Raising the bar: Beer firm Brewdog kicks off sixth fundraising round with £1m prize draw April 8, 2019 Brewery chain Brewdog is to launch a sixth fundraising round, which features a prize draw to win £1m worth of shares in the firm. The firm announced the equity fundraising at its general meeting last week, which comes in a bid to raise £7m and expand its shareholder base to 200,000 people. Read more: Brewdog [...]
Where Huddersfield Town rank among the five worst teams in Premier League history March 28, 2019 Huddersfield's relegation from English football's top tier could be confirmed this weekend. But where do the Terriers rank among the worst teams ever to play in the Premier League? 5. Sunderland 2002-03: 0.50 Points per game The fifth worst team in Premier League history, this Sunderland side took just 19 points from their 38 matches. Under [...]
Social media content creators The Hook explain how to make great online video March 25, 2019 Video is big business in marketing. A good video can be the difference between success and failure. After all, as Bill Gates said, content is king. Brands love video content because it is seen as more intimate and informative than just posting a picture or a wall of text. And they’ve been spending more and [...]
Thin Cats launches £100m funding programme for private equity backed SMEs March 18, 2019 Fintech lender Thin Cats has launched a £100m funding programme for private equity backed small and medium businesses in the UK. The loan provider is aiming to help private equity backed companies fund larger sized deals up to £15m. Read more: Oneweb lands $1.25bn in funding after successful satellite launch Recently the firm has provided [...]
Vegan sausage rolls and a Nandos uniform: 25 weird items people left in their Uber rides March 12, 2019 A Nandos uniform, a painting of the Last Supper, a tooth and a Gregg's vegan sausage roll are just some of the items that British passengers have left behind in Uber cars in the last year. While some witty Brits simply reported leaving behind their dignity and pride in an Uber – presumably after [...]
Activist investor strikes upbeat tone as Just Eat interim boss rules himself out of the race March 6, 2019 A major Just Eat shareholder who has pressed the company to merge with a rival today welcomed the takeaway giant’s interim boss decision to rule himself out of the race for a permanent chief executive. Activist investor Cat Rock Capital Management, which owns a 1.7 per cent stake in Just Eat, said today that it appreciated Peter [...]
Just Eat shares fall on 2019 outlook despite jumps in profit and revenue March 6, 2019 Just Eat scored huge boosts to profit and revenue in 2018 to relieve shareholder pressure to merge with a rival, it revealed today, but warned losses will impact 2019 earnings. The figures Profit before tax rose to £101.7m after a loss of £76m in 2017. Revenue rose 43 per cent year on year to £779.5m, [...]
The inside track on the ultimate in slow cooking at Europe’s biggest annual snail festival, l’Aplec del Caragol March 5, 2019 Since its humble beginnings as a small riverside picnic among friends in 1980 to the grand foodie fiesta it is today, l’Aplec del Caragol occurs every May, about 100 miles northwest of Barcelona in the provincial town of Lleida. The party offers townsfolk and visitors alike a chance to enjoy a weekend celebrating one of [...]
Gap shares surge on plans to close 230 stores as it splits off Old Navy March 1, 2019 Gap is set to split off Old Navy into its own brand, it said today as it revealed 230 planned store closures. The news sent shares soaring in the late afternoon, with their value climbing 19 per cent to $30.21. As a part of the restructuring, Gap will split into Old Navy and an as yet unnamed [...]
Here kitty kitty: The entrepreneurs turning cat-loving into a business February 25, 2019 I have never done an interview with a cat on my lap before. Luckily, Julie Barnes and Kathrin Burckhardt, who are talking to me via Skype from London and Berlin, don’t seem to mind that she wants to get involved. In fact, their cats – or “fur-babies”, as Barnes calls them – are present too. [...]