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.
easyJet has set course to prove the sky is the limit without a glass ceiling in place by introducing the Amy Johnson Flying Initiative, which is designed to boost the number of women taking on the role of commercial airline pilot.
After its first product, the Laserlight, went down a storm on Kickstarter and helped propel the business into the cycling limelight, Blaze faced the ominous task of doing it all again. Founder and CEO Emily Brooke told Real Business how the team went about this.
By Simon Brooke
Innovative technology often takes a long time to get off the ground. Having spent years developing a new approach to testing tyre pressures, WheelRight is starting to gather momentum and attracting the attention of a number of major industry players.
Although several of Back to the Future II’s predictions fell through, we did end up getting hoverboards, wearable technology and video calls. As such, Real Business tried to find out what the world of 2045 will look like.
The official launch of the £14.8bn Crossrail project is set to have a significant impact on retail and leisure in London’s West End, with the rail line driving revenue in the area up by £2.45bn a year.
Mobile proximity marketing specialist Proxama has secured a long-term deal with taxi advertising firm Ubiquitous, which will see the former’s technology laced into vehicles across the UK.
Dublin-based budget airline Ryanair’s annual profit rose by two-thirds, propelled by lower fares and an image makeover.
Car service Addison Lee has acquired Camden-based rival Cyclone VIP Cars & Couriers to compete against Uber by bolstering its fleet of private hire vehicles to dominate the sector across London.
Public transport can be a distressing place at the best of times, but even more so as a commuter who has to pay upwards of £1,500 a year to get to work – and that’s where CommuterClub, in this year’s Everline Future 50, comes in. Through a combination of crowdfunding and P2P lending, the service lets commuters across the country buy annual season tickets to save an average of £200 each annually.
