The government spent GBP569m buying 20,900 ventilators to keep people alive during the Covid-19 pandemic but lack of demand means NHS hospitals have used just a few of them. All but 2,150 of the machines it bought are still being held in a Ministry of Defence warehouse in case they are needed in the coming […]
Apple’s cheapest iPad just got faster with revamped chips to keep it ahead of the competition. The eighth-generation iPad costs from GBP329, slotting in under the iPad Mini, iPad Air and iPad Pro lines, yet offering much of the same experience. The design of the iPad has changed little over the last few years. Apple […]
Google is to lease an additional 70,000 sq ft in office buildings close to its GBP1bn new UK headquarters in London, despite telling all of its 4,500 UK staff that they will be working from home until at least July 2021. The US tech giant, which is in the process of building a 330 metre-long […]
Airbnb has paid an additional GBP1.8m in tax following an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs into its UK tax arrangements. It also said it was cooperating with HMRC to share data on the money made by Airbnb hosts – who are believed to number around 225,000 in the UK alone – in the tax […]
As we live in a constant state of uncertainty, with never-ending Brexit negotiations and a pandemic changing the world as we know it, the UK is officially in a recession for the first time in eleven years. Even so, with the year’s biggest shopping season around the corner, PriceRunner predicts that the value of online […]
It’s been a dizzying few weeks for TikTok and WeChat, the Chinese social media apps caught up in a trade war between the US and China. In the latest twist, a judge temporarily blocked an order from the Trump administration on Sunday, just hours before it would have gone into effect and removed TikTok from […]
Companies who have taken on large levels of debt or require further funding run the risk of becoming zombie companies where all their profits are used to service debt, say leading tax and advisory firm, Blick Rothenberg Richard Churchill, a parter at the firm said: ” This results in no growth, reinvestment or return to […]
Hooray Health & Protection is planning to donate 100% of company profits to an NHS charity until January 2021, in support of frontline workers. The employee life and income insurance specialist for SMEs is raising funds for Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Charity (BSUH). The money will help provide supplies and training, ensuring the welfare […]
The Happy Club is a new app, which according to its creators, is aiming ‘to make the world a more loving place.’ In a year where there has been a global pandemic, a wave of political uncertainty and mass social and ideological divisiveness, such positivity is undoubtedly welcome. According to its creators, if you use […]
Small Business Saturday launches UK’s first virtual roadshow to support small businesses Small businesses across the UK are being offered a major new package of support and mentoring, as Small Business Saturday UK launches the UK’s first online roadshow for towns and cities affected by the pandemic. Launching on 2 November 2020 with daily ‘virtual […]