Data guru Vicky Byrom appointed Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Zumo December 6, 2022 Edinburgh-based crypto platform Zumo has brought in award-winning industry innovator Vicky Byrom as its first Chief Data and Analytics Officer.
888 wins big with record ‘double-digit revenue growth’ January 18, 2022 888, one of the world's leading online betting and gaming companies, has announced “another record year”, with revenue growth of 14 per cent driven by expansion in regulated markets
Moneycorp plots complete withdrawal from retail as fintech giant shifts focus to payments and banking April 5, 2022 Fintech giant Moneycorp plans to exit from its last remaining retail branches at Gatwick Airport. “Today’s announcement marks an end to the group’s retail franchise and an important step in its evolution from a UK foreign exchange business to a global payments and banking services provider,” the company said in a statement sent to City [...]
“Elevated horror” movies ranked, from M3gan to Midsommar January 10, 2023 With new “elevated horror” movie M3gan coming out this week, I thought I’d round up some of the top films in this nebulous genre. While the label – largely disparaged by the film community – can be retrospectively applied to films from The Exorcist to The Shining, its use is a recent phenomenon, often used [...]
Tony’s Chocolonely boss on why purpose-led innovation could be the future for UK business May 14, 2024 Is it time for the world's money-driven mindset to change? Tony's Chocolonely boss seems to think so.
B&M to open 50 UK stores this year despite retail doom and gloom May 23, 2019 Discount retailer B&M said today it plans to open 50 shops this year, despite the wider gloom in the UK retail sector. B&M grew revenue 17 per cent to £3.4bn and profit before tax 8.7 per cent to £249.4m in the 52 weeks to 30 March. The company said it opened 44 new stores in the financial [...]
Not all fluff: UK’s largest laundry service snaps up rival April 25, 2022 The UK’s largest on-demand laundry and dry-cleaning service Laundryheap has snapped up its rival to become a clothes-cleaning-behemoth.Laundryheap, founded in 2014, has bought Laundrapp from Inc Retail for an undisclosed sum. The London-based company, which partners with Holiday Inn, Premier Inn, Best Western and Just Eat, operates in 10 markets outside of the UK, including [...]
Qatar World Cup Group B analysed: England and their rivals’ strengths and weaknesses November 20, 2022 Will the real World Cup Group B stand up? On the one hand, England’s pool is the only one in Qatar in which all of the teams inhabit the top 20 of Fifa’s world rankings. On the other, Iran, the USA and Wales looks, on paper, like a kind draw for Gareth Southgate’s team. Today’s [...]
The end of the bear? This time is different August 11, 2022 Dr Chris Kacher unveils the exciting possibilities that lie ahead in the crypto markets, but with one eye on the macro.
Hinkley Point B set for closure as winter crisis looms July 31, 2022 Hinkley Point B is set to close next week, leaving the UK with only five operating nuclear power stations this winter.