The UK’s largest dairy cooperative has said there could be further increases in the price of milk and other dairy products if the government does not urgently tackle labour shortages in farming. The lack of workers is fuelling food price inflation, Arla said, warning that without action this could also lead to a crisis in…
Oliva, a healthtech platform offering specialist, on-demand mental health and wellbeing support to employees, has today announced a €5 million fundraise in a round led by Molten Ventures and joined by existing investors Stride VC and new backers Alumni Ventures. Angels including Kieran Flanagan, CMO at Zapier, also participated. The raise follows a year where…
Sam Wood, a final year student studying Film Production at the University of Salford and entrepreneur, has launched Salford Media Works, an all-inclusive creative content agency expected to disrupt the media and marketing sector, thanks to the support of Launch@ Salford. Launch, Salford Business School’s purpose-built incubation space, is designed to support Salford students and…
Discover the upcoming Big Switch Off of the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and its implications for small businesses. Learn how to smoothly transition to modern communication systems like VoIP and take advantage of its benefits. Follow our expert advice and get ready for the change. In just 18 months, the Public Switched Telephone Network…
The British Business Awards 2022, an extravagant event, saw an impressive turnout of over 200 attendees. The host for the evening was none other than Caprice Bourret, a supermodel who has successfully ventured into the world of business. The event took place at the prestigious King’s Place venue in London. This year’s awards received an…
The government’s spending watchdog, the National Audit Office (NAO), has revealed that Making Tax Digital (MTD) is expected to impose upfront costs of £1.5 billion on businesses. These costs were not included in HMRC’s May 2022 business case for MTD, where the focus was on ongoing costs. However, according to the NAO report, businesses will…
The windfall tax on oil and gas firms will be suspended if prices fall to normal levels for a sustained period, the government has announced. Halting the windfall tax would cut the overall tax rate on energy firms from 75% to 40%. A windfall tax is used to target firms which benefit from something they…
Britain remains on course to dodge a recession this year but growth will “flatline” as stubborn inflation and a tight jobs market continue to drag on the economy, according to the latest forecast from the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC). The lobby group has upgraded its growth prediction for 2023 to 0.3 per cent but…
The UK’s entrepreneurial ambitions are stronger than ever, as new analysis shows that the number of micro businesses set up in the UK has grown every year in the last decade Small businesses are bucking a trend where the UK’s medium and large business population has plateaued in recent years. Overall, the number of medium…
Software as a Service (SaaS) developer, Ringover, has announced the completion of a €20 million financing round. The round led by Orange Ventures and Bpifrance’s Large Venture and accompanied by historical investor Expedition Growth Capital. This new round of funding will enable Ringover to significantly step up its investment in research and development, particularly in…
Female entrepreneurs could add £250 billion to the UK economy with equal access to funding and right support, according to the Business and Trade Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities, Kemi Badenoch. This comes following the Government’s publishing of the third annual Investing in Women Code (IWC) report, revealing that the significant progress made in breaking down…
Google has announced that it is launching new Cybersecurity training to equip people with the skills needed to kickstart a career in the sector and to help businesses mitigate cybersecurity risks. Google’s new Cybersecurity Career Certificate addresses the UK’s growing cybersecurity skills gap by providing a low-cost and accessible way for people to gain the entry-level skills…
Deliveroo, its restaurant partners and LGBTQ+ youth homelessness charity Albert Kennedy Trust (akt) have joined forces to provide free meals to members of the LGBTQ+ community who find themselves in a homeless or vulnerable situation when it comes to affording food or shelter. The trial begins this Pride Month across 10 restaurant sites in London,…
Technology industry leaders gathered in the Houses of Parliament last night to discuss the challenges posed by AI, the role of education in equipping young people with digital skills and the worrying lack of diversity in the UK’s talent pipeline. Speaking at the Parliament Street think tank’s Digital Skills Summit on Monday night, which was…
Hundreds more home loan deals have been pulled by banks and building societies since the end of last week while rates on new fixed mortgage deals are continuing to ratchet upwards, the latest data reveals. The continuing turmoil in the mortgage market is also prompting record numbers of people to take out loans of more…
