The internet can be a powerful weapon in the battle for brand awareness, but sometimes, in an almost Terminator: Judgement Day-style attack, the machines turn against companies – in some cases because of stupidity.
Innovate UK programme IC Tomorrow has introduced a £210,000 contest to find the UK's top virtual reality and augmented reality companies, and John Lewis, Crossrail and King's College London are among the big name partners backing the search.
If the UK's retailers embed mobile strategies like Apple Pay into tangible locations, it could be the key to injecting £7.8bn into Britain's high street in 2015, according to RetailMeNot.
A £10m Internet of Things (IoT) competition has been launched by the British government, which plans to use the fund as a hook for UK businesses and cities to “revolutionise” the way the tech can be of benefit to the public.
British pay growth is at the highest level since 2007, but recruitment marketplace Glassdoor has found women are less positive about securing a pay rise than men.
US computer technology firm Dell has revealed a plan to supercharge its business with 1,000 new employees globally, with almost half being spread across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
After being announced earlier in summer, Apple Pay, the new mobile payments channel from Apple, has officially launched in the UK. As the face of British retail looks set to change forever, business execs from across the country, and those with overseas experience, have offered Real Business their thoughts, some good and some bad, on the arrival of the new technology.
As part of the British productivity push, Eileen Burbidge, partner at London-based venture capital firm Passion Capital, has been named the government's special envoy of British fintech.
British consumers are increasingly more impressed by speed and simplicity over design when it comes to online shopping, and Thomson, House of Fraser and Tesco have been ranked as the brands with the fastest online retail experience, while Sainsbury's trails.
British online fashion store ASOS achieved a 27 per cent sales rise in the UK in the four months ended 30 June, outstripping the overall international sales growth of 16 per cent. By contrast, US firm American Apparel has embarked on a $30m cost-cutting programme.
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