LONDON — Europe needs its industrial companies to save energy amid soaring costs and shrinking supplies, and they are delivering — demand for natural gas and electricity both fell in the past quarter.  It is far too early to rejoice, ...

UK Export Finance helps cheddar producer Wyke Farms to withstand rising dairy prices and grow its international business Established in 1861, Wyke Farms is the UK’s largest independent cheese producer, exporting around 6,000 tonnes of cheddar every year to over 160 ...

New research finds that large employers are boosting investment in learning and development to overcome skills shortages, and help them attract and retain talent. But, despite best intentions, nearly all employers surveyed report that training has failed to meet objectives ...

UK domestic appliance company Halo has secured a new distribution deal which will open European market access for its award-winning cordless vacuum cleaner, the Halo Capsule. The agreement with German-based production company BranoFilter GMBH comes as Halo enters the latter ...

Code First Girls, a female-founded, fast-growing UK business that supports women into coding education and employment for free, announced a £4.5m Series A fundraise. The funds are from female angel investors and a leading investment firm to accelerate the company’s ...

HONG KONG/BEIJING — Chinese policymakers pledged on Wednesday that growth was still a priority and they would press on with reforms, helping further boost stock markets buoyed by hopes that Beijing will ease off on its strict coronavirus disease 2019 ...

Three quarters of workers in the UK feel severe stress due to their work, causing a national wellbeing crisis for employers, according to new research from Search. The findings form part of the recruitment consultancy’s wider report into health and ...

Silicon Valley Comes to the UK (SVC2UK) has unveiled its annual list of the 50 highly ambitious, high-growth technology businesses in the UK joining the 2022 ‘Scale Up Club’. The Scale Up Club celebrates some of the UK’s fastest growing ...

Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt are planning to extend windfall taxes on oil and gas companies to raise an estimated £40 billion over five years. The prime minister and chancellor met yesterday afternoon to discuss items for the autumn budget, ...

Krepling, one of the fastest-growing e-commerce platforms on the market, has announced the successful close of a $1m pre-seed round, thanks to continuous month-on-month growth averaging 10-15%. Following the successful funding round, Krepling is on track to triple revenue by ...