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Meet Shawn Askinosie self-taught artisanal chocolate maker
After 20 years as a criminal defence lawyer, Shawn Askinosie embarked on a career as a self-taught artisanal chocolate maker. Instead of buying cocoa beans[more...]
CEO Andrew Deitchman Redefining The 21st Century Newsstand
The New Stand is redefining what the newsstand for millennials. CEO Andrew Deitchman explains the company's art app, part retail store approach.
MIT technique makes teaching robots new skills easier
Robots take time and energy to train. A new technique from MIT makes teaching robots new skills easier by showing them a single demo[more...]
BOE states solid economic growth linked to ‘smooth’ Brexit
The head of the UK's central bank Mark Carney has said Britain should enjoy solid economic growth through to the end of the decade,[more...]
BT to cut 4000 jobs in restructuring shake-up
BT is to cut thousands of jobs following what it called a 'challenging' year. It's announced a 19% drop in profits, to £2.4 billion,[more...]
Keurboom cold-calling firm fined record £400,000 over nuisance calls
(qlmbusinessnews.com via theguardian.com - - Thur, 11 May, 2017) London, Uk - - More than 1,000 people complained to ICO over automated calls about road[more...]
Eurostar makes a strong start in the first quarter with Sales up 15%
It's been a tough couple of years for Eurostar, with a series of terror attacks in France and Belgium having hit travel, but the[more...]
Barratt to build 17,000 new homes the highest in nine years
(qlmbusinessnews.com via telegraph.co.uk - - Wed, 10 May, 2017) London, Uk - - Barratt is on track to build more homes this year than in[more...]
Small and medium sized businesses risk losing out on billions in EU funding
(qlmbusinessnews.com via uk.businessinsider.com - - Wed, 10 May, 2017) London, Uk - - LONDON – Small and medium sized businesses risk losing out on billions[more...]
John Lewis set aside £36 million for potential wage error
Roberto Herrett/Flickr (qlmbusinessnews.com via uk.reuters.com - - Tue, 9 May, 2016) London, UK - - British retailer John Lewis said it has set aside[more...]
Barclays customers given more debit cards control to crackdown on fraud
High street bank Barclays is to give its customers more control over their debit cards in an effort to crackdown on fraud. Ashok Vaswani is[more...]
Facebook deletes thousands of UK accounts to tackle fake news
(qlmbusinessnews.com via telegraph.co.uk - - Mon, 8 May, 2017) London, Uk - - Facebook has deleted thousands of UK accounts and overhauled its news feed[more...]