People facing barriers to employment will benefit from over £9.5 million to help them get the skills they need to secure well-paid work. Fresh from her re-election as the Mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin has announced the £10 million package to “make life easier for those who find it the hardest”. This funding will […]
The brand behind the world’s largest online shopping community has today called out Google for anti-competitive behaviour after they unfairly penalised news site revenue streams. Global Savings Group, the company behind household money-saving brands such as hotukdeals, Pepper and Pouch and that also power the voucher portals for the likes of Daily Mail, Metro, and […]
The government’s impending sale of its remaining stake in Natwest has raised concerns, with the chief of a FTSE 250 wealth manager cautioning against potential risks associated with a surge in retail investor exposure to a single stock. Steven Levin, CEO of London-listed money manager Quilter, criticised the government’s strategy, describing the sale of Natwest […]
Allied Global Engineering is a multinational engineering group with ambitious plans to unify long-standing engineering businesses in the UK. The recent implementation of MRPeasy in one of their recently acquired subsidiaries is setting the stage for sustainable growth and increased efficiency. Celebrating the legacy of UK’s precision engineering EGL Vaughan is a CNC milling and […]
UK food importers are sounding the alarm over newly introduced post-Brexit checks, warning of potential cost increases of up to 60%, which could result in higher prices for consumers and pose existential threats to some businesses. Following five previous delays, the UK government implemented physical checks on animal and plant products entering from the EU […]
In a pioneering effort to instil financial literacy at a young age, veteran investor Peter Davies of Lansdowne Partners recently sat down with Aryan Shekar, the 11-year-old Chancellor of the Exchequer for the Sir David Amess UK Children’s Parliament for primary school students. Accompanied by five other students from Westminster Under School, Shekar grilled Davies […]
Vinted, the online marketplace for secondhand fashion, has achieved a significant milestone by reporting a remarkable 61% surge in sales, reaching nearly €600 million (£513 million). This surge has propelled the company into profitability for the first time, marking a significant achievement amid the burgeoning demand for “pre-loved” clothing. Based in Lithuania, Vinted attributes its […]
Consumer confidence is on the rise in the UK, with a hopeful outlook towards financial prospects emerging for the first time in two years, according to NatWest. Paul Thwaite, the bank’s chief executive, noted that the alleviation of price pressures, as inflation gradually recedes, appears to be resonating with the general public. While headline consumer […]
One of the most common questions I get asked by other business owners is whether getting investment from Dragons through Dragons’ Den guarantees success, and whether the experience is as daunting as it appears. So, here’s my experience. Honestly, I never applied to the show, and I never would have done, for several reasons. Firstly, […]
Twenty per cent of organisations admit that an employee at their organisation has exposed company data using AI tools such as ChatGPT, according to new research. The findings were revealed in Underfunded and Under Reported: Threats, Breaches, and Budgetsreport, a survey of 250 UK CISOs conducted by independent polling agency Censuswide, which detailed the intersection […]