Rebecca Ferguson the latest celebrity to jump into the crypto craze November 9, 2021 Dune and Mission Impossible star Rebecca Ferguson has become the latest celebrity to dive into the crypto space by featuring in an ad campaign for Copper. The digital asset custodian, which provides crypto trading solutions to more than 400 institutional clients including banks, recently made headlines when former Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond joined the [...]
A bird? A plane? It’s time to turn to railways to solve fraught supply chains November 9, 2021 Last month, shipping giant Maersk was forced to divert container ships from Felixstowe because of backlogs caused by the HGV driver shortage. It reignited fierce debates around Brexit, Covid and other woes. But the truth is Britain’s freight infrastructure has long faced such problems – and this was just another symptom of a wider malaise. [...]
Plans to shift GPs around the country will do little to restore the health of the NHS November 9, 2021 Fresh proposals to relocate GPs to poorer areas have added further fuel to the ongoing political controversy about patient access to medical care. It sounds radical and could well be necessary – but it’s only a short term solution for the “levelling up” agenda, which should mean wholesale transformation for the entire country rather than [...]
UK transport infrastructure poised for perfect storm, warns leading economist November 9, 2021 The UK’s transport infrastructure needs to brace itself for an environmental and logistical perfect storm, warned economist Walter Boettcher. In his report ‘Clicks & Consequences – accommodating the rise of e-commerce,” Dr Boettcher, Colliers’ UK head of research and economics argued that the rise of e-commerce is exposing the fragility of the supply chain system, inhibiting [...]
Bitcoin hits new all time high at $68k November 9, 2021 The world’s oldest cryptocurrency is barrelling towards the $70k price point for the first time with price up more than 3 per cent today. In the early hours of this morning Bitcoin set a new record price of $68,641 helping to keep the global crypto market’s value above $3tn for the second day running according [...]
China to advance the development of state issued digital currency November 9, 2021 China’s government remains at the cutting edge of digital payments technology with plans to further “advance” the development of an eYuan. China’s flagship digital currency is backed by its central bank and has fast gathered pace with an initial trial gathering over 20m users and seeing transaction values top 34.5bn yuan (£3.9bn) in a matter [...]
9 in 10 Brits are worried that the supply chain crisis is here to stay November 9, 2021 New research reveals that over 90 per cent of Brits are worried that supply chain problems will be ongoing, throwing brand loyalty out the window.
French Unicorn Aircall opens new office in UK November 9, 2021 French Unicorn, Aircall, the global cloud-based call centre software, will be opening its UK office in London’s Silicon Roundabout as part of its expansion across Europe.
EV company Pod Point announces admission to trading on LSE November 9, 2021 Electric vehicle (EV) charging provider Pod Point announced yesterday its admission to trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The company revealed that its 153.4m ordinary share capital was accepted to the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) official list, under the ticker PODP. The news came a few days after the company confirmed its offer price [...]
More than a third of Brits save nothing each month November 9, 2021 People have had their finances hammered by the Covid-19 outbreak with 35 per cent of Brits admitting they save nothing in a typical month. The research, commissioned by retail investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown, found that 23 per cent of people could last for less than a month on their savings. It comes after a parliamentary [...]
