Food inflation: First signs of energy cost surge feed through to supermarket shelves as discounts fail to stem price growth
Monzo goes mobile: UK fintech debuts cell service in tie-up with Virgin Media O2 Fintech Monzo is set to launch its mobile service this summer in the firm’s latest play at diversifying its income from its traditional digital banking roots. The London-based fintech has sealed a tie-up with Virgin Media O2 and 1Global to kick off ‘Monzo Mobile’ – a phone plan and e-sim offering. Virgin will provide the UK [...]
BT bets on budget provider amid broadband customer losses Tech BT has lost more broadband customers than expected, a sign that even its £15bn fibre rollout is struggling to retain customers from drifting to cheaper rivals. Openreach, BT’s network arm, reported a net loss of 242,000 broadband lines in the second quarter of its financial year, worse than the 205,000 analysts had pencilled in. The [...]