim gold with 3-1 victory over Argentina
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) -The Netherlands won their fourth Olympic women’s hockey title by beating Argentina 3-1 in th..
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Early signs COVID-19 vaccines may not stop Delta transmission, England says
LONDON (Reuters) -There are early signs that people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 may be able to transmit the Delta varian..
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Wall Street muted on jobs growth as inflation, Delta fears weigh
By Lawrence Delevingne BOSTON (Reuters) -A positive jobs report spurred Wall Street to push some stocks and Treasuries higher on Frida..
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Majority of Brits think their phones are listening to them
More than half of the British population feel that their smartphones and other smart devices are listening in on their conversations w..
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Why businesses leaders must seize this moment to bolster the financial fitness of their workforce
By: CEO James After a tough winter for most people, the summer months are providing some much needed respite and positivity across the..
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The Implications of Lockdown on Building Maintenance
By: Richard Burke, Head of Project and Building Consultancy at Property Consultants Cluttons COVID-19 has caused, and continues to cau..
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Can ESG and Sustainability still Generate Competitive Advantage?
By: Zula Luvsandorj There is an undeniable global shift toward all-sector social responsibility when it comes to ESG and green ..
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Establishing more sustainable business practices through digital transformation
By: Charles Cao, head of EMEA operations and strategy at Conga Environmental, social and governance (ESG) has been on the business ag..
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What does social entrepreneurship mean to me? Let’s break it down.
Entrepreneurship, to me, is all about creating something (ideally of value) from nothing. The social component (not to be confused wit..
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Wall Street pushes stocks, oil higher on promising data
By Lawrence Delevingne BOSTON (Reuters) – U.S. stocks and oil prices rebounded on Thursday as unemployment claims declined and t..
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Macron’s COVID-19 health pass rules approved by top court
By Richard Lough PARIS (Reuters) -France’s highest court upheld a new law requiring the public to hold a health pass to access b..
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Oil rises over 1% as Mideast tensions face virus concerns
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices rose about 1% on Thursday on increasing Middle East tensions, but fresh movement res..
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Revolutionary farmers at Growing Underground launch fresh branding as they announce B Corp status and exciting growth plans
The revolutionary AgTech brand will be the first B Corp salad brand available in mainstream UK supermarkets. Following a successful in..
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From Grandmother’s kitchen table to one of the fastest growing businesses in the pet grooming and welfare market, Herbal Dog Co takes the pet industry by storm
19 July 2021 Founded by herbalist, Gemma Stocks, (age 38) Herbal Dog Co started trading in March 2020 just at the beginning of the glo..
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