To support the growth of online businesses globally, digital payments service Stripe has introduced Stripe Atlas at Mobile World Congress 2016, which will provide a framework that includes incorporated business and bank account in the US.
Challenger bank Mondo, which is mobile-first by design, is in the midst of a £6m hybrid investment round and wants customers to become investors by contributing £1m through equity crowdfunding service Crowdcube.
Steve Cook, CEO of Empire HR, suggested the high volume of employment tribunal awards for sex discrimination in January was proof that illegal practices in the workplace continued to have a major impact on employers.
In 2013 the results of a study by netmums showed one in three women felt they were overlooked for promotion because they were at a childbearing age, and three years later, new research shows such women are still too scared to make complaints about it.
Amid an ongoing skills gap, which has caused Britain’s recruiters to compete for talent, the top ten industries with the most demand for graduates – and the most popular degrees – have been revealed.
British enterprise app consultancy and developer Mubaloo has been acquired by New York-headquartered IPG Mediabrands, as the consumer-facing marketing agency expands into the growing enterprise mobility sector.
As part of the Internet Retailing UK Top 500 campaign, seven British retailers have been granted “elite” status for the ecommerce and multichannel services provided to consumers.
London-based Admedo, the programmatic advertising platform used by the likes of Boots and Airbnb, has secured a $6m Series B investment led by MMC Ventures.
High-end fusion restaurant Sushisamba will bolster its global catalogue of restaurants with a new branch that will open in London’s Covent Garden, where it will join a “growing list of pedigree brands”.
In a campaign supported by business secretary Sajid Javid and transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin, the British government has committed a £20m investment to driverless car technologies to improve the country’s productivity and infrastructure.
