How to end the American choke-hold on British tech? Stop ‘acting like an incubator’ August 19, 2024 As tech companies flee London in droves, serial entrepreneur William Reeve—whose leadership credits include Lovefilm, a trailblazer in online movie streaming, and Zoopla, a leading real estate portal —has warned the City risks becoming nothing more than an incubator for the US unless it can shift its focus beyond short-term profit. Since 2019, at least [...]
Forget Reform, it’s the Lib Dems the Tories need to worry about August 5, 2024 The Lib Dems took a record number of seats in the general election, ousting four Cabinet ministers.
Google chief tells staff to be more productive August 1, 2022 Google chief Sundar Pichai has called out staff for being unproductive as the world of Big Tech continues to feel the sting.
Irene Forte on success, sustainable skincare and scaling up July 23, 2024 Ambition A.M. meets Irene Forte, daughter of English hotelier Sir Rocco Forte and founder of Irene Forte Skincare to hear how she found her own recipe for entrepreneurial success. It is not hard to understand how growing up in the shadow of a successful parent can be overwhelming.That’s why Irene Forte, daughter of English hotelier [...]
Cost of living: Brits switch to discount brands while 1.7m have cancelled subscriptions like Netflix, reveals Lloyds February 17, 2023 A fifth of people polled by Lloyds Bank have switched to discount brands in a bid to save cash to cope with the cost of living, while 1.7m have cancelled subscriptions like Netflix, it has been revealed. The shift to discount shopping has been significant during the cost of living crisis, with an 18 per [...]
Temu targets trademarked brands such as Dyson and Zara on Google and Bing June 14, 2024 The majority of these targeted brands are retailers, including Zara, Rayban, Dyson, Curry's, and Marks & Spencer.
7 absolutely iconic moments from Mighty Hoopla 2024 June 3, 2024 7 amazing moments from the Mighty Hoopla festival this weekend
Moving markets: Five things shaping the FTSE 100 today January 5, 2024 Moving Markets Today: Asian Equities Mixed, Apple at Eight-Week Low, Oil Prices Rally, Gold Set for Weekly Drop, All Eyes on Eurozone CPI and U.S. NFP Figures Major U.S. indices, including the S&P and Nasdaq, face a three-week decline, while Dow gains traction from financials. Asian markets waver, possibly ending a nine-week global winning streak. [...]
Peloton slashes 500 more jobs as it pins hope on turnaround plan October 6, 2022 Peloton said it plans to slash 500 more jobs, as chief executive Barry McCarthy gives the company six months to turn its run of bad luck around. The dramatic move knocks about 12 per cent from the exercise bike maker’s headcount to roughly 3,800 employees globally, and adds to the tide of staff cuts that [...]
Unions protest outside Amazon’s London HQ on Cyber Monday December 2, 2019 Union members demonstrated outside Amazon’s London headquarters this morning and accused the e-commerce giant of failing to pay the correct amount of corporation tax. The GMB union estimated that the retailer should have paid £103m in corporation tax last year, but claims the company’s biggest UK arm paid £14m of tax on £2.3bn worth of [...]