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Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp hit by global outage

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp hit by global outage

By Subrat Patnaik and Eva Mathews (Reuters) -Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp went offline for users across the globe, the social medi..

New NFT Crocs League Game predicted to go Viral Online and estimates $10m in sales on the First Week of launch

New NFT Crocs League Game predicted to go Viral Online and estimates $10m in sales on the First Week of launch

4 October 2021 A new interactive NFT collection predicted to go viral and estimates $10m in sales on the first week of launch. The Cr..

McDonald’s targets net zero emissions by 2050, from meat to energy

McDonald’s targets net zero emissions by 2050, from meat to energy

By Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) – McDonald’s Corp on Monday set a new target to cut global greenhouse gas emissions to n..

New Zealand drops COVID-19 elimination strategy under pressure from Delta

New Zealand drops COVID-19 elimination strategy under pressure from Delta

By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand on Monday abandoned its long-standing strategy of eliminating coronavirus am..

Two Americans win Medicine Nobel for work on heat and touch

Two Americans win Medicine Nobel for work on heat and touch

By Johan Ahlander and Ludwig Burger STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -American scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian won the 2021 Nobel Pri..

Trade body outlines its lobbying priorities to support its new Clinical and Healthcare Sector Group

Trade body outlines its lobbying priorities to support its new Clinical and Healthcare Sector Group

1 October 2021 The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) has outlined its top lobbying priorities to support Clinical..

Explainer-Global energy shortage or a coincidence of regional crises?

Explainer-Global energy shortage or a coincidence of regional crises?

(Reuters) -British gasoline stations running dry, surging power costs in the European Union ahead of winter, forced restrictions on en..

BNY Mellon Invests in Quantexa Technology

BNY Mellon Invests in Quantexa Technology

Investment from U.S. financial services provider completes Quantexa’s Series D 30th September, 12PM, London & New York: Quantexa,..

Will the end of furlough and the stamp duty holiday spell disaster for the finance industry?

Will the end of furlough and the stamp duty holiday spell disaster for the finance industry?

Without the much needed support of the Corona Virus Job Retention Scheme the outlook for millions of employees across the economy coul..

Samsung, Targus and Armour Comms partner to deliver powerful secure mobile computing using DeX to replace laptops

Samsung, Targus and Armour Comms partner to deliver powerful secure mobile computing using DeX to replace laptops

New collaboration brings secure communications to enterprises to seamlessly support remote working with enhanced user experience Lond..

La Palma residents grapple with devastation wrought by volcano

La Palma residents grapple with devastation wrought by volcano

By Miguel Pereira and Borja Suarez LA PALMA, Spain (Reuters) -Residents of Spain’s La Palma were struggling on Thursday to come ..

Analysis: From chips to ships, shortages are making inflation stick

Analysis: From chips to ships, shortages are making inflation stick

By Dhara Ranasinghe and Sujata Rao LONDON (Reuters) – Soaring gas prices, staff shortages, a lack of ships — price pressur..

Exclusive-EU to decide on Pfizer booster on Oct. 4 – document

Exclusive-EU to decide on Pfizer booster on Oct. 4 – document

By Francesco Guarascio and Emilio Parodi BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The EU’s drugs regulator will decide on Monday whether to ap..

British army to start driving tankers as queues for fuel continue

British army to start driving tankers as queues for fuel continue

By Guy Faulconbridge and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -British soldiers will start driving tankers soon to replenish empty pumps as..

How neuroscience can enhance marketing research

How neuroscience can enhance marketing research

The use of neuroscience tools to study consumer behaviour and the decision-making process in marketing has become increasing popular, ..

57% of recruiters turn to job boards amid longstanding talent shortages

57% of recruiters turn to job boards amid longstanding talent shortages

Over half (57%) of recruiters have turned to job boards and job aggregators since the Covid-19 pandemic to help them make the right hi..

IPOSUP automates tips as UK restaurants, café and pub bosses are soon banned from keeping tips left for staff

IPOSUP automates tips as UK restaurants, café and pub bosses are soon banned from keeping tips left for staff

IPOSUP mobile payments service launches automation of tips direct to hospitality staff bank accounts ahead of the UK Government plans ..

UK’s leading supplier of wing mirrors celebrates latest employee completing apprenticeship.

UK’s leading supplier of wing mirrors celebrates latest employee completing apprenticeship.

The UK’s leading supplier of wing mirrors, Greater Manchester-based Wing Mirror Man, is celebrating its latest employee completing an ..

EU leaders to discuss soaring energy prices

EU leaders to discuss soaring energy prices

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Leaders of European Union countries will discuss surging energy prices when they meet next m..

PropTech pioneer an offshoot of online fundraising FinTech

PropTech pioneer an offshoot of online fundraising FinTech

Real estate players around the world will have picked up on the rise of PayProp, an aggressively expanding PropTech platform for prope..

Fuel pumps run dry in British cities, sowing supply chain chaos

Fuel pumps run dry in British cities, sowing supply chain chaos

By Guy Faulconbridge and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -Gas station pumps ran dry in British cities on Monday and vendors rationed s..

China’s biggest air show to display self-sufficiency drive, military prowess

China’s biggest air show to display self-sufficiency drive, military prowess

By Stella Qiu and Yew Lun Tian ZHUHAI, China (Reuters) – China’s drive for self-sufficiency in aerospace and its growing m..

Iceland will have a male-majority parliament after all, election recount shows

Iceland will have a male-majority parliament after all, election recount shows

By Stine Jacobsen and Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Iceland looked to have elected a woman-majority parliament but a r..

Excel Networking named as a finalist for the DCS Awards 2021

Excel Networking named as a finalist for the DCS Awards 2021

24 September 2021 Excel Networking, the number one cabling brand in the UK market according to BSRIA research, has been named as a fin..

World’s youth take to the streets again to battle climate change

World’s youth take to the streets again to battle climate change

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Young people around the world took to the streets on Friday to demand urgent action to avert..

Farmers despair as volcano ravages La Palma’s banana crop

Farmers despair as volcano ravages La Palma’s banana crop

By Marco Trujillo and Nacho Doce LOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Spain (Reuters) – In more than 50 years growing bananas on the Spanish i..

London Fashion Week 2021: World’s First Fully Digital Fashion Brand Launches New Collection

London Fashion Week 2021: World’s First Fully Digital Fashion Brand Launches New Collection

The collection showcases designs made from exotic animal fur and single-use plastic, and as the designs only exist in the meta form, t..

HubStar acquires space utilization solutions and workplace analytics leader Lone Rooftop

HubStar acquires space utilization solutions and workplace analytics leader Lone Rooftop

22 September 2021 MARLBOROUGH, USA & LONDON, UK Sept 23, 2021 – HubStar, an industry leader in next-generation workplace solutions..

Fiat-to-crypto infrastructure platform, Simplex, strengthens AML defences with Napier

Fiat-to-crypto infrastructure platform, Simplex, strengthens AML defences with Napier

Thursday 23rd September, 2021 – RegTech company, Napier, provider of advanced anti-financial crime compliance solutions, has ann..

Undercover Economist, Tim Harford headlines as UK’s largest data event, Big Data LDN returns

Undercover Economist, Tim Harford headlines as UK’s largest data event, Big Data LDN returns

22nd and 23rd September – Olympia London, England – The UK’s largest event for the booming data analysis and management ma..

Squirro Appoints Bernd Schopp as Chief Commercial Officer to Accelerate Growth

Squirro Appoints Bernd Schopp as Chief Commercial Officer to Accelerate Growth

New CCO aims to help Squirro become market leader for Insights Engines and Augmented Intelligence Zürich, September 23 2021. Squirro..

Soccer-Standing areas at Premier League grounds to be allowed from January

Soccer-Standing areas at Premier League grounds to be allowed from January

LONDON (Reuters) -Supporters will be allowed to stand in selected English Premier League and Championship grounds from next year as pa..

Triple win for Napier with new senior hires

Triple win for Napier with new senior hires

Wednesday 22nd September 2021: RegTech company, Napier, provider of advanced anti-financial crime compliance solutions, names Cian Har..

Essex based family launch exceptional paint decor brand amid pandemic

Essex based family launch exceptional paint decor brand amid pandemic

Sophie James Decor is an exquisite new consumer paint brand launched in the UK from an existing family run commercial paint business, ..

Britain tells its food industry to prepare for CO2 price shock

Britain tells its food industry to prepare for CO2 price shock

By Guy Faulconbridge, Kate Holton and James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – Britain warned its food producers on Wednesday to prepare f..

Factbox: Europe tries to soften blow of surging power and gas prices

Factbox: Europe tries to soften blow of surging power and gas prices

(Reuters) – Households across Europe face much higher energy bills this winter due to a global surge in wholesale power and gas ..

ProductLife Group and Juuka Advisory team up to launch ProductLife Consulting

ProductLife Group and Juuka Advisory team up to launch ProductLife Consulting

New consulting offering will embrace an end-to-end services portfolio for Pharma, Biotech, MedTech and cosmetics markets with specific..