Neutronic, the nootropics drink brand founded by Chris Williamson and James Smith, has raised $3.7 million in its first external funding round, valuing the company at $20 million just 18 months after its launch. The round attracted a high-profile group of investors, including fitness entrepreneur Kayla Itsines and Grenade founder Alan Barratt, as Neutonic looks to capitalise on booming demand ...
Once a revolutionary militia, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps built power through ideology and fear. Now, after devastating losses, its future is uncertain. After major military setbacks, Iran’s IRGC faces a turning point. Experts explain its roots, power, and whether its reign of repression and terror can endure. Once a fringe militia born of revolution, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ...
The State Department is launching a new ‘America First’ rebranding initiative to consolidate all the logos for its offices under a singular one depicting the American flag — an effort that aligns with the agency’s massive overhaul plans. Whereas separate logos existed previously for offices, including embassies, bureaus and programs under the U.S. Agency for International Development, the rebranding effort ...
The UK is on pace for its busiest year of takeovers since 2021, with £74 billion in bids tabled for British companies in the first six months of 2025, according to new research from broker Peel Hunt. The surge is being fuelled by both domestic consolidation and aggressive moves by overseas private equity, particularly from the United States. Peel Hunt’s ...
Santander has announced a £2.65 billion all-cash deal to acquire TSB from Spanish rival Sabadell, marking another significant move in the wave of UK banking consolidation. The takeover, which is expected to complete in the first quarter of 2026 subject to regulatory approval, will see Santander absorb TSB’s five-million-strong customer base and expand its UK footprint further. The acquisition price ...
Amazon’s use of warehouse robots has surged to more than one million, putting them on par with the number of human workers and signalling a pivotal shift in the ecommerce giant’s operations towards AI-driven automation. The milestone, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, marks a turning point in Amazon’s warehouse operations, where automation now supports roughly three-quarters of all ...
High street health and beauty giant Superdrug has shrugged off rising tax burdens and wage costs to expand its workforce by more than 600 roles and post a jump in pre-tax profits. In newly filed accounts for the year ending 2024, Superdrug reported a pre-tax profit of £136.8 million, up from £111.6 million the year before. The performance came despite ...
The federal website created to host the U.S. national climate assessments, congressionally-mandated and peer-reviewed reports that cover the effects of climate change in the U.S. has been inaccessible so far this week. A Fox News Digital review found that the websites for the U.S. Global Change Research Program and the pages for the national assessments were down on Tuesday without ...
Greggs has warned that full-year profits will come in below last year’s level, after scorching June temperatures dented footfall and overall sales — sending the high street bakery’s shares tumbling by over 13 per cent in early Wednesday trading. The sausage roll maker told investors that total sales in the first half of the year rose 6.9 per cent to ...
Eventwise, the end-to-end budgeting platform built for event professionals, has raised £525,000 in a funding round led by Fuel Ventures. The raise, completed on 30th June, marks a major milestone for the fast-growing startup as it scales its platform and infrastructure to meet increasing demand across the events sector. Designed to replace outdated spreadsheets and fragmented systems, Eventwise provides event ...