AO World buys Jessops from Dragons’ Den investor Peter Jones
The Dragons’ Den investor Peter Jones has sold the photography retailer Jessops to the online electrical retailer AO World, more than a decade after he...
NatWest and British Business Bank back Phoenix Court venture funds
The British Business Bank and NatWest have agreed to invest in funds run by Phoenix Court, the UK venture capital firm, in a deal its...
Tesco pledges £20m to Henry Dimbleby’s Bramble Partners food fund
Tesco has committed £20m to Bramble Partners, the venture capital fund set up by Leon co-founder Henry Dimbleby, and agreed to act as its anchor...
Christian Bolding on Building a Business That Can Keep Growing
Christian Bolding has learned that growth can also create an entirely new set of challenges. The systems that work for a small company may become...
Revolut pilots facial recognition checkout with no merchant fees
Revolut has today begun piloting what it describes as the UK’s first in-store facial recognition checkout, with merchants paying 0 per cent processing fees on...
McDonald’s sets chicken market share goal as shares fall 6 per cent
McDonald’s has set a target of expanding its share of the global cooked chicken market by 1.5 percentage points, to about 20 per cent, as...