Wise becomes London’s biggest ever tech listing after hitting the market with a value of more than £8bn By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:18 BST, 7 July 2021 | Updated: 22:18 BST, 7 July 2021 Wise has taken the crown as the largest tech company to ever list on the London Stock … Read more
Tech deal with China for a £50million lab in Manchester will be axed within weeks amid national security fears about sharing the UK’s nuclear secrets Former chancellor George Osborne announced it with great fanfare in 2015 UK National Nuclear Laboratory was to help China National Nuclear Corporation But the Mail has learnt that the £50million … Read more
Tech deal with China for a £50million lab in Manchester will be axed within weeks amid national security fears about sharing the UK’s nuclear secrets Former chancellor George Osborne announced it with great fanfare in 2015 UK National Nuclear Laboratory was to help China National Nuclear Corporation But the Mail has learnt that the £50million … Read more
Crisis at Gupta’s metals empire triggers halt to £10m state-funded tech trial Trials of software to improve efficiency were to take place at two of his plants However, Gupta’s Liberty Steel last week put seven UK plants up for sale By Alex Lawson For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:16 BST, 29 May 2021 | … Read more
What’s NEXT for retail champ? It may never be an Amazon or Shopify, but Next could be a big British tech success story Next reacted rapidly to the pandemic, ramping up its online operations at pace By Anne Ashworth For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 21 May 2021 | Updated: 08:30 BST, 22 May … Read more
Joe Biden’s tax crackdown on tech giants: Firms face tougher measures under global plan by US President, leaked papers show Tech giants and multinational firms face a tax clampdown under a global deal Biden plans to force companies to pay more tax in the countries they operate in The move is touted as a major … Read more
Tesco is surprising online shoppers with incredible substitutes including iPhones for apples, Samsung Galaxy smartphones for Galaxy chocolate bars and Nokia devices for gnocchi Tesco.com is swapping boring grocery items for some high-end tech devices There are 80 prizes on offer including iPhone SE, Apple Airpods and Nokia 3.4 Winners have to opt for Click & Collect and … Read more
It had been hailed as a ‘golden year for UK tech’, with a string of star companies making their stock market debuts. But after Deliveroo’s disastrous float this week, some wonder if such optimism for 2021 has been misplaced. Ahead of the listing, Deliveroo unveiled a valuation as high as £8.8billion – setting the company … Read more
US threatens to impose tariffs of up to 25 PER CENT on UK exports of clothes, make-up and video game consoles in row over Britain’s new ‘unreasonable’ and ‘discriminatory’ tech firm tax US is threatening to impose tariffs on some UK exports over tech firm tax row Washington is angry at UK for imposing a … Read more
The British technology industry had a solid 2020, despite the pandemic and fears over Brexit, an annual study shows. Tech start-ups and scale-ups in the UK have more than doubled their collective value since 2017, according to Tech Nation. Collectively, they are valued at $585billion (£422.55billion) which is more than double the next most valuable … Read more