Exclusive: Business Minister hails SMEs as economy’s ‘backbone’ as 75 per cent of CEOs say confidence surged during Covid-19 January 26, 2022 Minister for small businesses Paul Scully MP has praised UK companies as ‘the backbone of the economy’ as a new poll reveals that three-quarters of UK business leaders say that the way their business was able to adapt during the pandemic has boosted their confidence.
Tsitsipas marches into Australian Open semi-finals January 26, 2022 Men’s fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas swept into the semi-finals of the Australian Open on Wednesday morning with a straight-sets victory over Jannik Sinner. In the women’s draw, former French Open champion Iga Swiatek will face 27th seed Danielle Collins in the last four after they won their quarter-finals. Tsitsipas, who was runner-up at the French [...]
DS 9 E-Tense review: French fancy January 25, 2022 Germany dominates the premium car sector, but France wants a piece of the action. Richard Aucock drives the luxurious new DS 9.
Bitcoin rebounds after another day of market turbulance January 25, 2022 After a brutal few days, Bitcoin fell to a fresh low of $33k yesterday morning before seeing a sharp rebound to more than $37k.
Invisible enemy becomes visible: Face masks that contain coronavirus antibodies from ostriches make human Covid glow up January 25, 2022 Researchers at Kyoto Prefectural University in Japan have managed to create a face mask that glows in the dark if Covid-19 particles are detected in a person’s breath or spit. Researchers coated masks with a mixture of ostrich antibodies that react when they interact with the Covid-19 virus in humans. Filters are then removed from [...]
Umbria Network reveals fast and inexpensive cross-chain bridging for crypto assets January 25, 2022 Umbria has developed a new style of bridge, which offers a much faster and low cost solution to the traditional validator-driven bridging model
National insurance hike completely unnecessary says Brexit veteran Lord Frost as Tory calls to drop £12bn tax increase swell January 25, 2022 Lord Frost has urged Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak not to raise taxes in April as cost-of-living is set to increase for most Brits. The Prime Minister’s former Brexit chief joined the growing number of senior Conservatives to call for the planned national insurance hike to be scrapped. The former Brexit Minister – who resigned [...]
Slump deepens for crypto market as Bitcoin slides below $34,000 January 24, 2022 The crypto market continues to spiral downwards with Bitcoin today shedding five per cent of its value to stand below $34,000.
Slow bleed out of crypto continues, but can the US central bank deliver positive news? January 24, 2022 The slow bleed we’ve seen in the crypto markets accelerated on Friday, with the Bitcoin price dropping below $40k and falling to £35k.
Nebeus: Crypto businesses need a regulatory association to combat fraudulent activity January 24, 2022 | Sponsored Legal systems globally are overwhelmed with reports of suspected cryptocurrency fraud, which have more than doubled this year. As CEO of a crypto-backed lending platform, I have seen how we and other crypto businesses are on the front line when it comes to preventing, policing and flagging suspected fraudulent activity. The dissociation between the courts [...]