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DELOITTE: UK Finance Chiefs Have Never Been More Sceptical About Brexit

LONDON — More UK chief financial officers (CFOs) think that Brexit will leave the country’s business environment worse off than at any point since the referendum, according to a survey by accounting firm Deloitte. Only 8% of CFOs surveyed said Brexit would...

Deliveroo Will Pay Its 15,000 UK Riders Sickness And Injury Benefits If The Laws Change

Food delivery startup Deliveroo has pledged to pay sickness and injury benefits to its UK riders, provided the government changes the law around what they can offer flexible workers. In a submission to a government-commissioned review of the gig economy, Deliveroo...

Monzo’s Outage Shows How FinTech Upstarts Are Still at The Teething Stage

Payments to and from some of the buzziest names in UK FinTech were briefly down yesterday (Thursday) morning as the likes of Monzo, Starling Bank, Revolut, Loot and Curve suffered knock-on effects from an outage at one of their technology...

Doncaster Food Waste Recycler Opens £32m Facility in London

ReFood, the Doncaster-based food waste recycler, has opened a new £32m anaerobic digestion facility in Dagenham. Operated by ReFood, part of the SARIA Group (one of the three divisions of the RETHMANN Group), the site will act as a showcase of...

The Ripple Effect? Reading the Runes After Trump’s First 100 Days in Office

Now that President Trump has passed the 100-day mark of his term in office, how are investors taking stock of the new administration, particularly given the hype and speculation that surrounded his election? Phil Seefried, Co-Founder and CEO of US...

5G Experts Given £16m Backing to Propel Britain to Forefront of Mobile Technology

A world-class 5G technology test network will aim to put Britain at the forefront of the next wave of mobile technology, according to the government, potentially injecting up to £173bn to the economy by 2030. Experts from 5G research institutions at...

Three Hotly-tipped Healthtech Startups Selected for Pfizer’s London Hub

The first cohort for pharma giant Pfizer’s inaugural Healthcare Hub London programme has been announced with three hotly-tipped startups set to benefit guidance and advice from Pfizer’s internal and industry experts. On-demand care provider Cera, prescription app Echo and Give Vision,...

Accenture Aims to Bring AI-powered Programmatic to Streaming Video

Dive Brief: Accenture Interactive, the agency division of the global management consultancy Accenture, is rolling out a programmatic tool that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) technology to overlay product placements on streaming video content, according to Digiday. For example, a video ad served...

All the Changes and New Features Coming to Your iPhone’s Camera in iOS 11

There are exciting changes coming to your iPhone’s camera. The Apple iPhone’s latest operating system, iOS 11, won’t officially be available until this fall, but Apple gave us a look at what’s coming (and what’s currently available for developers to try). When...

London’s Busiest Rail Routes Could Soon Be Getting Onboard Contactless Ticketing Thanks to This Tech Firm

London-headquartered payments firm Worldline has sealed a major contract with Govia Thameslink that will see it deliver its mobile ticketing platform across the operator’s franchises and networks. As part of the deal, Govia Thameslink Railway will implement Worldine’s Mobile Ticket Service...