Global launches first ever NFT collection to mark Capital’s Summertime Ball comeback June 9, 2022 To celebrate the return of Capital’s Summertime Ball with Barclaycard after three-years, Global, in partnership with green NFT platform OneOf, today announced their first ever NFT.
Revenue surges to £4bn for outsource giant Mitie thanks to new contract wins June 9, 2022 Outsource company Mitie recorded a 58 per cent revenue boost of £2.5bn thanks new contract wins, as well as good growth at Interserve Facilities Management.
TikTok exec who ‘didn’t believe’ in maternity leave takes step back June 8, 2022 TikTok has launched a formal investigation into comments from a senior exec at its parent firm ByteDance, who said at a staff dinner in London that as a “capitalist”, he “didn’t believe” companies should offer maternity leave.
Ofcom brings stronger protections for UK telephone boxes June 8, 2022 Stronger protections for public call boxes come into force today, despite the fact that 96 per cent of UK adults now own a mobile phone.
Amazon seizes more than three million counterfeit products as ecommerce giant cracks down on fraud June 8, 2022 Amazon has seized more than three million counterfeit products in the last year and referred more than 600 criminals for investigation as the tech firm tries to stamp out fraud. In its latest Brand Protection Report, the ecommerce giant revealed it has invested more than $900m and had more than 12,000 people—including machine learning scientists, software developers, and [...]
Uber works with UN to deliver emergency food and supplies in Ukraine June 8, 2022 Uber has created a "private-label" version of its platform to help the United Nations deliver food and water supplies to parts of Ukraine.
Video game giant Keywords Studios snaps up Age of Empires developer Forgotten as it eyes global expansion June 8, 2022 Video game provider Keywords Studios has snapped up development studio Forgotten Empires for $32.5m (£25.9m), cementing the firm's position as the 'go to' technical and creative services platform for the global industry.
Another one: Zopa Bank enters buy-now pay-later space June 8, 2022 Digital bank Zopa has entered the highly competitive buy-now pay-later (BNPL) space, following suit of tech giant Apple and on the toes of the likes of Klarna.
Untapped tech adoption could boost UK economy by £232bn annually June 8, 2022 Accelerated digitalisation of British small and medium firms would inject £448bn into the UK economy, according to fresh research from Sage. With small and medium businesses’ (SMBs) tech usage currently contributing £216bn to the UK economy, the FTSE 100 firm found that SMBs could add an extra £232bn if technology was fully utilised across the [...]
‘Misleading’: Watchdog bans Tesco Plant Chef ads after lacking environmental evidence June 8, 2022 Adverts for Tesco’s plant-based burgers ‘Plant Chefs’ have been banned for its “misleading” claims about its environmental impact compared to meat. In October and November 2021, Tesco ran ads which featured a woman about to eat while hearing the words on TV about the benefits of the Tesco Plant Chef burger. “The planet is continuing [...]
