The IT skills shortage has been an issue for years, and is not going away anytime soon. In fact, as businesses strive to be more digital and data-led, the available pool of candidates is getting even smaller, explains Donna Bain, SVP People and Development Westcon-Comstor. According to recent statistics, three-quarters …
Read More »Sage and Brightpearl embark upon digital retail partnership
Cloud business management solutions provider, Sage is entering a new significant partnership with Digital Operations Platform, Brightpearl with an approximate £17 million ($23m) investment into the business. Lee Perkins, Chief Operations Officer at Sage, said: “As retail businesses from across the globe recover from the impact of Covid-19, trading online …
Read More »OnBuy closes Series A funding round
UK-based e-commerce business OnBuy is set to launch globally this summer after securing a £5 million investment. OnBuy’s founder and CEO Cas Paton is projecting the business to be turning over £2 billion in sales by 2024. Following a 1,100% sales increase in the past year, and now closing this …
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12 venture capitalists are heading to Belfast
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During 2017 more tech funding was ploughed into London than any other city on the continent
Read More »Andy Murray serves up £1.98 million in investment for two tech start-ups
The British number one has backed Goodbox and Zoomdoc with his investment
Read More »UK startups receive record $1.13 billion investment from Silicon Valley
The UK is the leading European destination for investors from the US tech hub
Read More »The acquisition of Corsair shows there’s even bigger money in esports
PC Gaming brand to be acquired by private equity firm for $525 million
Read More »UK remains European leader for tech investment in year since Brexit
Some £2.4 billion worth of venture capital funding has been pushed into Britain’s technology companies since the vote
Read More »Intel invests in AI innovation companies in bid to speed up the market
Expecting AI to be the driver for the next big wave of computing, Intel has made investments in three AI companies
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