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7^th Jan 2021

FinExtra – VibePay launches Open Banking powered dashboard

VibePay, which powers account to account payments between consumers, friends and businesses, today announces the launch of its UK business dashboard - the next step on its mission to make account to account payments the default way to pay and get paid...

7^th Jan 2021

Leisure Opportunities – 1Rebel enters Middle East with two club in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

The clubs will be operated in partnership with Saudi-based Armah Sports, which has the 1Rebel rights to seven markets across the Middle East – Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait...

16^th Dec 2020

Ex-Royal Mail CTO joins AI start-up Greyparrot

Ex-Royal Mail CTO Jochen Alt is to lead AI firm Greyparrot’s tech team, the company has announced. Alt is one of a series of strategic hires which also includes talent from Huawei, Any Vision, Ocado, Cisco and Microsoft...

16^th Dec 2020

Building a knowledge graph with topic networks in Amazon Neptune

Guest blog post by Edward Brown, Head of AI Projects, Eduardo Piairo, Architect, Marcia Oliveira, Lead Data Scientist, and Jack Hampson, CEO at Deeper Insights....

9^th Nov 2020

Nick Candy backs start-up that can predict which artists will be successful

The property mogul has become a director of Collectability following an investment by his firm Candy Ventures....

28^th Oct 2020

Nick Candy-backed mining firm Metals Exploration climbs almost 170% on the stock market after relisting

Shares in mineral resources firm Metals Exploration shot up today following its relisting on the AIM exchange. They rose 168.3 per cent by the mid-afternoon on its first day back on the London Stock Exchange in seven months after negotiations over its debt obligations were settled....

13^th Oct 2020

Podcaster Audioboom hits right note with Singapore investor

Audioboom, the London-listed podcasting group, announces a multi-million pound fundraising after deciding to call off a long-running auction....

23^rd Sep 2020

Wired (Middle East) – Blippar sprinkles a little AR over Middle East breakfasts

British tech firm sees regional potential of immersive 3D experiences after deal with Kellogg’s cereal brand....

10^th Aug 2020

UKTN: VibePay sets sights on growth with integration of UK banks

VibePay is continuing on its ambitious path of growth, with the integration of more UK banks and payment providers via open banking, and a business account function in its newly launched social payments app....

10^th Aug 2020

Business Cloud: UK AR firm Blippar hires CFO

London-headquartered augmented technology company Blippar has announced the appointment of Adam Baird as Chief Financial Officer. In his new role, Baird will report directly to the CEO, Faisal Galaria, and will be responsible for finance, accounting, planning and business intelligence....

30^th Jul 2020

Arctic Shores appoints Adam Hale as new Chair as it targets diversity & inclusion for 2m candidates

Leading behaviour-based assessment provider Arctic Shores has appointed industry veteran Adam Hale as the company’s new Chair....

22^nd Jul 2020

Forbes: How 4 companies are using AI to solve waste issues on earth and in space

Many dystopian movies depict Earth covered in garbage. People live in slums surrounded by trash without anywhere else for it to go. Thankfully, with the help of companies like Greyparrot, that dystopian predicament doesn’t have to be humanity’s future....