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Stand and deliver: CitySprint puts out a call for new drivers
UK SAME-DAY distribution company CitySprint is looking for 600 couriers with small or large vans — across the country.
They will join the 3,500 vans,...
‘Commission-free’ investment platform expected in Q3 2021
FINTECH start-up Lightyear is offering Europe’s first commission-free investment platform.
Set to start rolling out in Q3 2021, Lightyear marries multi-currency accounts with unlimited access...
The UK valley of the ‘decacorns’ comes alive with new entrants
THE UK RANKS third globally for $10bn tech businesses, with a total of 12 — behind the US, which has 157, and China, 38.
The...
Israel ice cream row heats up
ICE CREAM maker Ben & Jerry's is to end sales in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
The firm intends to construct a different distribution...
Data do or data don’t? MIT study sees benefits for decision-making
A REPORT by MIT’s Technology Review Insights indicates that decision-makers tend to excel when they deploy analytics and machine learning.
The report, produced in association...
Cement industry aims to cut carbon with new initiative
IF THE cement industry were to be considered as a country, it would be the third-largest emitter of carbon dioxide in the world — surpassed only by...
Plant-based, and growing strong: vegan burger funding hits £2m
ON A MISSION to bring a vegan menu to the high street, plant-based pioneer Ready Burger has closed its first funding round with Crowdcube,...
The UK’s newest entrepreneurs by generation … and by name
PEOPLE aged 25 to 40 have set up 49 percent of new businesses in Britain since July 2020.
A study was conducted by cloud accounting...
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More holes in the high street: Gap shuts UK and Irish...
FASHION giant Gap is the latest firm to forego bricks and mortar and embrace e-commerce, announcing plans to close its 81 stores in the...
Bitcoin: timing is everything, and there are clues to follow
ANYONE following the British public’s interest when buying and selling Bitcoin this year would have made a 27 percent profit — equivalent to £8,602.37...
Universities team-up to launch investment fund
TWELVE leading UK universities, including Oxford and Cambridge, have joined forces to create an investment fund.
The 10-year, multi-million-pound Impact 12 fund will support social...
Relief for small firms as rent moratorium runs until 2022
THE FEDERATION of Small Businesses (FSB) has welcomed the extension to a moratorium on commercial tenant evictions in England until March 25 next year.
FSB...
Sessions Market cooks up an incentive to beat chef shortage
SESSIONS Market has launched a chef incentive and recruitment scheme to boost an industry hard-hit by the Covid pandemic.
Founder Dan Warne, previously MD at...
EU citizens ‘need help from UK firms to resolve status issues’
WITH JUST 20 days for European citizens to apply for settled status in the UK, businesses should help with outstanding applications.
That advice comes from...
Say it with flowers — or a green greeting card…
IT’S ALL about electronic communication nowadays, but the UK still produces 200 million greeting cards each year. And as with almost everything else, that...
A century after the flames, desire for justice smoulders
HEATHER LEAH SMITH looks at ‘Black Wall Street’, the Tulsa Massacre, and ongoing economic inequality in the US
EXAMPLES of systemic racism abound in American...
Dreaming, perchance, of sleep? A UK firm has found a solution
A UK-DESIGNED sleep therapy solution is a step closer to capturing a share of an $80bn global market.
SleepCogni, a data-supported device for people suffering...
UK firms ‘must prepare for realities of new relationship with EU’
THE realities of Brexit are beginning to bite, and could result in losses of £9.5bn for Greater London, with £2.2bn coming from financial and...
You want chips with that? Semiconductor shortage hits luxury car market
THE OWNER of Jaguar Land Rover, India’s Tata Motors, has announced a quarterly loss of more than £700m — and says a global semiconductor...
Scotland, brave and bonny: beauty salon’s social mission
SCOTLAND’S first hair and beauty salon operating as a social enterprise has opened a second outlet in Edinburgh.
Founder Kerry Anderson is behind the Brave,...