UK bosses are considering asking workers to stay at home to save on office energy bills this winter, according to a new survey of 1,000 senior leaders at UK companies. According to the findings, 64% of senior leaders are considering reversing their rhetoric around encouraging employees back into the office and 74% of business owners feel the same, as the cost of living begins to bite for companies This is according to research from freelance platform Fiverr.
Silicon Valley has been the jewel in the crown of the global technology ecosystem for decades, pioneering innovation and creating some of the world’s most successful companies. Yet, in recent years, we’ve seen a small number of tech hubs join Silicon Valley at the top table. With Europe’s largest tech economy – the UK has firmly cemented itself as a leading place to set up and grow an international tech company.
In 2017, a YouGov survey found that 10% of British people admitted to having lied on their CV, while subsequent surveys have found that this number could be substantially more. In this article, we explore the legalities of an employee lying on their CV, what employers can do to mitigate the risk of employing such an individual, and how they should respond if they later find an existing employee has been dishonest.
Ctrl Alt, the app that enables investments in alternative assets with as little as £10, will launch on the 17th of November, it was announced today. Founded by an experienced team of financial services and technology experts, Ctrl Alt is set to change the alternative investment universe by providing its users access to assets that have so far been available to only the wealthiest in society.
Penzance-based Varfell Farms is one of the UK’s largest agri-business firms, supplying plants, bulbs, blooms and shrubs to retail chains including B&Q, M&S and Waitrose. After working with staff and students from Falmouth University, the company decided to issue an urgent call for expertise to help develop a prototype robot picker – currently code-named ‘Daffy’.
Air pollution is the most-pressing environmental health crisis of our time with approximately nine in 10 people around the world breathing unclean air. Helping to spotlight this existential threat, cleantech startup Airly is today announcing a $5.5M series A funding round as it targets cleaning the air by understanding the exact sources based on sensor data and comprehensive actionable insights.













