Cazoo founder and state-backed investor drive £76m injection into AI fund February 6, 2024 The state-backed investor British Patient Capital and founder of troubled car firm Cazoo have backed a £76m injection into an London-based venture capital firm as it gears up for a spate of AI investment in the coming months.
Brits stayed at home to watch The Traitors during Dry January in blow for pubs February 6, 2024 Restaurants were hit harder with spending declining 11.6 per cent widening from 8.8 per cent on a month on month basis.
London named entrepreneurship capital with half of power list based in the big smoke February 6, 2024 London has been named home to over half of the UK’s newly-revealed leading young entrepreneurs to watch out for. Of the 188 young business founders making up entrepreneurial research platform Hurun UK’s Under30s and Under35s lists, 116 have their ventures based in the capital. Rupert Hoogewerf, Hurun Report chairman and chief researcher, said the research [...]
FTSE 100 today: London markets brace for caution as traders scale back rate cut bets February 6, 2024 Asian markets mimic Wall Street's dip, oil prices hold steady. UK retail sales slow in January, RBA maintains interest rate at 4.35%; focus shifts to UK Construction PMI.
Sterling slumps as hawkish Fed spooks investors February 5, 2024 Lower rate expectations tend to hit currencies as it suggests investors will receive a lower rate of return on their investments.
Around 400 jobs at risk as British electric van maker Arrival falls into administration February 5, 2024 A British-based electric van maker which aimed to become a leader in EV manufacturing has filed for administration, placing around 400 jobs at risk.
FTSE 100: London markets tick down as traders trim rate cut bets February 5, 2024 London's FTSE 100 ticked down on Monday amid a deluge of economic data that spurred traders to trim their bets on UK interest rate cuts.
Electric vehicle sales tumbled in January as private buyers opted out February 5, 2024 New electric vehicle (EV) registrations by private buyers fell by a quarter in January, as high costs continue to perturb customers.
Why you don’t have to be a ‘rich whizz-kid’ to start a business: Here’s how much it costs February 5, 2024 Even now, with inflation and current economic circumstances to consider, Philip Salter, founder of the Entrepreneurs Network, said: "You don't have to be a rich whizz-kid to be an entrepreneur."
Interest rates should remain high for ‘some time to come’, OECD warns February 5, 2024 The OECD warned that labour costs remain too high to be compatible with inflation returning to target on a sustainable basis.