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  • Surge in UK job vacancies driven by low-paying work new study finds
  • Watercress and Welsh lamb breed added to UK protected foods list
  • Raspberry Pi gets a slice of funding with $45m deal after pandemic sales boost
  • Employees can request home working from day one in job
  • Neighborly acquires London-based Pimlico Plumbers in multi-million pound deal
  • Firms plead for help to beat jobs and supply chain crunch
  • Ex-Bank economist picked to lead levelling up taskforce
  • Kwarteng to hold emergency meeting with gas chiefs over price crisis
  • Supermarkets race to secure CO2 as official talks stall
  • Restaurants set to be banned from keeping waiters’ tips
lorry driver

Surge in UK job vacancies driven by low-paying work new study finds

Britain’s worst labour market shortages in decades are being driven by employers struggling to recruit low-paid workers, research suggests, while vacancies in other areas are still significantly below pre-pandemic levels.

email security

2 million malicious emails slipped past business email security defences in the last year

Two million malicious emails bypassed traditional email defences, like secure email gateways, between July 2020-July 2021.

Welsh Lamb

Watercress and Welsh lamb breed added to UK protected foods list

The UK has added a breed of Welsh lamb and watercress to its new protected food category scheme, set up to protect regional British foods after the UK departed a similar European scheme post-Brexit.

Playdemic

Electronic Arts completes $1.4bn deal to buy UK video games maker Playdemic

Electronic Arts has completed the $1.4bn (£1.04bn) deal to buy Playdemic, the mobile games maker known for its Golf Clash franchise, the latest British video games maker to be snapped up by the California-based giant.

Cambridge Life Sciences

UK life science attracts £850m deal for Cambridge

One of America’s largest investment companies is planning to invest £850 million to create new life sciences laboratory and office space in Cambridge

Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi gets a slice of funding with $45m deal after pandemic sales boost

The company behind Britain’s best-selling computer has raised $45 million after sales of its DIY-device rose sharply during the pandemic.

Working from home

Employees can request home working from day one in job

Employees will be able to request the right to work at home from their first day on the job under reforms to be announced this week.

Piers Morgan

‘Piers Morgan’s Ofcom ruling is a victory for common sense’

GETTR’s Jason Miller speaks out how left-liberal institutions have silenced us.

27 Best SMM Panels for TikTok, Instagram & YouTube

Social media has become an imperative part of everyone’s life nowadays. It has become so powerful and influential that no one can think of spending a day without checking one or more social media site.

  1. Surge in UK job vacancies driven by low-paying work new study finds
  2. 2 million malicious emails slipped past business email security defences in the last year
  3. Watercress and Welsh lamb breed added to UK protected foods list
  4. Electronic Arts completes $1.4bn deal to buy UK video games maker Playdemic
  5. UK life science attracts £850m deal for Cambridge
  6. Raspberry Pi gets a slice of funding with $45m deal after pandemic sales boost
  7. Employees can request home working from day one in job
  8. ‘Piers Morgan’s Ofcom ruling is a victory for common sense’
  9. 27 Best SMM Panels for TikTok, Instagram & YouTube

Latest News…

lorry driver

Surge in UK job vacancies driven by low-paying work new study finds

Britain’s worst labour market shortages in decades are being driven by employers struggling to recruit low-paid workers, research suggests, while vacancies in other areas are still significantly below pre-pandemic levels.

Welsh Lamb

Watercress and Welsh lamb breed added to UK protected foods list

The UK has added a breed of Welsh lamb and watercress to its new protected food category scheme, set up to protect regional British foods after the UK departed a similar European scheme post-Brexit.

Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi gets a slice of funding with $45m deal after pandemic sales boost

The company behind Britain’s best-selling computer has raised $45 million after sales of its DIY-device rose sharply during the pandemic.

Working from home

Employees can request home working from day one in job

Employees will be able to request the right to work at home from their first day on the job under reforms to be announced this week.

Charlie Mullins

Neighborly acquires London-based Pimlico Plumbers in multi-million pound deal

The world’s largest franchisor of home service brands, has announced the acquisition of Pimlico Plumbers, central London’s leading independent residential and commercial service and maintenance company.

Busy office

Firms plead for help to beat jobs and supply chain crunch

The government is facing mounting calls to help businesses as the crunch in the jobs market and disruption to supply chains threaten to stifle the economic recovery from the pandemic.

Andy Haldane

Ex-Bank economist picked to lead levelling up taskforce

Andy Haldane, the former Bank of England chief economist appointed on Sunday as the head of the government’s levelling up taskforce, has described his new task as “one of the signature challenges of our time”.

Kwarteng

Kwarteng to hold emergency meeting with gas chiefs over price crisis

Kwasi Kwarteng, the business secretary, will hold an emergency summit with gas industry chiefs on Monday morning in an effort to contain the fallout caused by soaring market prices on consumers and businesses.

empty supermarket

Supermarkets race to secure CO2 as official talks stall

Supermarket chains are trying to secure supplies of carbon dioxide after government talks with a big producer of the gas ended last night without a solution.

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Business

Playdemic

Electronic Arts completes $1.4bn deal to buy UK video games maker Playdemic

Electronic Arts has completed the $1.4bn (£1.04bn) deal to buy Playdemic, the mobile games maker known for its Golf Clash franchise, the latest British video games maker to be snapped up by the California-based giant.

Office workers

Ministers to give workers immediate right to request flexible working

Employees of all companies will be able to request flexible working arrangements when they start new jobs under proposals to be published by ministers.

Business investment

British Business Investments announces new £15m commitment to Liberty Leasing

British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, today announces a new £15m commitment to Liberty Leasing, which will increase access to finance for UK smaller businesses in the construction, engineering, transport, agriculture, and printing sectors.

independent shop

High streets could yet enjoy revival as independent shops are bringing new life to towns

Received wisdom has it that already embattled high streets face being pushed over the edge by factors such as the pandemic-related acceleration in the shift to online trade, the removal of emergency support and the return of overheads such as business rates, as well as planning reforms that could result in shops being turned into homes.

Art gallery

Arts Council England announces commitment to 54 priority places

Arts Council England’s three-year Delivery Plan has been unveiled setting out a detailed roadmap to implement the vision of their strategy Let’s Create: by 2030

company valuations

How to value your SME business during uncertain times

Most SME owners who were planning on selling their business in early 2020 were forced to put their plans on ice when the pandemic hit.

Business Rates

Inflation figures prompt fears of £1bn rise in business rates

Employers are facing a punitive £1 billion spike in business rates next year as a result of soaring inflation caused largely by distortions during the pandemic.

Profiled…

Tom Shrive

The Business Matters Interview: Tom Shrive, CEO, AskPorter

Tom Shrive the CEO of AskPorter, a tech company and AI messaging platform that supports businesses tells Business Matters how they can become more efficient through automation of their services.

Rob Stone

Getting To Know You: Rob Stone, Founder, Instaloft

We talk to Rob Stone, founder of the UKs largest storage solutions supplier Instaloft on his inspiration to starting the company 

Marketing & Social Media

PR

PR: The Persuasion Game

IOS

How the latest iOS update impacts your digital marketing campaign

IOS14

Is Apple going to launch an advertising platform?

Newswire

Brexit chaos

Customs Crunch – How this startup plans to take the friction out of brexit

Business Matters
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  • FTSE 100 outperforms European counterparts as oil and tobacco stocks gain
  • Pound sinks ahead of second Brexit parliamentary vote

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Playdemic

Electronic Arts completes $1.4bn deal to buy UK video games maker Playdemic

Electronic Arts has completed the $1.4bn (£1.04bn) deal to buy Playdemic, the mobile games maker known for its Golf Clash franchise, the latest British video games maker to be snapped up by the California-based giant.

Cambridge Life Sciences

UK life science attracts £850m deal for Cambridge

One of America’s largest investment companies is planning to invest £850 million to create new life sciences laboratory and office space in Cambridge

Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi gets a slice of funding with $45m deal after pandemic sales boost

The company behind Britain’s best-selling computer has raised $45 million after sales of its DIY-device rose sharply during the pandemic.

Business investment

British Business Investments announces new £15m commitment to Liberty Leasing

British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, today announces a new £15m commitment to Liberty Leasing, which will increase access to finance for UK smaller businesses in the construction, engineering, transport, agriculture, and printing sectors.

Fever Tree

Tonic for Fever-Tree as sales pick up

Investors in Fever-Tree Drinks breathed a sigh of relief after the upmarket tonic maker reported strong sales and issued reassurance that the fall in profit margins behind July’s profit warning had not got any worse.

Nappy

Reusable nappy maker bags £13m investment to expand ahead of proposed ‘nappy tax’

A reusable nappy brand set up by a couple 24 years ago has raised £13 million from the British Growth Fund to expand as the plastic waste caused by disposable nappies comes under political scrutiny.

Euan Blair

New funding to expand Euan Blair’s apprenticeship start-up

An apprenticeship start-up founded by Euan Blair, eldest son of Tony Blair, the former prime minister, is launching a fresh funding round that will boost the $200 million valuation crystallised at its last round only a few months ago.

Oxford

Oxford has attracted the highest venture capital funding in the UK 

A newe report reveals that demand for office and laboratory space in Oxford has had an intense investor interest over the last two years.

Tractable

UK fintech investment hits new record after £18bn buying spree

Britain’s investment in the financial technology industry has hit a new record, with almost £18bn worth of deals in the first half of this year, placing the UK second in the world behind the US.

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Legal

Office workers

Ministers to give workers immediate right to request flexible working

Employees of all companies will be able to request flexible working arrangements when they start new jobs under proposals to be published by ministers.

remote working

Could the Employment Bill pose a risk to businesses?

With the Employment Bill back in the limelight, Amanda Badley, head of employment at BHW Solicitors urges employers to find a synergy between business need vs business want.

Returning to work

Back to work this month? Employers’ risks and responsibilities

Natasha Forman and Francesca Lopez are Senior Associates in the Employment Team at Kingsley Napley LLP offer five key areas employers need to consider about a hybrid working policy:

SDLT

Stamp duty land tax: claiming multiple dwellings relief before physical works begin

A tribunal case decision released in July 2021 held that multiple dwellings relief was not available in two lead appeals where developers had bought sites for new homes.

pre-pack administrations

Pre-Pack Administrations in a post-pandemic world

Ever since the administration process became the key business rescue process over two decades ago, the pre-pack administration has suffered a tarnished reputation.

Data protection

At a crossroads: what next for data protection regulation?

There was a time when data protection was virtually a byword for something dull, boring and technical.

grandma

Grandmother wins key age discrimination case

Referring to a work colleague as a grandparent counts as age discrimination even if they are one, a tribunal has ruled.

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Could Alternative Dispute Resolution become compulsory?

Over the last three decades, we have seen increasingly widespread use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), as parties with disputes have sought swifter and less expensive ways of settling claims. 

email

Adequacy at last: what now for international data transfers

On 28 June, the European Commission adopted a so-called ‘adequacy decision’ in respect of the UK’s data laws.

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Made in Britain

Reef.Global James Coughlan

Made in Britain: James Coughlan of Reef.Global

James Coughlan, founder of Reef.Global, explains how his business is making the new norm of hybrid working much easier for businesses and employees. 

Made in Britain: Cell Regeneration & MBST UK

Elisabeth Clare talks about how founding her business, Cell Regeneration & MBST UK, changed her life around. 

Made in Britain: Online personal training brand, Work That

Jessica Redman explains why she ditched life in the corporate world to launch her very own online personal training brand. 

Benji Lanyado founder of Picfair

Made in Britain: Online photography brand, Picfair.com

Former New York Times writer Benji Lanyado of Picfair.com explains how his company is changing the world of online photography.

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Opinion

Piers Morgan

‘Piers Morgan’s Ofcom ruling is a victory for common sense’

Scale before you fail: How to scale your business to avoid bad growth

Finding efficiency in approaches to hybrid working

Technology

email security

2 million malicious emails slipped past business email security defences in the last year

iPhone bug

Apple rushes to block ‘zero-click’ iPhone spyware

PayPal

PayPal raises fees between UK and Europe

Utilities

Energy savings

Business Energy Claims recovers £25,000 for UK chocolatier

An energy broker has been forced to repay over £25,000 to a chocolatier after a significant amount of undisclosed fees were discovered in its contracts.

Motoring & Travel Reviews

Cornwall

Cornish Secrets on the advantages of a self-catering holiday in Cornwall

Self-catering can be a bit marmite; many people who love their all-inclusive packages think it sounds just a bit too much like hard work but a self-catering holiday cottage in Cornwall is anything but.

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