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Bank of England calls for wage restraint to keep grip on inflation

Bank of England calls for wage restraint to keep grip on inflation

By William Schomberg and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -Two top Bank of England officials stressed on Friday the need for restraint ..

Euro jumps after hawkish comments from ECB’s Lagarde

Euro jumps after hawkish comments from ECB’s Lagarde

By Stefano Rebaudo (Reuters) -The euro jumped against the dollar on Thursday after comments from ECB president Christine Lagarde fuell..

Moneyhub hands trust and control over to consumers through move to Open Data

Moneyhub hands trust and control over to consumers through move to Open Data

Business leads the way to put data control back into the hands of consumers Data-powered, customer-centric propositions could boost t..

SaaS management scale-up Beamy launches in the UK

SaaS management scale-up Beamy launches in the UK

The company seeks to democratise workplace digitalisation for enterprises 2 February 2022, London and Paris – Beamy,  the ..

AnywhereWorks Pledges People, Not Bots in bid to put people back into businesses

AnywhereWorks Pledges People, Not Bots in bid to put people back into businesses

Pledge includes video showing comedian Sally Phillips learning the limitations of bots the hard way  Pledge comes after research foun..

Developer Marketplace Deazy Raises £5M in Series A Funding from Puma Private Equity

Developer Marketplace Deazy Raises £5M in Series A Funding from Puma Private Equity

UK start-up will use the funding to drive further growth after stellar 2021 27 January 2022 – Developer marketplace platform Deazy has..

World-Class Internships Up For Grabs With Global Services Provider AnywhereWorks and Entrepreneurial Scotland Foundation.

World-Class Internships Up For Grabs With Global Services Provider AnywhereWorks and Entrepreneurial Scotland Foundation.

AnywhereWorks, the team collaboration and business services provider, are on the lookout for three ambitious and entrepreneurial inter..

How you can spend just 5 minutes a day to turn stagnation into success!

How you can spend just 5 minutes a day to turn stagnation into success!

By Dan Stanley, Mens Performance Coach & Founder of BetterMen According to the latest science, the average UK adult makes around 3..

AIM grows by largest number of companies since 2007 as the junior market experiences IPO boom

AIM grows by largest number of companies since 2007 as the junior market experiences IPO boom

66 new companies joined the junior market in 2021 £1.4bn raised in AIM IPOs The AIM market grew by 33 companies in 2021, from 819 to..

British COVID trial deliberately infecting young adults found to be safe

British COVID trial deliberately infecting young adults found to be safe

By Josephine Mason and Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) -The world’s first “human challenge” trial in which volunteer..

Betting Omicron has peaked, Johnson drops COVID rules in England

Betting Omicron has peaked, Johnson drops COVID rules in England

By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the end of COVID-19 measures introduced to c..

Microsoft to gobble up Activision in $69 billion metaverse bet

Microsoft to gobble up Activision in $69 billion metaverse bet

By Subrat Patnaik (Reuters) -Microsoft Corp is buying “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion in the bi..

UK economy finally bigger than before pandemic in November

UK economy finally bigger than before pandemic in November

By William Schomberg and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s economy grew strongly in November to finally surpass ..

The Ho-Ho-Homebuilding Boom: How is Santa Affected by New-Build Houses?

The Ho-Ho-Homebuilding Boom: How is Santa Affected by New-Build Houses?

By:  St. Modwen Homes: https://stmodwenhomes.co.uk/ New-build homes are being cited as an essential part of the UK’s plan to build bac..

France halts British visitors, EU nations tighten borders as Omicron rises

France halts British visitors, EU nations tighten borders as Omicron rises

By Dominique Vidalon and Aislinn Laing PARIS (Reuters) – France imposed travel restrictions on travellers from Britain on Thursd..

Pfizer says COVID-19 pill near 90% effective in final analysis

Pfizer says COVID-19 pill near 90% effective in final analysis

By Michael Erman and Deena Beasley NEW YORK (Reuters) – Pfizer Inc on Tuesday said final analysis of its antiviral COVID-19 pill..

Elon Musk named Time’s 2021 ‘Person of the Year’

Elon Musk named Time’s 2021 ‘Person of the Year’

(Reuters) – Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk was named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2021, a..

Omicron poses ‘very high’ risk but data on severity limited

Omicron poses ‘very high’ risk but data on severity limited

By Stephanie Nebehay and Ludwig Burger GENEVA (Reuters) – The Omicron coronavirus variant, reported in more than 60 countries, p..

Plan C? UK PM Johnson not planning further COVID rules despite Omicron growth

Plan C? UK PM Johnson not planning further COVID rules despite Omicron growth

By Kylie MacLellan and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is not planning further restrictio..

Renewing democracy is ‘defining challenge of our time,’ Biden tells summit

Renewing democracy is ‘defining challenge of our time,’ Biden tells summit

By Simon Lewis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden gathered over 100 world leaders at a summit on ..

The World’s Top 10 Space Entrepreneurs – Sir Richard Branson beats Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos to the Number 1 spot

The World’s Top 10 Space Entrepreneurs – Sir Richard Branson beats Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos to the Number 1 spot

Entrepreneurial and technology news platform TechRound polled readers for the World’s Top 10 Space Entrepreneurs LONDON, UNITED KINGDO..

WHO’s top scientist says Omicron could displace Delta

WHO’s top scientist says Omicron could displace Delta

By Francesco Guarascio and Stephanie Nebehay (Reuters) -The World Health Organization’s chief scientist told the Reuters Next co..

Germany, U.S. agree to new COVID curbs as Omicron spreads across globe

Germany, U.S. agree to new COVID curbs as Omicron spreads across globe

By Joseph Nasr and Alessandra Galloni BERLIN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Germany decided on Thursday to bar the unvaccinated from all but th..

UK issues call to arms for Omicron booster drive

UK issues call to arms for Omicron booster drive

By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) -Prime Minister Boris Johnson issued a “call to get jabs in arms” on Wednesday as Britain ..

Omicron, found in Europe 11 days ago, jolts markets on vaccine fears

Omicron, found in Europe 11 days ago, jolts markets on vaccine fears

By Ludwig Burger and Emma Thomasson FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) – Financial markets fell sharply on Tuesday after the head ..

Investing in philanthropy – how a UK-based Trust is helping to transform the prospects of young children in Sub-Saharan Africa

Investing in philanthropy – how a UK-based Trust is helping to transform the prospects of young children in Sub-Saharan Africa

“The statistics show that a girl in Africa who can read has two children; yet a girl who can’t has five,” says James Alexandroff, sett..

An interview with James Leinhardt, founder of Levitex

An interview with James Leinhardt, founder of Levitex

As the CEO of pillow and mattress brand, Levitex, James Leinhardt, has already experienced plenty of ups and downs in his time as a co..

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to step down – source

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to step down – source

By Greg Roumeliotis (Reuters) -Twitter Inc Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey will step down from his role and a successor has been l..

Atradius: Black Friday seeks to lure shoppers back to the high street

Atradius: Black Friday seeks to lure shoppers back to the high street

Retailers are using Black Friday as a tactic to lure shoppers back to the high street before Christmas, sector experts at trade credit..

Britain on track for record Black Friday sales

Britain on track for record Black Friday sales

(Adds dropped word in paragraph 4) By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – Britain looks to be on track for record sales over the Blac..

Telecom Italia tops Europe’s STOXX 600 amid spiking COVID-19 cases

Telecom Italia tops Europe’s STOXX 600 amid spiking COVID-19 cases

By Anisha Sircar and Shreyashi Sanyal (Reuters) -European shares ended a four-day losing streak on Wednesday with shares of Telecom It..

Ireland looks to seaweed in quest to curb methane from cows

Ireland looks to seaweed in quest to curb methane from cows

By Clodagh Kilcoyne and Conor Humphries ATHENRY, Ireland (Reuters) – Scientists are combing Ireland’s west coast for seawe..

Pulling back the Curtain on Blockchain

Pulling back the Curtain on Blockchain

By Nish Kotecha of Finboot When Alice followed the yellow brick road to find the Wizard of Oz, she was disappointed to pull back the c..

Sectigo Partners with Cybersecurity Consulting Firm Infinite Ranges to Expand Professional Services Offerings to Enterprise Customers

Sectigo Partners with Cybersecurity Consulting Firm Infinite Ranges to Expand Professional Services Offerings to Enterprise Customers

9 November 2021 Partnership Will Provide Sectigo Customers With More DevOps and Consulting Services Around Public Key Infrastructure a..

Shipping companies feel the heat as investors shun coal

Shipping companies feel the heat as investors shun coal

By Jonathan Saul and Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) – Shipping companies that transport the world’s coal are in the crossha..

World heading for 2.4C of warming after latest climate pledges -analysts

World heading for 2.4C of warming after latest climate pledges -analysts

By Kate Abnett GLASGOW (Reuters) – New national pledges to tackle climate change this decade would lead to around 2.4 degrees Ce..

Eager travellers line up for U.S. flights as COVID travel curbs are lifted

Eager travellers line up for U.S. flights as COVID travel curbs are lifted

By Tara Oakes and Antony Paone LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) -Travellers excited at the prospect of reuniting with family and friends headed ..