We just found out more details about Jim Ratcliffe’s new Land Rover Defender-inspired SUV February 13, 2017 We've just been given more details about a new SUV inspired by the discontinued Land Rover Defender, which fracking boss Jim Ratcliffe has vowed to lovingly recreate – although not to the letter, it turns out. Tom Crotty, the director of Ratcliffe's Ineos, told the BBC's Today Programme Ratcliffe is planning to create a Defender-style SUV. Pro-Brexit [...]
A new app has launched to solve that ever awkward question: “Should I give up my seat on the Tube?” January 23, 2017 Many of us have had the awkward moment of hovering awkwardly out of a Tube seat. To offer or not to offer? Does that person need a seat? Well, fear not, hesitant commuters. For a new app launches today aimed at helping pregnant women specifically get seats on public transport. It's called Babee on Board. [...]
Brokers beware: The UK’s first ever no-commission share trading service launches today June 22, 2017 For the first time in the UK’s history, anyone wanting to dabble in shares can trade away without having to pay commission as Trading 212 launches its share trading platform today. The fintech firm behind the project is hardly a new kid on the block – its online commodities and forex trading platform has been [...]
It’s lift off for government plans to bolster UK space sector as new legal powers could soon send scientists into space February 20, 2017 New powers unveiled this week will allow British scientists to fly to the edge of space to conduct medical experiments. UK scientists could research and develop vaccines and antibiotics up in space, which grow differently where there is no gravity. The government said today that the powers will allow the launch of satellites from the [...]
Jim Ratcliffe’s petrochemical company Ineos reports record profits of £3.7bn for last year February 19, 2017 Britain's biggest privately owned firm announced record profits last year, bolstered by low oil prices. The chemicals company run by Jim Ratcliffe reported underlying profits of €4.3bn (£3.7bn) for 2016, up from €4bn the year before. Pre-tax profits rose to about €3bn. The company, which is comprised of 27 businesses, is also repaying €1.2bn from its cash resources. Read more: Ineos [...]
Forget baby boomers and millennials, it’s Generation X that’s shaping the fate of companies in Europe August 26, 2016 Sandwiched between the headline-grabbing millennials and baby boomers, Generation X is sometimes overlooked. But according to Hugo Scott-Gall of Goldman Sachs Research, understanding what drives the decisions of the group born between 1965 and 1980 is essential, not least because the cohort has hit its peak spending power and accounts for over 25 per cent [...]
Exploring the lost coastlines of Mozambique, one of Africa’s fastest growing tourist destinations July 14, 2017 The southern African nation of Mozambique boasts one of the continent’s longest coastlines. It stretches for two and a half thousand kilometres along the Indian Ocean and is dotted with some of the best beaches on the planet, like the spectacular manta ray meeting point of Tofo and the coral reef enclosed bay of Pemba. [...]
Ambitious plans for UK commercial spaceflight just came a step closer to blast-off February 9, 2017 Ambitious plans to develop the UK's commercial spaceflight sector are nearing take-off with fresh multi-million pound funding promised by the government and draft legislation for the fledgling sector due "within weeks". Grants for businesses hoping to send tourists and satellites into space worth up to £10m have been announced by science minister Jo Johnson. "We want to [...]
Gocompare shares leap after revealing first trading update as listed firm January 10, 2017 Gocompare shares leapt over eight per cent after capping a "transformational year" by revealing full year profits will be at the top end of guidance. The comparison website, which was spun-off from Esure in November last year, said its revenue had jumped by 19 per cent to £142m and adjusted operating profit was up by 30 per cent [...]