Can carbon capture boost supply security and the UK’s green agenda? October 21, 2022 Carbon capture and storage could provide the UK genuine assistance as it shifts itself from gas to renewables, argues the North Sea sector.
Exclusive: Two City lawyers on a mission to make their fintech the ‘Amazon of Islamic finance’ July 19, 2021 Islamic Finance Guru (IFG), a UK-based Islamic finance platform, has closed an investment round led by Outward venture capital, as the market for Islamic fintech grows. The UK-based startup has raised £3m from Outward VC and B&Y Venture Partners. The news come just a week after the Boubyan Bank Group announced that the world’s first [...]
Omicron: Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna race to tweak Covid vaccines against new Coronavirus variant November 27, 2021 Work is underway to look at tweaking vaccines against the new concerning strain of coronavirus that has sparked travel bans. The variant, named Omicron and designated a “variant of concern” by the World Health Organisation (WHO), has reached Belgium after being discovered in South Africa. The WHO warned that preliminary evidence suggests the variant has [...]
HSBC backed buy-now-pay-later firm Divido raises $30m in funding June 2, 2021 Buy-now-pay-later firm Divido has raised $30m today in a Series B funding round boosted by HSBC and ING, as it eyes expansion. The retail finance company, which launched in 2014, has a white-label platform that links up lenders, merchants and partners at the point of sale, to make digital spending quicker and easier. “The retail [...]
Covid 19: First and second jabs surge as Omicron spreads across the UK December 26, 2021 Nearly a quarter of a million people came forward for their first jab in the run up to Christmas - a 46 per cent increase on the previous week.
Web3 metaverse growth is exponential November 17, 2022 Dr Chris Kacher explains how the community around a platform can co-create enabling the platform ecosystem to grow even stronger.
Covid-19: UK in ‘very strong position’ while cases climb across Europe January 19, 2022 The Omicron wave appears to be subsiding in the UK, though other parts of the world continue to record increasing cases. It comes as the government mulls the reeling back of restrictions, which would see the end of so-called Plan B measures. However, former SAGE adviser and director of healthcare charity Wellcome Trust, Sir Jeremy [...]
Owning it: Why triathlon’s new PTO Tour is giving equity to athletes like Alistair Brownlee July 20, 2022 Athletes including Britain’s Alistair Brownlee taking part in this weekend’s Canadian Open, the first event proper on triathlon’s new PTO Tour, will have an extra incentive to perform. Because as well as earning prize money they are also part-owners of the body running the tour, the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO). It means they stand to [...]
SoftBank-backed AI startup Peak raises $75m in second funding round in six months August 31, 2021 Manchester-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) provider Peak will expand into new global markets after raising $75m in its latest funding round, led by SoftBank’s $100bn Vision Fund Two. Peak AI, which sells its “decision intelligence” enterprise software platform to non-tech companies to help with their operations, plans to use the latest raise to double its workforce [...]
Sink the pink: How to make the most of Great British Rosé Week May 4, 2022 Sunshine and spring blossoms are thankfully becoming a more regular occurrence, heralding that crowd-pleaser, Rosé Season. You could be a fan of the pale pink of Provence or the juicy Garnacha of Spain, but English rosés are increasingly coming to the award-winning fore and right now we are in the middle of Great British Rosé [...]