British farmers call for summit on worsening pig-cull crisis
2 Mins read
The national pig herd has lost-one tenth of all sows over the last six months, farmers’ associations have revealed, after breeders were…
EasyJet lands £2.2bn Covid loss after Christmas in red
2 Mins read
EasyJet plunged £213 million into the red in the Christmas quarter and is still burning through £150 million in cash each month,…
nibnibs Not Too Naughty cookies announces Booths as first retail stockist
1 Mins read
A new range of healthy yet indulgent cookies will launch in Booths this month for just £1 per pack with the UK-born…
Checkout.com crowned UK’s most valuable fintech with $1bn raise
1 Mins read
Payments firm Checkout.com has raised $1bn (£730m), giving it a $40bn (£29bn) valuation and crowning it the UK’s most valuable private fintech….
Carbon offset ratings provider Sylvera scoops £24m funding
1 Mins read
Sylvera, a UK-based startup that provides ratings for carbon offsets, has raised $32.6m (£24.1m) in a Series A funding round to accelerate…
UK-based fintech Everything aims to reinvent premium bonds with €2m raise
1 Mins read
UK-based fintech Everything has raised €2m (£1.67m) to reinvent a decades-old financial product: premium bonds. The raise was led by a group…
Smart home heating startup Boxt raises £20m
1 Mins read
Boxt, a UK smart home heating startup that provides an “Uber-style” service for fitting boilers, electric vehicle chargers and air conditioning, has…
Watchdog calls for fines for influencers who fail to declare sponsorship
2 Mins read
The UK competition watchdog has called for the power to fine social media influencers if they fail to tell followers when posts…
Facebook’s libra cryptocurrency project ends in failure
1 Mins read
It was once promoted as a new financial system that would transform how money is transferred around the world, but Facebook’s ambitious…
Apple defies supply woes to achieve record sales
2 Mins read
Robust demand for the latest iPhone propelled Apple’s quarterly sales and profit to record levels even as the technology group grappled with…