Pets at Home revenue tops £1bn but retailer warns on profit as stockpiling dwindles May 21, 2020 Pets at Home full-year revenue topped £1bn for the first time in the year to March but the retailer’s share price fell as it warned that a drop in stockpiling demand could impact future profit. The pet shop chain said it expects first-half pre-tax profit to be sharply lower than last year, as the spike [...]
Veteran Hackers, Software Engineers and Creatives May 12, 2020 Hartej Sawhney, Co-Founder and CEO at Zokyo discusses Zokyo’s approach to the digital asset ecosystem. Approximately $2.5 million dollars is stolen daily from cryptocurrency exchanges, with most hacks unreported to the public. There has been a shift in the motivation of cybercriminals from hacking traditional finance to digital assets. Binance, one of the world’s most [...]
Fake news websites exposed by their supply chains May 11, 2020 Fake news websites could be identified by the partners that provide their video streaming and advertising, research shows. The new approach could help search engines and social media giants, such as Facebook and Twitter, to flag untrustworthy articles more rapidly and prevent their misleading content going viral. Fake news stories and conspiracy theories have proliferated [...]
Ed Miliband returns to Labour shadow cabinet under Keir Starmer April 6, 2020 Former Labour leader Ed Miliband has returned to the frontbench as shadow business and energy secretary in Sir Keir Starmer’s new look shadow cabinet. Miliband will join Anneliese Dodds, announced as shadow chancellor yesterday, and new shadow international trade secretary Emily Thornberry in Labour’s key economic and business portfolios. Starmer appears to have purged the [...]
FTSE 100 climb cools as WHO declares Europe new centre of coronavirus pandemic March 13, 2020 The FTSE 100 made a slight recovery following its worst day of trading since 1987 despite the World Health Organisation declaring the Europe as the new centre of the coronavirus pandemic. London’s blue-chip index rose by 2.46 per cent, or 128.63 points, despite having been up almost six per cent in early trading, to finish [...]
Brits with coronavirus symptoms urged to stay at home for seven days March 12, 2020 Brits with symptoms of coronavirus have been told to stay at home for seven days under new guidance outlined by the government. Anyone with a recent onset of a continuous cough or a high temperature has been told to self-isolate, even if the symptoms are mild. It comes as the UK entered the “delay” phase [...]
Work from home: Could coronavirus kill your commute? March 12, 2020 Next time you are sitting on the train, the bus, or the Tube, look around you. You will notice that the carriage is not as crowded as usual. If you are a clockwork commuter like me, you will notice that characters from your morning commute are no longer making their regular appearance. The chap with [...]
Sadiq Khan’s real opponent in the London mayoral election is Boris Johnson March 9, 2020 Just days into the formal mayoral election campaign and Sadiq Khan has already shown why he is arguably Labour’s most successful politician since Tony Blair. The mayor of London launched his re-election campaign last week by labelling the contest as a “referendum on rent control”, demanding central government grants him the power to cap rents [...]
The best smart home devices of 2020: Here’s how to transform your house with the very best in connected tech February 19, 2020 No longer the preserve of gadget geeks, the tech-powered home of the future is finally going mainstream. If you’re ready to get on board, here’s our pick of the best devices in every class to upgrade your dumb house to a smart home. Best smart display: Google Nest Hub Max Once your house is heaving [...]
Apple supply chain sinks into red on coronavirus fears February 18, 2020 Shares in Apple slipped more than two per cent in afternoon trading while its suppliers around the globe were dragged into the red after the tech giant warned the coronavirus outbreak would impact its quarterly targets. The iPhone maker last night told investors that it would not meet its revenue forecast of between $63bn (£48bn) [...]