British Land crowns former Lazard man as chair March 11, 2024 Property giant British Land has appointed banking veteran William Rucker as its new chair, replacing Tim Score.
Winter half term helps Heathrow to record February flyers as Brits seek sun March 11, 2024 A record number of passengers flew from Heathrow in February with travellers seeking out the sun over the winter half term.
Loopup: Stock price crashes after cancelling listing to benefit from private markets boom March 11, 2024 Loopup estimated that it needs to raise around £9m, to pay off its £6m in debts and to continue growing its cloud telephony business.
Elliott says it’s no longer interested in making an offer for Currys after two rejections March 11, 2024 Waterstones owner Elliott Advisors has pulled out of the race to take over Curry following two rejections from the electrical retailer.
UK government to pump £1.5m into science and tech investment drive March 11, 2024 Tech secretary Michelle Donelan is set to announce the fresh campaign today, urging UK investors to back science and technology scale-ups.
Can AI help solve the UK’s public sector productivity puzzle? March 11, 2024 Jeremy Hunt wants to embed AI throughout the public sector to boost productivity - but experts suggest the policy could take a long time to deliver results.
Meet the brains behind the fast-growing ‘builders’ radio station taking on the big boys March 11, 2024 Fix Radio has more than 450,000 average weekly listeners and is forecasting revenue of over £5m in 2024, up from £2m in 2022.
Love them or hate them, Memecoins are a new paradigm March 11, 2024 Each day, Coinrule will run through the state of the digital assets market for Blockbeat, your home for news, analysis, opinion and commentary on blockchain and digital assets While all eyes are on Bitcoin and the question when, not if, it will break its All-Time-High price, another group of tokens has taken the market by storm: Memecoins. [...]
Dial R for Regulation March 11, 2024 2023 saw more publications and developments in global policy and regulation for digital finance than any previous era in financial regulation. Jurisdictions are racing to build their frameworks to attract new capital, talent, regulated firms, and innovative business models.
Griffin: UK’s newest bank lands £19m funding round as it looks to scale March 11, 2024 Griffin, the UK’s newest fully operational bank, has secured a $24m (£19m) funding round as it looks to take on new customers for its Banking as a Service (BaaS) platform.