Handy podcast boost for property tycoon Nick Candy
Shares in a podcast publisher backed by property tycoon Nick Candy soared after it hit key milestones....
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Audioboom celebrates a year of growth around the world
Audioboom says that 2023 was an “exceptional year of growth and success” for the company....
Business Cloud: Psychometric test firm raises £5.75m in Series B funding
Arctic Shores, which helps organisations with their recruitment through game technology and behavioural science, has raised £5.75m in Series B investment....
Recruiter: Arctic Shores integrates with Teamtailor to improve recruitment process
Psychometric assessment pioneer Arctic Shores has announced that it has integrated with Teamtailor, the recruitment and employer branding applicant tracking system (ATS), to help businesses see more in candidates....
City AM: Audioboom rakes in £59m in third quarter as advertising revenue perks up
Podcast giant Audioboom has announced it took in £50m up until September, a 44 per cent increase on last year....
VentureBeat: Blippar facilitates AR content creation through its integration with Microsoft Teams
Blippar, a London-based augmented reality (AR) content creating and publishing platform, today announced the integration of its no-code AR creation tool, Blippbuilder, into business communication and collaboration platform, Microsoft Teams....
UKTN: Greyparrot raises £8.9m to sort through waste using AI
AI waste analytics platform Greyparrot has closed an $11m (£8.9m) Series A funding round led by Una Terra. Greyparrot uses computer vision technology to analyse and sort waste into the right categories at waste facilities....
Telegraph: Property mogul Nick Candy mulls takeover bid for THG
Property mogul Nick Candy is considering a bid for struggling online retailer THG, which said on Thursday night that it has rejected a £2bn offer from a separate group of investors....
This Is Money: Audioboom’s strong growth continues with record first quarter as revenues double
Audioboom's strong growth has continued into the new year, with revenues more than doubling as more people tuned into its podcasts.
The company, which hosts the This is Money podcast, raked in a record $19.7million in revenues in the first quarter, up 107 per cent from the same period last year....
Sky News: Amazon and Spotify mull bids for London-listed podcaster Audioboom
The two digital behemoths are considering whether to make rival approaches to Audioboom, which has a market value of over £275m, Sky News learns....
Arctic Shore takes aim at global skills shortage after latest Silicon Valley Bank funding
Arctic Shores has received £1.5m in venture debt funding from Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). The funding follows another exciting year for the company, where revenues grew by more than 50%....
Mail Online / This is Money: Audioboom shares soar as podcast finally turns a profit thanks to surging demand from advertisers
Audioboom shares soared as it made a profit for the first time amid surging demand from advertisers. Shares in the group, which hosts podcasts on topics ranging from sport to crime, jumped 5.7 percent, or 80p, to a seven year high of 1490p after it posted a £1million profit for 2021....