Seedrs chosen as strategic partner to support £20m Welsh Government business programme aimed at high growth companies
Year: 2015
Vodafone and owner of Virgin Media ‘in talks’
Virgin Media owner Liberty Global and Vodafone are reportedly discussing a range of possibilities, including a merger
The work from home revolution
Today is National Work From Home Day, an initiative organised by not-for-profit organisation Work Wise UK. To celebrate this, we have taken a look at the revolution of the ‘working from home’ concept and how it benefits small businesses.
Lloyds hit by record £117m fine over PPI handling
State-backed Lloyds Banking Group has been fined a record £117m for mis-handling payment protection insurance (PPI) complaints by the City watchdog.
We have done right thing on tax, insists Starbucks
The boss of Starbucks has launched a withering attack on the way in which the British media reported the tax scandal that engulfed the company.
UK mobile payments projected to hit over £1.2bn a week by 2020
The UK is becoming an increasingly “cash-last” society asone in fourBrits expects to use their mobile phone to make payments on a daily basis by 2020, growing from the one in 12 who do so already today.
Winners in 2015 FTA everywoman awards announced
Hundreds of business figures gathered alongside Parliamentary Under Secretary for Transport, Andrew Jones MP today in London for the unveiling of the 2015 FTA everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards winners.
Why you should hire the well traveled
What does racking up air miles have to do with high performance at work?
Wristband that tells you when you’ve had enough sun
Fear of skin cancer is stopping people getting much-needed vitamin D, Dr David Hazafy says
Contactless drives 10% rise in card payments
Low-value transactions drove a 10 per cent rise in purchases made on a card in 2014 compared with a year earlier.
UBS bosses told staff to rig rates, Tom Hayes claimed
Banker on trial told Serious Fraud Office that Libor manipulation was an open secret
ClickMechanic secures £320,000 to fix car repairs industry
London-based ClickMechanic, the online marketplace for car repairs, has today announced the closure of a financing round of £320,000 from angel investors led by former Just Eat CEO Klaus Nyengaard. The investment will be used to fuel ClickMechanic’s growth, make new hires and accelerate product innovation.
Bitcoin Capital attracts over $900k from investors in first few weeks on BnkToTheFuture
The price of Bitcoin is down, yet professional investors are flocking to Bitcoin businesses.
62% of UK SMEs have no insight in to health of their business
Almost two thirds of small and medium sized businesses in the UK lack the essential visibility and understanding to run an effective business.
Five tips to help SMEs identify the right time to adopt ERP software
As a business grows, managing information, processes and operations inevitably becomes more complex.