Bloom & Wild hires first finance chief from Purplebricks as it targets return to profit September 10, 2024 Online flower delivery company Bloom & Wild has appointed a top boss at Purplebricks at its first-ever chief financial officer. Dominique Highfield has been hired by the London-based group from her position as chief operating officer at the online estate agency. Highfield has been at Purplebricks for almost two years, first joining in November 2022 [...]
Apple unveils Iphone 16 and plans AI tool launch in the coming weeks September 9, 2024 Apple has unveiled the Iphone 16 and revealed launch dates and features of its new artificial intelligence tool, Apple Intelligence.
Computacenter’s profit drops nearly a third as UK customers take ‘greater caution’ September 9, 2024 London-based tech firm Computacenter has reported that its profit slumped by nearly a third in the first half of 2024 amid weaker than expect demand in its home market.
Google accused of using its dominance to harm the competition September 6, 2024 Google has been accused of using “anti-competitive practices” which harm thousands of publishers and advertisers in the UK. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it has provisionally found that the US giant could be negatively impacting rivals over open-display advert technology. According to its findings, the watchdog said that when placing digital adverts on [...]
Alfa Financial raises guidance as shift to subscription model delivers September 5, 2024 Asset finance software company Alfa Financial Software has said it expects full-year revenue to be £1m ahead of previous expectations, as the shift to a subscription model has started to pay off. In the first half of 2024, the company posted record total contract value (TCV) of £193m, a 40 per cent year on year jump, driven by [...]
CMA clears Microsoft and Inflection AI partnership after merger ruling September 4, 2024 Britain’s competition regulator has today cleared Microsoft’s arrangements with Inflection AI, which included a licensing deal and the hiring of former Inflection employees. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced in April it was looking at three separate deals that potentially fall under UK merger law and, if so, whether they could have a harmful [...]
Wall Street carnage continues as Nvidia leads US tech selloff September 4, 2024 A wave of panic selling hit Wall Street on Tuesday, with the S&P 500, Nasdaq Composite, and Dow Jones Industrial Average all suffering their steepest daily percentage declines since early August. The carnage was widespread, with nine of the 11 sectors within the S&P 500 sinking into the red, led by sharp declines in technology, [...]
Getbusy: Productivity software firm’s shares sink as growth slows September 3, 2024 Shares in productivity software provider Getbusy plunged nearly 11 per cent on Tuesday morning after it disappointed investors with its half-year results. Annual recurring revenue (ARR) grew less than £1m in the first six months of 2024 to £21m and net cash tumbled to £0.2m, down from £1.7 last year, which Getbusy said reflected “a [...]
Craneware spies ‘increased opportunity’ from Microsoft partnership September 3, 2024 Software and IT company Craneware said it sees “increased opportunity ahead” as it posted solid full year results on Tuesday, ahead of expectations. The Scottish company, which provides software to American healthcare organisations, beat forecasts as revenue rose to $189.3m (£144.3m) in the year to 30 June 2024, up nine per cent from $174m (£133m) [...]
Lloyds Bank and Nationwide hit by online issues as Microsoft reports outage September 2, 2024 Lloyds Bank and Nationwide have apologised to customers for issues affecting their online services amid a report from Microsoft about a fresh outage that affected its public cloud computing platform.