Recent research has shown that 4.4 million people in England and Wales work for gig economy platforms at least once a week. As the world embraces remote working in the post-pandemic era, more businesses are rethinking the way they source talent. While gig work is often associated with the B2C world, the fluidity of working […]
Industry-leading Bike.Rent Manager has launched a new platform to connect consumers with rental shops worldwide, Bike.Rent. Working with over 650 bike stores worldwide, Bike.Rent has combined its trusted rental management software with the new platform. Cyclists will have visibility on how many bikes a shop has got and when they are available. The unique expansion […]
In 2022, mobile phone accessories manufacturer juice donated £70k worth of desperately needed chargers to the Ukraine. What the company did next is an example of selfless business practice and the ultimate act of customer care. Founder and CEO of juice, Jolyon Bennett, made the decision NOT to put up the prices on any juice […]
New research has revealed a greater proportion of employees would prefer to work in the office with flexible hours than work from home with structured hours. The survey of full time office workers across the UK and Ireland to learn how their experience working remotely during the coronavirus pandemic compared to their usual work practices […]
Facebook and Instagram are to tighten restrictions around the data available to firms to target ads at teenage users, the platforms’ parent company, Meta, has said. From February, advertisers will no longer be able see a user’s gender or the type of posts they have engaged with as a way of targeting adverts to them. […]
Throughout January, Federation Against Copyright Theft staff and police are going be visiting homes across the UK, serving notices to individuals to cease illegal streaming activities with immediate effect. Over 1,000 individuals have been identified following raids by West Mercia Police against a UK-based illegal streaming service that was supplying entertainment and sports content via modified […]
Businesses will receive reduced support for their energy bills from the end of March as the Treasury attempts to cut the cost of compensating for soaring gas and electricity prices, the UK government has confirmed. James Cartlidge, the exchequer secretary to the Treasury, said on Monday that the government would provide £5.5bn of “transitional support” […]
A funeral company that was the subject of a public warning from the City regulator has collapsed with a £20 million deficit, more than half of which is owed to its thousands of customers. One Life Funeral Planning appointed administrators in November after the Financial Conduct Authority rejected its application for authorisation and raised concerns […]
UK pension holders will increasingly be seeking to move retirement funds overseas as fears grow about the Budget in March, predicts the Investment Director of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory, asset management and fintech organisations. The warning from James Green of deVere Group comes ahead of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivering the first […]
14 UK schools have fallen victim to a major cyber-attack, resulting in confidential documents, including children’s passport scans and staff contracts, being leaked. The data was originally stolen in 2022, with hacking group Vice Society thought to be involved, but has now been leaked online after schools failed to pay the ransom demands set out. […]