Economies struggling with the costs of Covid-19 could face a double blow from escalating trade wars unless international talks to rewrite cross-border tax rules are successful, the OECD has warned. The Paris-based organisation, which has been steering the talks, said governments would come under further financial pressure from retaliatory tariffs should governments fail to agree […]
Facebook says it is updating its hate speech policy to ban content that denies or distorts the Holocaust. The decision comes two years after its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, said in an interview with the tech website Recode said that while he found Holocaust denial deeply offensive, he did not believe Facebook should delete such […]
“Chill out, Mum, you’re overreacting. Watching TV is just as bad,” my daughter yells as I beg her and her brother to put down their devices for just five minutes. My daughter can see me getting agitated and gives me the “you are a loser” eye-roll that all 12-year-olds seem to master. I’m trying to […]
Tamara Rojo may be a great tragic dancer on stage, but in person she is far from the voice of doom. “The performing arts and dance have survived millennia,” she says, sitting in her office looking out onto a floor of empty desks. “They’ve survived pandemics and hundred-year wars and all kind of disasters. Getting […]
WorkLife, the digital employee benefits service by OpenMoney, has announced the expansion of its team with two new hires. Dave Lambert has been appointed Marketing Strategy Consultant, while Leah Heath joins as Financial Wellbeing Support Adviser. Lambert, who has over 30 years’ experience of sales across B2B and B2C companies and extensive knowledge of the […]
CitySprint — the UK’s largest same day distribution company — has announced that it will recruit over 750 additional couriers across the UK, ahead of this year’s Christmas rush. Work will be available across all 30+ of CitySprint sites throughout the UK, with extra demand in Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich and Southampton. […]
Octopus Ventures, part of Octopus Group and one of the largest and most active VCs in Europe, today announces the launch of a specialist consumer team and scale up of its wider portfolio team by 45% with nine new hires. The announcement signals Octopus Ventures’ intention to dial up its investment activity, despite the market […]
“Can a real estate website work off just donations? How about if the recommended donation is $0?” Sheldon Kryger is a developer who is going to answer those questions, with his new free access, map based, real estate portal. It is called Kreegur.com and it is inspired by the life of a man called George […]
Google’s first smart speaker has finally got a much-needed upgrade in sound with the new Nest Audio. The speaker replaces the Google Home and costs GBP89.99, fitting in between the GBP49 Nest Mini and GBP299 Google Home Max. The design is completely different from the original Google Home. The outside of the Nest Audio is […]
The UK government should use the influence it has over Amazon through GBP630m of state contracts to compel the company to improve conditions for workers, trade unions have said. The TUC issued a report criticising Amazon’s employment practices on Monday, the eve of Prime Day – an annual event when the online retailer offers deals […]