Form Ventures closes £30m new fund to support startups navigating regulated sectors October 21, 2021 Venture capital firm Form Ventures, which aims to help startups navigate regulatory and policy issues as they scale, has today closed its second fund at its target size of £30m. British Business Bank was the fund’s cornerstone investor and was joined by several notable backers including Isomer Capital and Draper Espirit. Form plans to invest [...]
Meta, Bookface or Teenage Wasteland? Endless options for Facebook’s rebrand October 21, 2021 With ongoing reports about Facebook's rebrand, Twitter is having a field day about what the new name could be
How to deal with impostor syndrome October 21, 2021 The effects of impostor syndrome can stop people from owning their achievements, but what is the phenomenon and how can it be overcome? For many, creeping thoughts of being a fraud, that they have only progressed as far as they have in their career by luck or circumstance, and that one day someone will find [...]
BrewDog launches ‘gold plated apology’ after advertising watchdog scolding October 20, 2021 BrewDog has been slapped on the wrist by the advertising watchdog after falsely claiming competition winners would receive a “solid gold” can. BrewDog admitted the prize cans in question were 24 carat gold-plated replica cans rather than solid gold as social media posts, that were hastily deleted, had claimed. Coo-founder James Watt has said the [...]
Satanist linked to Londoner who made blood pact with demon banned from Facebook October 20, 2021 A Satanist whose work is believed to have influenced double killer Danyal Hussein has been removed from Facebook and Instagram following an investigation.. Hussein, 19, stabbed sisters Bibaa Henry, 46, and Nicole Smallman, 27, to death in a Wembley park after making a blood pact with a demon. Since his Old Bailey trial, it has [...]
Kiwi boy who called police to come and see his toys becomes global sensation October 20, 2021 A young boy who made an emergency in New Zealand has become a global sensation after police responded to the four-year-old’s call to “come over and see” his toys. Police in the South Island city of Invercargill shared the exchange on social media. While they do not encourage children to ring the emergency number, officers [...]
Broadband gloves are off: Virgin Media O2’s £31bn post-merger data war with BT’s EE has begun October 20, 2021 Virgin Media O2 has kicked off its expected broadband and mobile data battle with British Telecom, with analysts welcoming the increased competition. Customers of both Virgin Media and O2 will see their pay monthly mobile data allowance to be doubled, while broadband speeds will be upgraded to the next available tier, free of charge. It [...]
‘Ignore hype and look at risk’, FCA says as it targets young, inexperienced investors October 20, 2021 Three-quarters of younger investors who invest in high-risk products such as cryptocurrencies say they are driven by competition with friends, family, acquaintances and their own past investments. More than two-thirds (68 per cent) likened placing their money in an investment to gambling. The findings were released by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which has launched [...]
Watchdog blames social media ‘hype’ and competitiveness for younger investors’ bets on crypto October 20, 2021 Three quarters of younger investors in the UK who place their bets on high-risk products, such as cryptocurrencies, say they are driven by “competition” with friends and their own past investments, according to new research from the FCA. Of the 1000 UK younger investors that the FCA surveyed between the ages of 18 and 40 [...]
British and Irish 2030 World Cup bid still on, UK Sport tells MPs October 19, 2021 Great Britain and Ireland’s hopes of staging football’s 2030 World Cup have not been torpedoed by the crowd trouble at this year’s European Championship but the countries do face a battle to mount a credible bid following England’s farcical 2018 effort, MPs were told today. The update on a possible bid came during a Digital, [...]