Wellness Wonders: Meet Jo Malone the founder of Jo Loves August 4, 2024 Jo Malone's new venture takes a personal twist on her love for fragrances, with Jo Loves being centred around memories and moments.
Abrdn snaps up retail investing platform Finimize in second digital acquisition October 29, 2021 Abrdn, formerly Standard Life Aberdeen, has acquired retail investing content platform Finimize for an undisclosed sum, in its second major digital investment this year. It’s a move that reinforces CEO Stephen Bird’s focus on bolstering the asset manager’s digital capabilities for its personal and institutional investors, and comes just two months after it acquired AI [...]
December strikes: Who’s walking out when and how will it affect you? December 6, 2022 December is set to be a month blighted by industrial strife, with everyone from nurses and posties to train drivers and security staff to walk out. With inflation reaching a 41-year high at an eye-watering 11.1 per cent, thousands of workers have voted to down tools and ask for a real-term increase in pay. As [...]
Mode CEO quits following controversial Bitcoin cashback announcement January 20, 2022 The chief executive of UK fintech Mode has resigned two months after the company faced backlash for a controversial announcement.
Major institutions’ crypto custody offerings grow as BlackRock eyes up potential for a future ETF listing November 13, 2023 Data from CryptoCompare shows that the price of Bitcoin started the week with a sharp move higher from around $35,000 to a high near $38,000.
Software firm Sage Group snaps up remaining stake in Brightpearl for £225m December 20, 2021 British software firm Sage Group said this morning that it will buy the remaining 83 per cent stake in cloud-based software provider Brightpearl it does not already own for about $299 million (£227m).
London’s Oxford Cannabinoid Technologies to launch twin US listing December 1, 2021 London-listed Oxford Cannabinoid Technologies (OCTP) is set to open a twin listing in the US to ensure investors have “easier access”. Investors were seemingly pleased with the move, as OCTP’s share price surged 17.9 per cent by mid-afternoon. Landing on the US’ OTC Equity Market under the ticker OCTHF, the cannabinoid pharmaceutical firm said that [...]
Petrol bosses warn fuel shortage is ‘getting worse’ in London and south-east October 2, 2021 Fuel shortages are getting worse rather than improving, especially in London and the south-east of England, the chairman of the Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) has warned. Brian Madderson said it remains a “really big problem” in this part of the UK, and told the BBC’s Today programme: “In London and the South East and possibly [...]
Retailers call for shop reopenings based on safety standards May 10, 2020 The reopening of shops after the coronavirus lockdown should be based on safety standards rather than size or business type, a top retail chief has said. Helen Dickinson, chief executive of the British Retail Consortium (BRC), said she expected a “gradual lifting” of the restrictions, with schools and transport the first to reopen. But she [...]
Is Keir Starmer ready to be unpopular? June 25, 2024 Both Starmer and Sunak are pretending that only the other side’s plans will costs us more – neither is being honest about the true scale of the challenges Britain is facing, says Emma Revell One of the most frustrating things about elections, if you’re a political campaigner, is that politicians keep talking about what they [...]