Latest Stories All Stories

Press Release
Pressat
Pace CCS Announce Major Joint Industry Project to Understand Corrosion in CCS Pipelines and Wells
Pace CCS have been awarded £180,000 of funding from the Net Zero Technology Centre to deliver a Joint Industry Project that will close a critical challenge facing the emerging CCS industry. This project will be delivered in conjunction with several major international energy companies, engineering contractors, and operators of CCS projects, with the full list …
Press Release
Pressat
European HealthTech: A growing and resilient European Tech sector
Finch Capital’s ‘State of European HealthTech Report 2022’ finds that on the back of the rise and fall of telemedicine funding, a new breed of entrepreneurs with experience in HealthTech are creating new companies. While the number of companies founded fell in 2021, ignoring the frenzy in 2021, capital invested in HealthTech companies steadily increased. …
Business
Evening Standard
Shopper footfall stumbles in November amid cost-of-living fears
Shopper footfall stumbled again in November as the soaring cost-of-living crisis put consumers off Christmas spending.Total UK footfall was 13.3% below pre-pandemic levels last month and 1.5 percentage points worse than October, according to BRC-Sensormatic IQ data.High street footfall was down 13.6% on November 2019, two percentage points worse than last month’s rate and worse …
Business
Evening Standard
Shopper footfall decline ‘dreich’ for Scottish retailers, industry warns
Shopper numbers in Scotland have slumped by 15% compared to pre-pandemic levels, new figures show.The data for November also shows the number of people visiting shopping centres was down by more than a quarter (27.6%) compared to the same month in 2019.With November usually a busy period for retailers in the run-up to Christmas, industry …
Business
Evening Standard
Around half of consumers plan to cut back on festive spending, figures show
Almost half of consumers say they plan to cut back on festive spending this year as an estimated 2.2 million households defaulted on a vital payment.Some 46% of consumers are cutting back this Christmas due to the rising cost of living, Which? found, with 41% planning to buy fewer gifts, 30% saying they will buy …
Press Release
Pressat
6 Things you need to know about Black Friday
Black Friday November 2022 – Prospero Commerce annual poll of UK consumers Prospero Commerce’s latest findings from our annual Black Friday poll of consumers across the UK. We tried to understand the motivations and sentiment of UK shoppers and how they are adapting to the challenges they face at Christmas 2022. Our headline findings show: …
Press Release
Pressat
Prime Light’s LED Drivers Secure Exclusive Safety Standards
Leading the way in product safety and operability – Prime Light secures LIASC and DiiA safety and performance certification for their new Prime Drivers products Prime Light, a leading provider of commercial lighting solutions, has secured LIASC (Lighting Industry Association Safety Certification) and DiiA DALI-2 (Digital Illumination Interface Alliance) safety and performance certification for their …
Business
Sky News
HSBC head dismisses idea China is trying to get hold of the bank’s Asian operations
Ever since April, when HSBC’s biggest single shareholder, Ping An, began lobbying the lender to spin off its Asian operations into a separate business, there has been speculation over what has motivated the Chinese insurer to do so.Some, including a number of analysts covering the banking sector, have speculated that Ping An, which owns 8.29% …
Press Release
Pressat
Headline – UK Government renews Crown Hosting agreement for a further seven years, featuring a new framework and shared hybrid private cloud model for the Public Sector.
Corsham, England – November 24, 2022 – Following an in-depth market assessment by the Crown Commercial Service (CCS), Crown Hosting is proud to announce that one of the most successful joint ventures with the UK Government has been renewed for a further 7-year period, with extensive benefits to the UK Public Sector. Since its inception …
Business
Sky News
JP Morgan in talks about swoop on stock trading app Freetrade
JP Morgan is in discussions about a takeover of Freetrade, a British stock trading app that targeted a £700m valuation during talks with investors earlier this year.Sky News has learnt that the Wall Street behemoth is among a number of suitors to have held talks about acquiring Freetrade in recent weeks. Freetrade, which said this …
Business
Business Live
FTSE-100 business Spirax-Sarco completes acquisition of Durex Industries for $342m
FTSE-100 engineering firm Spirax-Sarco has completed its acquisition of electric heater and temperature sensor business Durex Industries, it has confirmed. The Cheltenham-headquarted company, which has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1959, previously announced the agreement to buy US-based Durex – a privately-owned specialist of custom electric thermal solutions – in September. The …
Business
Business Live
The Derby companies helping the most vulnerable stay warm and fed this winter
Businesses across Derby have gone above and beyond to help the most vulnerable as they try to get through the cost of living crisis this winter. With the cost of the weekly shop soaring, temperatures dropping and gas and electricity prices at record highs, more and more families are struggling to stay warm and feed …

BusinessAT

Bringing you the latest stories from around the world

Editorial: [email protected]

Social Media:

General

Resources