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eCommerce giant The Hut Group plans £4.5bn IPO

eCommerce giant The Hut Group is planning a stock market flotation which could value the company...

Monetised gig-streaming platform launched by eMusic Live and 7digital

New York based digital music firm eMusic, the company behind the first online store for MP3 download...

ufurnish.com hires ex-DFS marketing and commercial chief

Toni Wood has joined ‘Rightmove for furniture’ firm ufurnish.com as chief marketing officer.  ...

Family member inspires entrepreneur’s anti-cyberbullying app

An entrepreneur whose family suffered in silence from cyberbullying has created an AI-powered app to...

Cross-border payments firm WorldRemit to acquire Sendwave

London-based cross-border payments company WorldRemit is to acquire Sendwave, a US app-based remitta...

Open Banking payments up 832% during lockdown says report

TrueLayer, a provider of financial APIs, has recorded an eight-fold increase in consumers using Paym...

OakNorth Bank to appoint industry heavyweight as CFO

OakNorth Bank is to appoint Rajesh Gupta as CFO.  Gupta will join the UK bank, powered by O...

Former MediaCom exec joins Viddyoze

North West-based SaaS animation firm Viddyoze has appointed former MediaCom executive Fiona Hunt a...

UK VR firm swoops for Napster in $70m deal

Trailblazing music tech firm Napster has been acquired by UK company MelodyVR Group.  The $70m ...

Is artificial skin technology the solution to Covid-19 fear factor?

Entrepreneur Cecilia Harvey believes a stretchable sensory artificial skin technology could be cruci...

EdTech platform globalbridge looks beyond exam results

The founder of an EdTech start-up believes that universities and employers need to look beyond exa...

100 FinTech Disrupters shortlist revealed – vote for your favourite

Around 250 companies have been shortlisted for potential inclusion in the 100 FinTech Disrupters ...