Apple reveals rise in UK app developer economy despite pandemic
App developers on Apple’s iOS platform saw an increase in jobs and earnings in the UK last year – despite the pandemic, according to...
Deliveroo set to raise £1bn in London stock market float
Deliveroo has said it plans to raise £1 billion from its impending listing on the London Stock Exchange.
The takeaway delivery business confirmed its fundraising...
Greggs sinks to first loss in 36 years
Sausage roll purveyor Greggs has sunk to its first loss in 36 years as the Covid-19 pandemic hit one of the stalwarts of the...
Thorntons to shut all 61 shops with more than 600 jobs at risk
Chocolate shop chain Thorntons is to shut all its 61 stores, putting 603 jobs at risk. The retailer said it has been hit hard...
Operations Experience provider, parcelLab, debuts in FT1000: Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies
parcelLab, global Operations Experience leader, has been named by the Financial Times as one of Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies.
Headquartered in Munich and with offices...
Online Retail Maintains Strong Start to the Year as February Sales Remain High
With the strict lockdown still in place, online retail sales held strong in February, rising by +69.5% Year-on-Year (YoY). That’s according to the latest...
Buy Now, Pay Later provider Zip arrives in the UK
Buy Now, Pay Later provider Zip has announced its UK arrival with Homebase one of its first major brand partners – the first and...
Virgin Experience Days acquires leading US experience gift provider Cloud 9 Living in expansion...
UK gift experience provider Virgin Experience Days will acquire the whole of Cloud 9 Living’s US operations.
The two brands are leaders in their domestic...
Retailers expect consumers to show them the love this ‘virtual’ Valentine’s Day
Retailers are feeling the love in the run up to Valentine’s Day, with two fifths (41 per cent) expecting to see a sales boost,...
Retail industry sees entrepreneurial boom from under-25s
GoDaddy has released new research which finds that the Covid-19 pandemic has caused a surge in young people starting their own retail businesses in...
