British Steel has officially withdrawn plans to make up to 2,700 workers at its Scunthorpe plant redundant, following an emergency intervention by the UK government earlier this month that secured the company’s immediate future. The move ends a period of intense uncertainty for employees at the Lincolnshire steelworks, after Chinese-owned parent company Jingye announced its intention to close the site’s ...
The UK’s office market may have reached a turning point, with vacancy rates falling for the first time since the start of the pandemic. New data reveals a modest but symbolically significant drop in the amount of empty office space, suggesting that businesses are beginning to reclaim the desks they once deserted. According to commercial property data provider CoStar, the ...
The UK government has put on hold controversial plans to relax rules around high-stakes slot machines in adult gaming centres (AGCs), in a move that signals growing caution over the industry’s impact on vulnerable players. The decision marks an unexpected setback for the rapidly expanding AGC sector, which had anticipated a shift in regulation that would allow more lucrative machines ...
Migrating your organisation’s data to the cloud doesn’t have to be a manual and time-consuming process. Tools like ShareGate have revolutionised the way businesses move their content to Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Online. When combined with expert guidance from partners like Adepteq, organisations can streamline and automate much of the migration process, reducing downtime, manual work, and user disruption. In ...
Miami-based alternative investment manager demonstrates value creation strategy with strategic sales H.I.G. Capital, the Miami-based alternative investment firm with $69bn of assets under management, has completed the sale of two significant portfolio companies in quick succession, highlighting the group’s strategy of transforming middle-market businesses across diverse sectors. The firm recently divested Koozie Group, a supplier of promotional products, to Garyline ...
It started, as all great things do these days, with a streaming binge. Somewhere between insomnia, jet lag, nostalgia, and a desperate need for a bit of idealism in a very unideal world, I found myself rewatching The West Wing, and then The Newsroom. And then bits of A Few Good Men, The Social Network, even that short-lived, overambitious love ...
For years, online casinos have been the digital equivalent of fluorescent-lit rooms with no clocks, an endless scroll of games that looked fun enough until you tried to withdraw your winnings and realized it was easier to get a refund from an airline. The basic idea hasn’t changed in decades: play fast, lose faster, and don’t ask too many questions. ...
In the bustling marketplace, small businesses constantly strive to stand out. Competing against larger corporations with vast resources often feels like an uphill battle, especially when it comes to creating tailored customer experiences. Historically, deep personalisation required significant manpower and investment, often placing it beyond the reach of smaller players. However, the rapid advancement and increasing accessibility of AI are ...
Conversational AI platform Manychat has raised $140 million in growth capital to accelerate its global expansion and enhance its AI-driven solutions for customer engagement. The round was led by growth equity firm Summit Partners and brings the company’s total funding to $163.3 million since its founding in 2015. Manychat helps more than one million businesses across over 170 countries automate ...
The UK government has been accused of “sabotaging” its own tourism industry after new figures revealed that international visitor spending fell by more than £2 billion in 2024 compared to pre-pandemic levels, despite a global recovery in travel. According to the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), overseas visitors spent £40.3 billion in the UK last year, a 5.3 per ...