Category: Bussiness

Nigerian staff members and hundreds of others worldwide risk layoffs as Crown Agents, one of the United Kingdom’s most established development contractors, faces collapse, according to Devex, a global development platform. The organisation’s imminent shutdown is fuelled by severe financial drought that has seen staff’s pay for July slashed by half, Devex said in a...

Neath Port Talbot Council’s corporate website has been ranked in the top ten of UK council websites for accessibility. This makes it the highest placed Welsh authority on the independent ‘Silktide Accessibility Index’. Silktide is a platform for understanding and improving large websites, which evaluates web accessibility and assigns a score based on their level of...

Chile has seen the value of wine imports to the UK rise 40% in the first quarter of 2024, new data has found, making it the South American country’s top market in terms of value. According to the OEMV (Observatorio Espanol del Mercado del Vino) the UK has overtaken China and the US in value...

TALA, the activewear brand founded by Grace Beverley, will this week unveil a £5m funding boost from a syndicate of leading investors, including one of the early backers of the womenswear label Me+Em. Sky News understands that TALA, which was founded by Ms Beverley in 2019 and now employs 45 people, has secured the seven-figure...

THE University of Aberdeen has been ranked 2nd in Scotland for overall student satisfaction and 15th in the UK for positive responses, in the National Student Survey (NSS). Measuring student feedback across a broad range of areas related to their learning experience and support, the 2024 survey released today (Wednesday, 10 July) has seen both...

Scotland accounted for almost one-fifth of all UK equity deals involving university spinouts in 2023, according to new figures from the British Business Bank. Published today, the Bank’s annual Small Business Equity Tracker also places two of Scotland’s leading universities among the UK’s top five for spinout deal activity. A total of 12 deals in 2023...

An Edinburgh business owner dedicated to helping individuals navigate the process of dealing with a deceased person’s estate independently has been recognised by the prestigious Great British Entrepreneur Awards for his unique approach to market. Having spent several years working for a diminutive legal auditing firm, Mike Davis was inspired to launch My Probate Partner...

The boss of Hakluyt, the corporate intelligence firm, is being lined up for a top business role in Sir Keir Starmer’s fledgling Labour administration. Sky News has learnt that Varun Chandra, who has been Hakluyt’s managing partner since 2019, is in advanced talks to join the government. Sources said on Tuesday that he was likely...

Must credit: The Sunday Times 100 – Britain’s fastest-growing businesses Must hyper-link: https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-100-fast-growth The top 100 employ 13,670 people and have created 10,000 new roles in the last three years The Sunday Times 100 is sponsored by Barclays Private Bank and supported by Singer Capital Markets and Inflexion Friday 28th June: Allica Bank, a fintech...