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Latest News:

  • Airlines across the globe count the £7bn cost of Covid
  • Bank of England to move London staff to new hub in Leeds
  • Ireland will resist global corporate tax rate finance minister announces
  • Slice of good news as pizza giant recruits 1,000 staff as restaurants return
  • Britain set for best growth since 1988 as covid restrictions are eased
  • UK workers found it harder to build relationships with colleagues while working from home
  • Netflix numbers fall short as pandemic boost starts to fade
  • Rishi Sunak urged to boost green spending or miss net zero target
  • Just Eat to offer 1,500 Liverpool couriers minimum hourly rate and sick pay
  • Primark set to continue to shun online offering as high streets are “permanent part of being human”

Airlines across the globe count the £7bn cost of Covid

A slower than anticipated global vaccine rollout and wider failure to get Covid under control will cost airlines $10bn (£7.2bn) more than previously predicted, according to the organisation that represents global airlines.

Bank of England to move London staff to new hub in Leeds

The Bank of England has followed the Treasury in announcing that it intends to move staff out of London with the creation of a new northern hub in Leeds.

Ireland will resist global corporate tax rate finance minister announces

Ireland’s finance minister has signalled the country will resist attempts to rebalance the global tax system if they affect Dublin’s ability to undercut its rivals.

Slice of good news as pizza giant recruits 1,000 staff as restaurants return

Pizza Express is to recruit 1,000 new employees as it prepares to reopen its restaurants over May and June and put the ravages of coronavirus behind it.

Britain set for best growth since 1988 as covid restrictions are eased

Britain is set for its sharpest economic growth since 1988 this year as the easing of Covid-19 restrictions encourages consumers to start spending, according to a monthly survey of independent economists by the Treasury.

TikTok becomes first digital platform to become an official Euro 2020 partner

Short-form mobile video platform TikTok has secured a deal to become the first digital entertainment brand to be a Global Sponsor of the UEFA Euro 2020 championships.

Why have cryptocurrency trackers become the need of the hour?

For an amateur trying to venture into the market of cryptocurrencies, it can understandably be a tad overwhelming especially with the part when one has to keep track of all the market waves regularly. Finding time to do it properly, analyze the info gained from multiple sites can be a very difficult task even for experts.

SmileDirectClub Seeks to Help Canadian Clients with New Brand Access

SmileDirectClub was founded in 2014 on the idea that everyone should be able to afford access to a better smile.

Selecting an Ideal Online Casinos Is A Vital Process: What Should You know?

It has been more than twenty-five years since we have been enjoying casino games on the internet. The overall growth of online casinos has witnessed a real boom in the last decade.

  1. Airlines across the globe count the £7bn cost of Covid
  2. Bank of England to move London staff to new hub in Leeds
  3. Ireland will resist global corporate tax rate finance minister announces
  4. Slice of good news as pizza giant recruits 1,000 staff as restaurants return
  5. Britain set for best growth since 1988 as covid restrictions are eased
  6. TikTok becomes first digital platform to become an official Euro 2020 partner
  7. Why have cryptocurrency trackers become the need of the hour?
  8. SmileDirectClub Seeks to Help Canadian Clients with New Brand Access
  9. Selecting an Ideal Online Casinos Is A Vital Process: What Should You know?

Latest News…

Airlines across the globe count the £7bn cost of Covid

A slower than anticipated global vaccine rollout and wider failure to get Covid under control will cost airlines $10bn (£7.2bn) more than previously predicted, according to the organisation that represents global airlines.

Bank of England to move London staff to new hub in Leeds

The Bank of England has followed the Treasury in announcing that it intends to move staff out of London with the creation of a new northern hub in Leeds.

Ireland will resist global corporate tax rate finance minister announces

Ireland’s finance minister has signalled the country will resist attempts to rebalance the global tax system if they affect Dublin’s ability to undercut its rivals.

Slice of good news as pizza giant recruits 1,000 staff as restaurants return

Pizza Express is to recruit 1,000 new employees as it prepares to reopen its restaurants over May and June and put the ravages of coronavirus behind it.

Britain set for best growth since 1988 as covid restrictions are eased

Britain is set for its sharpest economic growth since 1988 this year as the easing of Covid-19 restrictions encourages consumers to start spending, according to a monthly survey of independent economists by the Treasury.

UK workers found it harder to build relationships with colleagues while working from home

New research has found that over half of workers feel it has been harder to build relationships with colleagues while working from home.

Netflix numbers fall short as pandemic boost starts to fade

Shares in Netflix have plunged by 11% after subscriptions grew by a weaker than expected four million at the start of this year following a record 2020.

Rishi Sunak urged to boost green spending or miss net zero target

Rishi Sunak, must radically overhaul the Treasury response to the climate crisis, reforming the department’s longstanding hostility to green spending

Just Eat to offer 1,500 Liverpool couriers minimum hourly rate and sick pay

Just Eat is to offer 1,500 takeaway couriers in Liverpool minimum pay, sick pay and holiday pay by the end of the year as it shifts away from using independent contractors.

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Business

Poor sales and marketing systems are impacting your bottom line – here’s what to do

Everything is different now, the way we work, shop and learn. Within business, brands have had to take a major step back, reassess their practices and review how they engage with customers.

Business parks face struggle for survival in era of home working

It may have been the setting for The Office, the ground-breaking television sitcom, but the business park was no laughing matter in the years leading up to the millennium.

Lift-off for drone deliveries as regulator allows remote pilots

Drones will be routinely flown beyond a human operator’s line of sight for the first time in a significant step towards household parcel deliveries by air.

Female investors on average £15k worse off than men by 2030, due to gender pay gap

If we act now perhaps the gender pay gap will close and our investment averages will go up … come on ladies how are we going to do this?

Want to become a Profitable Forex Trader? Up Your Game With Guerrilla Trading Now

Learning to trade in the forex market is tough – But only if you don’t know how to.

Top tips for business teams during Ramadan

Advice from RVU’s Data and Analytics Executive, Safiyah Raja, on what teams should know about those partaking in Ramadan, and how best to support them.

An untidy room could cost you your dream job, new research finds

New research has found almost a third of interviewers admit to not hiring someone based on something they have seen in a candidate’s video backdrop, with a further 58% saying a messy room in the background could cost someone the job.

Profiled…

Getting To Know You: Business networking strategist, Andy Lopata

A specialist in professional relationships and networking for over 20 years, we talk to Andy Lopata, who was called  ‘One of Europe’s leading business networking strategists’ by the Financial Times.

Getting To Know You: Patrick Gaskin, Co-Founder, Cardly

We spoke to Patrick Gaskin, Co-Founder of personalised mail service Cardly as the company is set to take a bigger bite out of the global £14+ billion greeting card and direct mail market with its relaunch in the UK.

Marketing & Social Media

Dulux apologises after making fun of Spurs – immediately after being named as new sponsor

Will new audio-chat app, Clubhouse, prove beneficial to brands?

UK social media influencers warned over ad rules breaches

Newswire

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

Business Matters
  • EU stimulus package announced offers new confidence for investors
  • Struggling TSB set to close 100 branches and axe staff
  • FTSE 100 outperforms European counterparts as oil and tobacco stocks gain
  • Pound sinks ahead of second Brexit parliamentary vote

Get Funded

MunchFit fuels up with £1.2M through equity crowdfunder

MunchFit, healthy food provider to luxury gym Equinox and elite studio Barry’s Bootcamp has closed £1.2m through a recent crowdfunding campaign via Crowdcube, after attracting substantial investor interest.

Goldman Sachs invests £50M in Anne Boden founded Starling Bank

Starling Bank, the UK digital bank which is the fastest-growing bank for SMEs in Europe has received £50 million as an extension to the bank’s oversubscribed £272 million Series D funding round last month.

Revolut founder plans pathway to $10bn valuation with new investment round

The founder of Revolut is plotting a new fundraising that will value the company at more than $10bn (£7.2bn) and cement his status as one of Europe’s youngest fintech billionaires.

Investors put £200m into rental homes for retired

Two big investors in British infrastructure have formed a retirement living platform that aims to address an undersupply of rental homes for the elderly.

Seedrs abandons Crowdcube merger after competition watchdog announced deal block

The competition watchdog is set to block the £140m merger between Seedrs and Crowdcube over concerns it would lead to less choice and higher fees.

Angel investor and entrepreneur Spencer Matthews takes bite out of MunchFit as it seeks out “Fitvestors” in crowdfunding round

MunchFit, healthy food provider to luxury gym Equinox and elite studio Barry’s Bootcamp hopes to raise £1m through a crowdfunding round in a bid to satiate the growing appetite for meal plans tailored to fitness goals.

British Business Investments announces new £10m commitment to Co-Fund NI through Regional Angels Programme

British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has committed £10m to Co-Investment Fund (Co-Fund) NI helping to provide growth capital to early stage, high potential smaller businesses in Northern Ireland.

Airly secures $3m from angels to tackle air pollution

A start-up that uses artificial intelligence to measure levels of air pollution has raised $3.3 million from angel investors to open offices in the UK.

New payment platform BOPP launches, giving power back to UK businesses and consumers

BOPP, a brand-new payment platform that removes the need for cards, and uses Open Banking to facilitate immediate, secure payments directly from one bank account to another has launched.

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Legal

‘Scraping’ the barrel? The risks of publicly available data

The social media giants have found themselves in the news again, and not for positive reasons.

Business LPAs – How to safeguard against a future incapacitated partner, director or shareholder

The loss of mental capacity of a director, partner or shareholder could be devastating for a business unless there are the necessary safeguards in place.  

‘Pro-growth’ data reforms bring opportunities and risks

On 1 January 2021, following the end of the Brexit transition period, the UK’s data protection laws were changed. Out went the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, and in came the UK’s very own version of the GDPR.

Avoiding Unfair Dismissal Claims – Everything You Need to Know

It’s a legal right of the employees not to be dismissed unfairly. If not handled correctly, such a claim can cause headaches for both employer & employee.

Know your contractor – all you need to know about IR35 and Off-payroll rules

IR35, intermediaries’ legislation, off-payroll rules, agency rules.  So much jargon! And so many ways in which a contractor/consultant can engage with your business.

My data protection predictions for 2021 

In my last column, I looked back at 2020 from an information law perspective. It’s safe to say that no-one would have predicted a year like 2020. And so it’s with some trepidation that I look forward to what we might expect in the year to come. 

WFH, algorithms and multi-million-pound fines: the year in data protection

My final column of 2020 is in two parts. In this first part, I reflect on what a strange year we’ve had – picking out some of the highlights from an information law perspective

Brexit: 8 Frequently asked questions about trademark registration in the UK

Trademarks are a headache. Trademarks for foreign countries are even worse. You just found out that a US trademark won’t apply in the UK, and who even knows if they work in the EU (they don’t, by the way).

Construction suppliers beware: New corporate insolvency law requires ongoing performance

The introduction of the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (“CIGA”) in June 2020 was one of the many preventative measures taken by the UK Government in an attempt to safeguard the economy in the wake of the global Covid-19 pandemic.

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Made in Britain

Made in Britain: Functional Gut Diagnostics

Functional Gut Diagnostics is a Manchester-based health-firm which looks to provide a quick and accurate diagnosis for anyone suffering with gastrointestinal problems.

Made in Britain – Cheese on Towcest’

Having been made redundant during the Covid-19 pandemic, Mark Rodgers of Cheese on Towcest’ in Northamptonshire took the plunge and decided to launch his very own online cheesemonger business.

Made in Britain: Hampshire Event Props

After spotting a gap in the market while working in the wedding industry, Kimara Middleton of Hampshire Event Props made it her mission to make special occasions even more special. 

Made in Britain: Twisted Automotive

From purchasing some of the remaining Land Rover Defenders off the production line in 2016, the business now turns over £10 million Twisted Automotive provides customised versions to UK and global fans of the vehicle.

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Opinion

‘Scraping’ the barrel? The risks of publicly available data

Return to the office provides a ‘mental release’ for remote workers

Rishi Sunak: Will people really quit if forced to work from home?

Technology

Corrupted or locked SD card? See how to recover your deleted files with Wondershare Recoverit

Twitter in talks to acquire voice-based platform Clubhouse

The perfect way to monitor employees in the Workplace

Utilities

3 ways you can reduce the cost of your business bills

For any business to be successful, it’s vital to manage costs effectively.

Motoring & Travel Reviews

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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