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AvaTrade launches major multi-channel television commercial featuring world’s fastest man Usain Bolt

AvaTrade launches major multi-channel television commercial featuring world’s fastest man Usain Bolt

Award-winning broker has launched an exciting television advert with the greatest sprinter of all time! Dublin, 21st October 2021 – Av..

EXPONENTIAL INVESTMENT IN ‘LAST-MILE’ DELIVERY FIRM, XEROE, AS CLEAN AIR ZONES ROLL OUT AND RACE TO ZERO HEATS UP

EXPONENTIAL INVESTMENT IN ‘LAST-MILE’ DELIVERY FIRM, XEROE, AS CLEAN AIR ZONES ROLL OUT AND RACE TO ZERO HEATS UP

XeroE (https://www.xeroe.co.uk/), the independent British emission-free transport platform responsible for urban deliveries has announ..

GXO in Partnership with Virgin Media Achieves Investor in Innovations Standard

GXO in Partnership with Virgin Media Achieves Investor in Innovations Standard

25 October 2021 The world’s largest pure-play contract logistics provider, today announced that the Institute of Innovation and Knowle..

PCI Pal shortlisted for WorkL Workplace of the Year Awards 2021, supported by The Telegraph

PCI Pal shortlisted for WorkL Workplace of the Year Awards 2021, supported by The Telegraph

25 October 2021 PCI Pal, (LON:PCIP) the global provider of cloud-based secure payment solutions, has been announced as a finalist in W..

Russian COVID cases hit record high as eastern Europe imposes new curbs

Russian COVID cases hit record high as eastern Europe imposes new curbs

By Luiza Ilie and Gleb Stolyarov BUCHAREST/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia reported a record high number of daily COVID-19 cases and s..

Facebook knew about, failed to police, abusive content globally – documents

Facebook knew about, failed to police, abusive content globally – documents

By Elizabeth Culliford and Brad Heath (Reuters) – Facebook employees have warned for years that as the company raced to become a..

Cricket-Stokes added to England’s Ashes squad

Cricket-Stokes added to England’s Ashes squad

(Reuters) – All-rounder Ben Stokes has been added to England’s squad for the Ashes tour of Australia, England’s cric..

FORTHPLUS PENSIONS LIMITED APPOINTS ADMINISTRATORS

FORTHPLUS PENSIONS LIMITED APPOINTS ADMINISTRATORS

On 19 October 2021, the Directors of Forthplus Pensions Limited (“Forthplus” or the “Company”), a firm authorised and regulated by the..

Proportunity raises over £100m to support UK home ownership dream

Proportunity raises over £100m to support UK home ownership dream

London-based fintech aiming to help thousands of first-time buyers and ‘second steppers’  on property ladder  London, 20 October 2021:..

SQUARE LOYALTY AND SQUARE MARKETING LAUNCH FOR UK BUSINESSES

SQUARE LOYALTY AND SQUARE MARKETING LAUNCH FOR UK BUSINESSES

Square Marketing and Square Loyalty are the latest products to expand Square’s connected ecosystem in the UK London, 20th October 2021..

Aiimi and Databricks partner to deliver deeper AI and analytics capabilities across shared client base

Aiimi and Databricks partner to deliver deeper AI and analytics capabilities across shared client base

Aiimi will build on its successful client base – including Anglian Water, Northumbrian Water, and BEIS – to deliver next generation da..

Marketing Agency helps disabled charity achieve dream of racing at Silverstone

Marketing Agency helps disabled charity achieve dream of racing at Silverstone

North west based Digital Marketing Agency, Aqueous Digital has helped charity Speed of Sight provide a once in a lifetime experience f..

Exclusive-Italy woos Intel over multibillion-euro chip plant -sources

Exclusive-Italy woos Intel over multibillion-euro chip plant -sources

By Giulio Piovaccari and Giuseppe Fonte MILAN/ROME (Reuters) – Rome is drawing up an offer to try to convince Intel to invest bi..

U.S. CDC signs off on Moderna, J&J COVID-19 vaccine boosters, mix-and-match shots

U.S. CDC signs off on Moderna, J&J COVID-19 vaccine boosters, mix-and-match shots

By Manas Mishra and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday recommen..

Duran Duran drop new album 40 years after debut

Duran Duran drop new album 40 years after debut

By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) – When British pop band Duran Duran made their debut, they did not know how long they would la..

Collaborative robots expand potential labour pool to help fill shortage of workers for warehouses and fulfilment centres

Collaborative robots expand potential labour pool to help fill shortage of workers for warehouses and fulfilment centres

Collaborative robots could help tackle a looming labour shortage in UK warehouses by addressing the barriers deterring people from wor..

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..

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..

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..

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..

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..

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 ..

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..

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..

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 ..

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..

Hungry for fuel, China looks to the U.S., Europe eyes relief plans

Hungry for fuel, China looks to the U.S., Europe eyes relief plans

By Chen Aizhu, Jessica Jaganathan and Scott DiSavino (Reuters) – China’s energy crisis deepened on Friday with coal prices..

Adele makes music comeback with new single ‘Easy On Me’

Adele makes music comeback with new single ‘Easy On Me’

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) -British singer-songwriter Adele made her highly anticipated music comeback on Friday, rele..

Pearson pounded after COVID hits U.S. community college enrolment

Pearson pounded after COVID hits U.S. community college enrolment

By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) -Global education group Pearson said enrolments at community colleges in the United States had been hi..

Envestnet | Yodlee Collaborates with Intuit QuickBooks to Provide Financial Data Connections to Millions of Small Businesses to Support its Global Expansion

Envestnet | Yodlee Collaborates with Intuit QuickBooks to Provide Financial Data Connections to Millions of Small Businesses to Support its Global Expansion

Intuit QuickBooks Will Integrate Envestnet | Yodlee’s Data Aggregation Capabilities Into Its Accounting Software, Enabling Customers t..

RingCentral Announces RingCentral Rise™, a Strategic and Secure Communications Platform Designed for Service Providers Around the World

RingCentral Announces RingCentral Rise™, a Strategic and Secure Communications Platform Designed for Service Providers Around the World

Service providers now have access to Resources, Innovation, System integration, and Experiences (Rise) from RingCentral that offers un..

UK aquaculture business unveils seaweed solution to address climate change

UK aquaculture business unveils seaweed solution to address climate change

A UK-based aquaculture business aims to remove billions of tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere each year by growing and harvesting fl..