Sackers: Turning scrap metal into gold for nearly 100 years May 15, 2023 | Sponsored Sackers in Ipswich has been a key part of the UK’s “circular economy” from its very beginnings. The family-led scrap metal and waste recycling firm has been in business for nearly 100 years, making it the fifth oldest in the country. “Our markets are all over the world,” says chief executive David Dodds, which is [...]
Tech firm takes the strain out of the train May 15, 2023 | Sponsored Whoosh, a UK travel tech business, has won multiple awards for its innovative real-time information services, which are designed to keep passengers informed while traveling. The company was founded by Edmund Caldecott, who initially developed onboard entertainment systems for airlines, trains, and coaches. He observed that one of the most popular features on planes was [...]
Empowering Social Mobility: New college creating opportunities in Tech May 15, 2023 | Sponsored Watching and mentoring a struggling schoolboy through his A-levels gave Mark Smith, founder of Ada, the National College of Digital Skills, the idea of starting up his own college. From opening the Tottenham-based college in 2016 with around 30 students, in 2023 Ada – named after Ada Lovelace, a computing pioneer, will provide education for [...]
Tackling challenges in climate and nature May 15, 2023 | Sponsored Some of Scotland’s leading research scientists may have raised a glass of the world’s first “climate positive” gin to celebrate The James Hutton Institute receiving the King’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development. Gin produced from the humble garden pea which avoids more carbon production than it creates is just one innovation that scientists at [...]
Online retailer making waves around the world May 15, 2023 | Sponsored It started nearly 20 years ago with a keen record collector looking to find a market for some of his discs on eBay – then still a relatively new online auction website. Now Rarewaves.com is one of the largest online marketplace retailers in the world selling all manner of goods to all the countries around [...]
Former ballroom dancers light a candle on international trade May 15, 2023 | Sponsored In 2001 the Danish-born couple set up Sebnini, which specialises in luxury fragranced candles and diffusers. It has crowned recent growth in overseas sales with a King’s Award for international trade. The inspiration began when they started bringing candles for their own enjoyment back from Denmark to the UK. Although candles and scent diffusers are [...]
Podium Pet Products: Achieving in business for King and country May 15, 2023 | Sponsored Carina Evans has achieved great success in multiple arenas, including representing the UK as part of the GBR Bob Skeleton Team and serving her country in the British armed forces. Her greatest business accomplishment has been with her company, Podium Pet Products, which has won both the Queen’s Award in 2016 and the King’s Award for [...]
London pension fintech Smart gears up for deals after $95m funding injection May 15, 2023 London-based pensions fintech firm Smart said it was gearing up for a flurry of dealmaking today as it bagged a $95m funding round from a host of big name backers including New York based outfit Aquiline.
Cost of card payments slammed as ‘startling’ after Mastercard exec defends fees May 15, 2023 A lobby group has today warned of the “startling rise in the cost of accepting cards” for small businesses after the European chief of Mastercard defended the fees it levies on merchants over the weekend. Interchange fees, which are charged to merchants and paid to the card issuing bank and payment network, have climbed sharply [...]
M&G calls bosses back into the office – and they can’t be TWaTs about it May 14, 2023 Investment firm M&G has called on its managers to get back in the office for three days a week in a bid to boost the morale and development of its junior staff - but they won't be allowed to simply swan in on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
