Fancy a free £200 share, no fees for a year, or £100 for telling a friend? The perks DIY investing platforms and apps are offering DIY investment platforms have soared in popularity during the pandemic Platforms and trading apps are looking to grow their customer base further These include refer a friend schemes which offer … Read more
Australian actors including Simon Baker, Bryan Brown and Marta Dusseldorp descend on Parliament House to push for local content guarantees for streaming platforms By Aap Published: 21:42 GMT, 17 March 2021 | Updated: 21:43 GMT, 17 March 2021 Australian stars have traded the bright lights of Hollywood for Canberra’s corridors of power in a bid … Read more
When it comes to investing, it can be almost as difficult to sort out the ‘how’ as the ‘what’. Selecting shares is tricky but choosing the online platform or app to buy them through can also be bewildering – and less exciting. There are a host of different options, with very different fee structures. But having … Read more
Had you told me five years ago that a trip to the supermarket would be the closest we’d get to retail therapy, my heart would have sunk. But this is 2020, and the fashion aisles are far more promising than you’d expect. While doing my shop at Sainsbury’s last week, my eye was caught by … Read more
Two of Britain’s biggest crowdfunding platforms set to merge to create £140m firm By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:02 BST, 5 October 2020 | Updated: 22:24 BST, 5 October 2020 Two of Britain’s biggest crowdfunding platforms are set to merge to create a £140m firm. Crowdcube and Seedrs, which are both loss-making, … Read more
‘I’m truly sorry if it hurt anyone’: Twenty One Pilots’ Tyler Joseph apologizes after making a joke about using his large social media platforms By Adam S. Levy For Dailymail.com Published: 07:03 BST, 3 September 2020 | Updated: 07:07 BST, 3 September 2020 Twenty One Pilots’ artist Tyler Joseph apologized after making a joke about … Read more
Facebook has banned the sale of all ancient artefacts amid fears that items looted from Iraq and Syria are being traded on its platforms. The move — a tightening of previous rules that only covered stolen artefacts — followed a campaign by academics and a BBC News exposé of illicit sales. The changes were announced as … Read more
Surge of wealthy savers turn to platforms to spread their cash and risk since coronavirus pandemic hit in March The likes of Hargreaves Lansdown and Raisin saw a surge of interest in March That was in the immediate aftermath of dramatic stock market falls Since then platforms have continued to see interest from savers as … Read more
Online dating giants are set to offer digital health passports to millions of UK singletons to prove they are free of coronavirus. Manchester-based cyber firm VST Enterprises (VSTE), is pioneering technology to safeguard daters when coronavirus restrictions are eased. The company says it has been approached for the digital health passports by several leading dating … Read more
Researchers call on social media platforms to archive coronavirus misinformation so they can study effects on public health An letter calls on social media platforms to archive COVID-19 misinformation The data can be used to track how misinformation affects public health It could also be used to issue regular transparency reports The letters asks for data … Read more