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Claus for concern: UK hit by shortage of tree sellers
A shortage of Christmas tree-sellers is more serious than it sounds, warns Alan Thomas, UK CEO at Simply Business.
One in five small businesses expects...
Booming in Botswana: Absa has taken inclusive banking to its heart
ABSA BANK Botswana — formerly Barclays Bank of Botswana Ltd — has been through some exciting times just lately. The adoption of the new...
The cash cost of data-access requests can be outrageous
DATA Subject Access Requests (DSARs) are costing UK businesses £72,000 to £336,000 — each — every year.
A DSAR is when an individual demands that...
Security and gambling sector: ‘costly’ directive gains ground
OPERATORS in the gaming and gambling sector are on average 66 percent of the way through their fifth anti-money laundering directive (5MLD) implementation programmes.
That...
An ill-wind for Visa quickly blows in Mastercard’s favour
AMAZON has told customers in the UK that it will stop accepting Visa credit cards early next year because of high transaction fees.
The retail...
Staffing association calls on UK government to address skills gap
LABOUR market data from the UK’s Office for National Statistics have elicited a welcome — and a caution — from the Association of Professional...
AI and satellite tech set to aid climate-change and diversity
AN INTELLIGENT sustainability management system (ISMS) could soon be helping companies to achieve sustainability and biodiversity goals.
California-based provider of satellite and AI-powered operations, AiDash,...
Construction industry shows evidence of a refined pallet
THE UK’s first pallet-reuse scheme aims to shake-up the movement of building materials.
The Pallet LOOP — claiming circular economy and carbon-zero benefits — is...
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Entrepreneurship, zest for growth, and a major milestone approaching
Tamer Group has prospered by sticking to its principles and adapting to changing market environments…
HEADQUARTERED in Jeddah, Tamer Group offers a full end-to-end service,...
The sky’s no longer the limit for zero-emission vehicles
EVs are no longer earthbound, as COP26 has just found out. BV’s Richard Thomas reports on the emergence of the electric passenger plane…
US-BASED sustainable...
Cash still king, says author of COP26 report
AT COP26, Boris Johnson is asking world leaders to “take action on coal, cars, cash and trees” — but a new whitepaper says that...
Supply chain security boosted by funding round
BRITISH cybersecurity company Risk Ledger has raised £2.1m in a seed funding round as it caters for new customers, including NHS Test and Trace,...
Tesla crosses trillion-dollar milestone with Hertz deal
TESLA has passed the magic market valuation of $1tn, joining Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Google-owner Alphabet in the elite club.
It was only in 2020...
Drop-outs made good: Harvard is still the alma-mater to have
NEW research reveals that three drop-outs from Harvard University are now worth a combined $300bn plus.
Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz all dropped...
Power to the HR people: New tools ‘democratise’ analytics
PEOPLE analytics is about to be “democratised” for fast-growing firms, according to Orgnostic — which has raised $5m to make it happen.
The tools available...
Keep on truckin’! Global interest in HGV vacancies
ONLINE searches for “truck driver UK” have exploded by 1,300 percent since the national shortage of HGV drivers became headline news.
A study of Google...
Starting a business? It’s about location, location, and location
NATIONAL performance indicators for 28 European countries, including GDP, unemployment rate, and practicality have revealed the best places to start a business.
The UK’s strong...
London buses bringing aid to the capital’s homeless
Change Please has repurposed two London buses to support people sleeping rough on the capital’s streets.
The initiative — Driving for Change — backed by...
Bond’s the name, James Bond, and my toys don’t come cheap
As No Time To Die finally hits movie screens, it’s been revealed that being James Bond costs an eye-watering £32.3m.
Research conducted by online gaming...
Move over, Punxsutawney Phil, there’s a new rodent on the block
By HAL WILLIAMS
RIGHT, here’s a story right up the BV alley. A German hamster named Mr Goxx — in solidarity with this exceptional rodent,...