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MWD – “Ideologies” (Album Review)February 24, 2021 at 11:10 PM  Tags: Albums, Jazz, U K, MWD, Africa India Egypt Tunisia USA Canada 125 people like this. Like Motocaddy Comes to America: The Power Trolley InvasionFebruary 24, 2021 at 8:52 AM  Tags: UK, New York, America, Sport, Chicago, Golf, Chevy, West Coast, North America, Golf News, East Coast, U K, Bryson, Carlsbad, Carlsbad Calif, Kingsbarns 121 people like this. Like European travel stocks surge after UK announces its end-to-lockdown planFebruary 23, 2021 at 6:07 AM European travel stocks soared on Tuesday morning as customers rushed to make new bookings after the U.K. announced its plan to end...Tags: UK, U K 16 people like this. Like Spotify to launch Spotify Audience Network, an audio ad marketplaceFebruary 22, 2021 at 1:21 PM  Tags: Spotify, Podcast, Music, Media, Podcasts, Advertising Tech, Advertising, Tech, Streaming, Ad Tech, Streaming Service, Anchor, U K, Spotify Spotify, Canada Germany, Megaphone 144 people like this. Like Gophr, the U.K. last-mile delivery company, picks up £4M fundingFebruary 22, 2021 at 7:06 AM Gophr, a U.K.-based last-mile delivery provider, has raised £4 million in funding, as it looks to invest in its product off the back of 300% revenue growth during the last 12 months.
Leading the round is pan-European B2B investor Nauta Capital. The company had previously raised £1 million in two rounds, including £500,000 from publicly-listed Auctus Alternative Investments.
Noteworthy, Gophr’s co-founder and CEO, Seb Robert, tells me the 2015-founded company reached monthly net profitability aro...Tags: Fundings & Exits, Startups, TC, Europe, UK, Berlin, Tech, Turkey, Valk Fleet, Jinn, Robert, U K, Nauta Capital, Seb Robert, Gophr, Gorillas France 21 people like this. Like Gophr, the UK last-mile delivery company, picks up £4M fundingFebruary 22, 2021 at 7:06 AM Gophr, a U.K.-based last-mile delivery provider, has raised £4 million in funding as it looks to invest in its product off the back of 300% revenue growth during the last 12 months.
Leading the round is pan-European B2B investor Nauta Capital. The company had previously raised £1 million in two rounds, including £500,000 from publicly listed Auctus Alternative Investments.
Noteworthy, Gophr’s co-founder and CEO, Seb Robert, tells me the 2015-founded company reached monthly net profitability arou...Tags: Fundings & Exits, Startups, TC, Europe, UK, Berlin, Tech, Turkey, Logistics, Valk Fleet, Jinn, Robert, U K, Nauta Capital, Seb Robert, Gophr 16 people like this. Like "A senior No 10 source said that male primogeniture was 'a nonsense.' Scrapping it was 'being looked at,' along with 'three or four other things.'"February 20, 2021 at 6:59 AM Ha ha. It's nonsense, but they're only up to the point of looking at it and still considering several other options. The quote is from "Ladies first in Tory plan to abolish male primogeniture/Daughters may take hereditary peerages under new bill" (The London Times). After seven miscarriages and two rounds of IVF Charlotte Carew Pole was “absolutely thrilled” when she gave birth to her daughter, Jemima.... “‘Congratulations, what a shame it wasn’t a boy’, or ‘How quickly can you have another?’” w...Tags: Law, History, Britain, Lesotho, London Times, Jemima, Ann Althouse, Gender Difference, U.K, IVF Charlotte Carew Pole 33 people like this. Like 5 Ways To Optimize Your Content Marketing Strategy For 2021February 19, 2021 at 10:45 AM  Tags: Google, Facebook, Instagram, Advertising, Sephora, U K, Facebook YouTube, Great Lockdown, Lisa Sinicki, Suzy Deline 57 people like this. Like Facebook Extends Climate Science Information Center to More CountriesFebruary 18, 2021 at 11:25 AM The Climate Science Information Center Facebook introduced last September in France, Germany, the U.K. and the U.S. is being expanded to more countries and fortified with more features. Facebook said in a Newsroom post Thursday that the Climate Science Information Center was rolled out to Belgium, Brazil, Canada, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria,...Tags: Facebook, Advertising, Platforms, U K, France Germany, Social Pro Daily, Climate Science Information Center, Climate Science Information Center Facebook Thousands of brands are running ads next to COVID vaccine misinformation: Thursday Wake-Up CallFebruary 18, 2021 at 5:45 AM Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. If you're reading this online or in a forwarded email, here's the link to sign up for our Wake-Up Call newsletters. Programmatic fail
Good morning! It’s not a great day for programmatic advertising, to say the least. Even as companies are launching COVID-19 vaccine awareness campaigns or helping communities suffering from the pandemic, the places where their ads are appearing might tell a d...Tags: Google, Facebook, New York Post, Australia, Advertising, Nike, Walmart, Bloomberg, Pizza Hut, Pfizer, Robert Thomson, News Corp, Tommy Hilfiger, Kfc, Mastercard, Marketwatch 9 people like this. Like ‘Framing Britney Spears’ Gets U.K. Release on SkyFebruary 15, 2021 at 9:47 AM FX documentary “Framing Britney Spears” is finally getting a U.K. release. Comcast-backed pay-TV operator Sky has snapped up rights for the hit documentary, which aired earlier this month Stateside on the cabler and Hulu. The doc will debut on the Sky Documentaries channel as well as SVOD service Now TV on Feb. 16 at 9pm. […]Tags: News, Global, Comcast, Sky, Britney Spears, Hulu, U K, Framing Britney Spears 42 people like this. Like Boris Johnson Names Edward Lister Special Gulf Envoy to Drive Investment - BloombergFebruary 12, 2021 at 4:35 PM Boris Johnson Names Edward Lister Special Gulf Envoy to Drive Investment - Bloomberg U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson named Edward Lister, one of his longest serving advisers, as his new special envoy for the Gulf and special projects.The role will “support the delivery of the prime minister’s ambitions for the U.K.’s relations with the Gulf,”’ according to an emailed statement from the Prime Minister’s Press Office. It includes strengthening links with the region to drive investment in the U.K...Tags: Travel, Boris Johnson, Gulf, U K, Lister, Rupert Neil Bumfrey, Edward Lister, Special Gulf, Drive Investment Bloomberg 23 people like this. Like UK Boss of KPMG Quits After Slamming Staff COVID ComplaintsFebruary 12, 2021 at 10:01 AM The chairman of KPMG in the U.K. has resigned after reportedly telling staff to stop complaining about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on their lives and jobs.Tags: UK, Kpmg, U K 14 people like this. Like Britain Shuts Borders, but the Shows Go OnFebruary 11, 2021 at 10:50 AM As the U.K. enforces tough new rules for those entering the country, film and television productions are set to take a direct hit. Until recently, film and TV industry workers were exempt from having to quarantine upon entering the U.K., but that allowance was removed from Jan. 18. From Feb. 15, it’s mandatory for all […]Tags: News, Global, Production, Britain, U.K, Coronavirus 37 people like this. Like Monzo, the British challenger bank nearing 5 million customers, has recruited a new U.S. CEOFebruary 11, 2021 at 4:06 AM  Tags: Startups, TC, Europe, San Francisco, Tech, Bank Of America, Kaiser, Las Vegas, Nelson, Novator, U K, Anil, Tom Blomfield, Monzo, Blomfield, Mark Kleinman 148 people like this. Like Monzo, the British challenger bank nearing 5 million customers, has recruited a new US CEOFebruary 11, 2021 at 4:06 AM Tags: Startups, TC, Europe, UK, Finance, US, San Francisco, Tech, Bank Of America, Kaiser, Las Vegas, Nelson, Novator, U K, Anil, Tom Blomfield 69 people like this. Like Why Mick Herron’s band of ‘Slow Horses’ spies are more ‘The Office’ than 007February 10, 2021 at 11:10 AM By Jill Lawless
Like a spy in the night, writer Mick Herron’s success has been stealthy. It took a while for the world to catch up with him.
A decade after he introduced a crew of flawed secret agents caught between sinister plotters and cynical spymasters in the novel “Slow Horses,” Herron is a best-selling, award-winning writer who has been called the heir to master of espionage John le Carré.
A seventh novel in his spy series, “Slough House,” is out this week, and a TV adaptation is in produc...Tags: Apple, Books, London, Sport, European Union, Things To Do, Britain, Soccer, United States, House, Oxford, David Bowie, Diana, Boris Johnson, Associated Press, John Le Carre 20 people like this. Like London Agency Gravity Road Launches Gaming, Esports Marketing PracticeFebruary 10, 2021 at 9:00 AM Gravity Road, a creative agency based in the U.K. owned by tech-focused marketing shop You & Mr Jones, is known for taking Sainsbury's viral with feel-good ads and creating an 8-bit game via Instagram. Today, the agency announced the launch of a gaming, esports and sponsorship marketing practice. "There are three things we are focused...Tags: Gaming, Advertising, Sainsbury, Esports, Jones, U K, Instagram Today, Sports Marketing 4 people like this. Like Google News Showcase is launching in the U.K.February 10, 2021 at 3:01 AM  Tags: Google, UK, News, Australia, Argentina, Telegraph, Google News, Independent, U K, DC Thomson, Chris Taylor, Ronan Harris, Google News Initiative, Reuters In, U K Google, Google News Showcase 94 people like this. Like Thriving Through the Ongoing PandemicFebruary 9, 2021 at 7:47 PM  Tags: Wellness, New York City, Careers, Chicago, Atlantic, West Coast, East Coast, Derek Thompson, Thompson, U K, Kaiser Family Foundation, Jimmy Dean, Moderna, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, COVID, Pfizer BioNTech 51 people like this. Like RapidSOS raises $85M for a big data platform aimed at emergency respondersFebruary 9, 2021 at 8:25 AM Emergency response services have been one of the unsung heroes of the last chaotic year, providing essential and urgent medical and other assistance during a period that has faced not just the usual run of natural and man-made disasters, but a global health pandemic to boot.
Today, a startup that is building tools to make it easier for emergency response teams to do their jobs by providing them with more immediate data about callers and their circumstances, is announcing a big round of funding a...Tags: Google, TC, Mexico, Tech, Nashville, Martin, U K, Michael Martin, Nikitas Koutoupes, Insight Partners, American Heart Association the American Red Cross, New York RapidSOS 7 people like this. Like NBC Orders U.S. Version of Hit BBC Game Show ‘The Wheel’ (EXCLUSIVE)February 8, 2021 at 12:30 PM NBC has given a 10-episode order to a U.S. adaptation of “The Wheel,” based on the new U.K. game show that has scored top ratings for the BBC. Since premiering in November, “The Wheel” has become the BBC’s top-rated game show launch in a decade. The creatives behind the British format, production shingle Hungry McBear […]Tags: News, Nbc, Bbc, Michael Mcintyre, U K, The Wheel, Warner Horizon, NBC Orders U S Version of Hit BBC 7 people like this. Like U.K. Confirms Mandatory Hotel Quarantine for TravelersFebruary 5, 2021 at 8:36 AM The U.K. confirmed Friday that government-managed quarantine facilities will come into effect on Feb. 15.Tags: U K 21 people like this. Like Amazon Announces 1,000 New U.K. Apprenticeships for 2021 – Global BulletinFebruary 5, 2021 at 6:06 AM In today’s Global Bulletin, Amazon begins filling 1,000 apprenticeships coming to the U.K. in 2021, ViacomCBS Networks International appoints Anna Priest as senior VP and chief marketing officer in the U.K., NL Film fills out its leadership teams and Viddsee begins streaming spoof series “AI Love K-Drama” in Singapore. APPRENTICESHIP Amazon has launched a recruitment […]Tags: Amazon, News, Singapore, Global, Viddsee, U K, Amazon Announces, ViacomCBS Networks International, NL Film, Global Bulletin, Global Bulletin Amazon, Anna Priest, U K NL Film BBC on Track to Deliver $1.3 Billion in Savings by 2022, Despite 30% Income ReductionFebruary 3, 2021 at 9:00 AM A new report from U.K. broadcaster BBC says that the corporation is on course to deliver £951 million ($1.3 billion) in savings despite a real-terms 30% reduction in income. The “BBC Value for Audiences” report released Wednesday notes that the reduction is due to increased funding obligations, such as the World Service and Welsh free-to-air […]Tags: News, Global, Bbc, Netflix, Tim Davie, U K, World Service, BBC Value for Audiences 46 people like this. Like Britain is Cracking Down on the $3.7 Billion 'Buy Now, Pay Later' IndustryFebruary 2, 2021 at 11:05 AM  Tags: Australia, Tech, Britain, Treasury, Klarna, U K, Financial Conduct Authority FCA, BNPL 108 people like this. Like Buy now, pay later to be regulated in the UKFebruary 2, 2021 at 8:32 AM Following a government review, the U.K.’s financial services regulator will instructed to regulate the buy now, pay later industry made popular by companies such as Klarna, and AfterPay (known as Clearpay in the U.K.).
A further consultation with the industry is underway and then, when parliamentary time allows, new laws regulating buy now, pay later will be passed.
This will see the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) asked to bring in stricter controls for interest-free buy now, pay later agreem...Tags: Startups, TC, Europe, UK, Tech, Fca, Klarna, U K, Financial Conduct Authority FCA, Sebastian Siemiatkowski, U K Treasury, Christopher Woolar, Alice Tapper 41 people like this. Like U.K. Phone Hacking Scandal Will Be Focus of New Drama Series ‘Thank You & Goodbye’January 28, 2021 at 5:26 AM The story behind the U.K.’s notorious phone hacking scandal is coming to the small screen. Director Saul Dibb and writer Luke Neal are developing a multi-part series entitled “Thank You & Goodbye,” which will detail the fall of the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper, Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World. Dibb is the BAFTA-nominated director of […]Tags: News, Global, BAFTA, Phone Hacking, Rupert Murdoch, U K, Saul Dibb, Dibb, Luke Neal, Rise Films 32 people like this. Like FOSTA-SESTA: Have controversial sex trafficking acts done more harm than good?January 22, 2021 at 7:11 AM  Tags: Facebook, Craigslist, Media, Internet, Sex, Government, America, Society, Web, Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Innovation, Reddit, John, Criminal Justice 80 people like this. Like |
