The maker of weight-loss drug Wegovy has become Europe’s most valuable firm, dethroning the French luxury conglomerate LVMH. Shares rose after the Danish pharmaceutical giant, Novo Nordisk, launched the popular drug in the UK. At the close of trading on Monday, the firm had a stock market valuation of $428bn (£339bn). The drug is now…
Today, leaders from the travel, retail and hospitality sectors have written to the Chancellor urging him to immediately restore VAT-free shopping for international tourists. The letter, spearheaded by the capital’s leading campaign group, BusinessLDN, and signed by 18 organisations that represent almost 1.5 million people across the country, highlights how restoring the scheme would help…
Starting a small business blog is an excellent way to connect with your audience, establish your expertise, and ultimately boost your business’s success. However, creating and maintaining a blog that truly resonates with your target audience takes effort and strategy. In this article, we will explore the top 10 tips to help you succeed in…
Starting a small business venture is an exciting and rewarding endeavour, but it comes with its fair share of challenges and risks. Many new entrepreneurs often worry about the possibility of failure, and rightly so, as statistics show that a significant percentage of startups do not survive their first few years. However, there are steps…
Zoom has unveiled its latest innovation, the ‘Production Studio,’ designed specifically for Zoom Events and Zoom Sessions. This groundbreaking feature empowers professionals to craft captivating virtual event design elements for webinars and sessions, all without the need for external production assistance. Time and Budget Savings The renowned video conferencing platform proudly boasts that the Zoom…
Healthcare specialist, Primary Care Physio Limited (PCP), has announced a £8.25 million investment from one of the largest and most experienced growth capital investors in the UK and Ireland, BGF. Founded in 2020 by Ryan Allen, Mohammed Nazir and Professor Gary Shuckford, PCP is a rapidly growing primary healthcare service which provides physiotherapists and podiatrists to Primary Care Networks (PCNs),…
In recent times, UK businesses have exhibited the highest level of confidence since before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to a new survey. The most recent survey by Lloyds Bank reflects an unexpected surge in business confidence. The Business Barometer measure of confidence leaped by 10 points in August, hitting a score of 41%….
In recent years, HMRC has faced a barrage of criticism over its customer service, specifically the high volume of unanswered phone calls. The scale of the problem is considerable. Last year, an astounding ten million calls to HMRC went unanswered. To put this into perspective, that’s almost a quarter of all the calls made to…
UK publishers have urged the prime minister to protect authors’ and other content makers’ intellectual property rights as part of a summit on artificial intelligence. The intervention came as OpenAI, the company behind the ChatGPT chatbot, argued in a legal filing that authors suing the business over its use of their work to train powerful…
A new survey has revealed the UK’s sentiment regarding pensions and retirement. The survey, conducted by investment comparison site Investing Reviews, asked over 2,000 users their opinions and attitudes towards retirement, pensions and investments to better understand the nations sentiment around said topics. Interestingly, as tensions in France continue to rise over the raising of…
Microsoft will unbundle Teams, the chat and video messaging app, from its Office software package in an effort to stave off a potential antitrust fine in the European Union. The concession comes a month after the European Commission opened an inquiry into the inclusion of Teams in the core Microsoft offering, saying it could unfairly…
Tourist attraction, backdrop to millions of selfies and one of the world’s most easily identifiable landmarks. Cape Town’s Table Mountain is all of these things, but now it has found a new role: as a guide to what will happen to UK interest rates. For Huw Pill the opportunity was too good to pass up….
