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TIMES change, and BV is changing with them.
For several good reasons — sustainability, waste-reduction, and a changing business environment among them — we are...
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UK’s ATMs disappear as digital cash edges closer
FINTECH firm Intergiro has conducted a study to find which UK regions have seen the biggest decline in cash machines since 2018.
Using data from...
Rising investment in UK climate tech development
INTERNATIONAL investment into UK climate tech companies risen from $4m in 2021 to $7.5bn this year — and the figure could rise to £20bn...
NFTs are down — as are sports stars who bought them
AMERICAN football wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr holds the dubious distinction of being the athlete who has lost the most money on NFTs.
Following the...
Mind your language! Rude company names are out
A FREEDOM of information (FOI) request found that 56,640 business names were rejected by Companies House between January 2019 and April 2022.
Nearly half (25,400)...
Prospecting goes orbital with satellite tech
A UK SATELLITE firm has won a multi-million-pound customer contract to construct a remote-sensing prospecting satellite.
Exobotics will design, manufacture, and test a CubeSat satellite...
AI at the easel: Can machines make art?
By REESE JONES
THE ART community took a jolt when an “artbot” won first place at a Colorado State Fair competition in August.
Jason Allen admitted...
Buy, sell, fire: Musk hits the ground flailing
ELON Musk has sold another 19.5 million Tesla shares.
The sell-off comes just days after his $44bn Twitter takeover. Tesla's share price has fallen by more...
Media and emissions link: new ground broken
SINCE 2019, communications company dentsu has been working with the University of Bristol, the BBC, Sky, Netflix and ITV to calculate the greenhouse gas...
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Old dogs must dodge discrimination, says doco
WE EXIST in an ageist society which it is difficult to escape, warns STEVE BUTLER, author, documentary maker, and CEO at financial planning firm...
Does Nanny know what’s best for us…?
By CHARLES WHITE-THOMSON
“NANNY finance” — excessive quantitative easing and rate-cutting by central banks — has dominated the world for many years. This overly soft...
Russian banker gives up citizenship over war
BILLIONAIRE Russian banker Oleg Tinkov has renounced his Russian citizenship in protest at the war in Ukraine.
Tinkov, the founder of online Tinkoff Bank, said...
Support calls from SMEs in UK and US
UK firm Purbeck’s personal guarantee insurance has seen a sharp rise in small businesses contacting its mentoring and advice service for support.
From January to...
Boutique offices are the new trend
By JOHN DROVER
THE JLL Future of Work survey found that 75 percent of commercial real estate leaders believe that flexible working patterns are critical...
‘Greener’ wind power — but military potential clouds motivation
CEO starts a pan-European crowdfunding bid to advance airborne power generator
MOBILE wind turbines tether a sea container to a kite, which turns in a...
More greenwashing comes to light in HSBC ads
THE UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has taken its first action against a bank for greenwashing.
It has banned two HSBC ads for misleading claims...
A much-Googled question: ‘What is an NFT?’
By HAL WILLIAMS
IT’S SOMETHING BV asked as well (see Winter 2021/22 issue) — but global interest and ignorance have not been erased by our...
ONS data reveals need for better hiring practices
THE OFFICE for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed a decline in UK unemployment levels — but talent out-sourcing and advisory service AMS warns that...
Design your business for ‘tomorrow’s customers’
By MARK WILSON
BUSINESSES are facing tough times, with EU trade difficulties and inflation driving pessimism.
So, now’s the time to reimagine things using creativity and...
Sales and marketing: ‘invisible’ roles…?
SALES-enablement platform Highspot has released a whitepaper, European State of Sales and Marketing Alignment 2022.
Professionals in the UK, France and Germany believe alignment, communication...
Firms merge to fill IT skills gap — with gender parity
TWO CENTRAL European ed-tech companies are merging to create a giant digital skilling and sourcing powerhouse.
Codecool and Software Development Academy (SDA) have a presence...