Loyalty fraud: it’s a thing
BUSINESSES are realising that a top-notch customer experience is the key to staying one step ahead — and fraud rings have begun to target...
Latest insolvency figures show a worsening situation for UK
By PATRICE CROSBOURNE
DATA for July 2022, published on August 16, show 1,827 corporate insolvencies — 67 percent higher than in the same month the...
Ranked: industries with the most millennial billionaires
THE TECHNOLOGY industry has more millennial billionaires than any other sector.
Research from Physical Gold analysing the Forbes billionaire list established the industries with the...
Dirty rotten plastic? Biodegradable film cuts pollution and costs
A new Spanish firm hopes to end agricultural plastic waste with an environmentally friendly product. HAL WILLIAMS speaks to the founders…
PLASTIC is pretty much...
Uber über alles? Ride-hailing firm damaged by leaked files
By HEATHER LEAH SMITH
DISTURBING details have surfaced surrounding ride-hailing service Uber’s chaotic global expansion period.
Uber was founded in the US in 2009; within three...
Ukrainian support from ed-tech series C
UKRAINIAN-founded Preply has raised $50m in its series C, amassing more than $100m in investments since its inception.
From an education start-up, Preply has become...
Corporate insolvencies as pandemic restrictions fade
By PATRICE CROSBOURNE
THE UK Government Insolvency Service has released statistics for corporate insolvencies in England and Wales for May 2022.
An increase in corporate insolvencies...
Ukrainian ed-tech firm defies war to expand in UK and EU
UKRAINIAN ed-tech firm DAN.IT is beginning a major expansion drive in the United Kingdom, backed by global tech companies and private investors.
The metaverse-based education...
Cancer treatment gets boost from med-tech development
52 NORTH Health, a UK- and US-based med-tech start-up, has raised £1m in its first round of funding from British and European specialist investors.
52...
Makeup break-up as Revlon files for bankruptcy
AFTER 90 years in business, cosmetics giant Revlon is filing for bankruptcy in the US.
The company had been brought down by a combination of...