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15^th Jun 2021

Greyparrot awarded as Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum

Greyparrot – the London-based tech company disrupting the recycling industry by providing waste analytics to monitor, sort, and audit waste at scale, was selected among hundreds of candidates as one of the World Economic Forum’s most promising Technology Pioneers of 2021....

29^th Apr 2021

Bloomberg: Amazon adds urgency to UK podcast start-up’s search for buyers

Audioboom Group Plc, one of a pack of podcasting start-ups that enjoyed soaring audiences during lockdown, is in a race to scale up or find a buyer so it can fend off powerful new competitors...

14^th Apr 2021

Audioboom books first profit as podcast downloads grow

Podcast platform Audioboom has booked its first ever profit for the first quarter after cashing in on continued growth in on-demand audio....

11^th Apr 2021

Covid listener surge sees podcast firm’s results perking up

Shares and revenues at UK-based Audioboom are soaring despite stiff competition from the world's digital giants...

23^rd Mar 2021

AR pioneer Blippar is back with $5M in funding and a B2B model

Augmented Reality pioneer Blippar – which has had a tortuous history after early investors pulled out and the company had to scramble for new backers – has now closed a $5 million funding round, after 18 months of re-positioning as a B2B company in the AR space....

15^th Mar 2021

Scottish Minecraft mogul joins board of Nick Candy’s Blippar

The Nick Candy-owned augmented reality (AR) start-up Blippar has attracted a prominent Scottish video games entrepreneur to its board....

3^rd Feb 2021

Blippar: Corona Hard Seltzer transports consumers to a virtual tropical beach

Corona Hard Seltzer has launched an immersive augmented reality (AR) experience designed to raise awareness and provide consumers with an opportunity to travel with the brand. Blippar, known for its AR technology, supports the campaign....

1^st Feb 2021

Arctic Shores: Candidate feedback first victim of CV tsunami

New research reveals that only 7% of companies give feedback to all candidates as the volume of applications has risen. According to those surveyed by Arctic Shores, 48% said they have received more applications since COVID-19, and 66% reported an improvement in candidate quality....

19^th Jan 2021

Audioboom shares rise as podcast listeners tune in

Audioboom shares pushed higher this morning after the podcasting platform reported a jump in revenue last year. The London-listed firm posted revenue of roughly $26.8m (£19.7m) in 2020, up by a fifth on the previous year....

18^th Jan 2021

Arctic Shores recognised for tech-driven D&I improvement

Arctic Shores has been named in the prestigious Deloitte Fast 50 and picked up two Gold Awards at this year’s BOC’s HR Brilliance Awards with client Capita and it’s Customer Management Division....

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...