CLIFTON Moore Jr, 24, a stand-out member of Caledonia Gladiators, the professional basketball club based in East Kilbride, was given a warm welcome last week when he visited one of his sponsors, Dougall Baillie Associates, one of the largest independent engineering consultancy firms in Scotland. The Gladiators are the only Scottish team in the British Basketball League...
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How to get the best exchange rates on your holiday money
Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email At sterling’s 21st-century peak in 2008, £1 was worth over US$2 on the foreign exchanges. During the calamitous premiership of Liz Truss, the pound sank almost to parity against the American dollar in October 2022. The...
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The Sheffield College’s basketball talent score top marks in prestigious awards | FE News
Students and staff at The Sheffield College have scored top marks in a national league awards scheme run by Basketball England. Three students and a college coach have won a series of prestigious awards for their performances during the 2023/24 basketball season. The awards are linked to the college’s participation in the Elite Academy Basketball...
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Lack of investment in NI Water infrastructure is ‘restricting’ new housing developments
According to the report by the comptroller and auditor general of the Northern Ireland Audit Office, Dorinnia Carville, construction of new homes is among the developments affected. The NIO estimates that development applications in 100 areas, including 25 cities and towns, cannot be approved or are subject to restrictions due to pressure of wastewater and...
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Career Horoscope Today for March 28, 2024: These zodiacs will likely see career shifts
Aries: It may happen that the moment you start a particular project, it does not go as fast as planned. But don’t get frustrated. You have nothing to worry about the result or to be afraid of failure. Sometimes, the delays teach you valuable lessons and give insights. This is the perfect time to...
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What April 2024 has in store for your star sign
Welcome to April! The bad news is that this month is pretty much all Mercury Retrograde (1st – 25th April) and we all know about that pesky planet and its tricks. Get through it by double-checking the details and having a plan B when it comes to any major travel, business, tech, or communication tasks....
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7 Biggest Small Business Challenges For 2024 – Startups.co.uk
Spring has sprung but small firms remain snowed under. Labour shortages, limited funding, and the threat of a recession are just a few of the challenges, and the small business statistics are sobering: nearly 30,000 firms will fail in 2024; the most in two decades. Diagnosis is the first step to recovery. By identifying the...
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Trump’s wealth surges by $5.5bn as Truth Social starts trading
Donald Trump has entered the ranks of the world’s 500 richest people after shares in his social media company surged on their Wall Street debut. Shares in Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), the entity behind Mr Trump’s Twitter rival Truth Social, rose by more than 50pc at one point after it arrived on the...
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Major funding unveiled for cutting-edge research tools that could halt future pandemics and protect the planet
Digitisation of historic specimens among projects unveiled by Science Secretary at the Natural History Museum researchers will be given access to millions of historic specimens – illuminating the secrets of the world’s rich history to solve some of the most pressing issues of our time further work includes construction of most powerful microscope of its...
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Major research and innovation infrastructure investment announced
New funding that will equip the UK’s research and innovation base for the future was announced today by the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Michelle Donelan. Multimillion pound investments from UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Infrastructure Fund will cover a wide range of needs. These include: digitising the UK’s natural science collections...
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Top Tech News Today: Spotify Offers Video Learning Courses In UK, Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 May La
Spotify Offers Video Learning Courses In The UK In a move to enhance its offerings, Spotify will now give access to a fourth category of content, joining the existing library of songs, podcasts, and audiobooks: online courses, for its UK subscribers. The music streaming giant is initiating a new trial, introducing video-based lessons from BBC...
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Innovate UK grant awarded to develop Seracam for image guided surgical oncology
Serac Imaging Systems Limited, a medtech company developing Seracam, a portable hybrid gamma-optical camera for medical imaging, and Loughborough University have announced that a grant has been awarded by Innovate UK to the university to co-fund the development of the camera for image guided surgery. The aim of the project is to demonstrate proof of...