There are not many people who have become multimillionaires as a direct result of misbehaving at school, but Jack Cator is one of them.
Category: News Wire
Daily feed of the best news affecting your small and medium sized business SME / SMB from media and websites in Britain and across the world
888 comes to the £1bn online party
888 Holdings will lay its cards on the table today by declaring its intention to make a bid for its larger online gambling rival Bwin.party digital entertainment and challenge the £1 billion offer made by GVC Holdings last week.
Top bosses urge George Osborne to slash spending
Institute of Directors calls for Chancellor to support fiscal consolidation through spending cuts
Osborne calls emergency July budget to give working people election promises
The chancellor has said he wanted to make a start delivering on the commitments made in the Conservative party manifesto and pledged that his package would be a budget for “working people”
Lloyds & KPMG accused over SME insolvency
Lloyds and KPMG have been accused in a legal battle of colluding in an “insolvency club” to engineer the decline of a successful business at the expense of its director and creditors.
SMEs welcome telecoms watchdog sinking its teeth into BT
Businesses should benefit from dramatically improved broadband after Ofcom proposed that BT open up its fibre-optic cables to its rivals.
Carl Icahn heats up taxi war investing $100m in Uber rival $2.5bn valued Lyft
The well-known activist investor Carl Icahn has made a massive investment in underdog taxi hailing startup Lyft through his Icahn Enterprises
Meet the South African billionaire buying Britain’s high street
If you spend any money on a British high street in the coming months, there’s a good chance you’ll be giving some of your cash to a billionaire you’ve never heard of.
Osborne could sell entire taxpayer stake of Lloyds in 12 months
Lord Blackwell says it is “possible” that Treasury’s 20pc stake could be sold in the next year
SABMiller buys London craft brewer Meantime
Drinks giant SABMiller has agreed to acquire Meantime Brewing Company, a London-based craft brewer.
Avon shares soar 20% after mystery firm files improbable bid
Cosmetics company denies receiving $18.75-a-share offer – three times its market value – from ‘buyer’ that does not appear to exist
EU poll should take place ‘as soon as necessary’, says Bank of England chief
Mark Carney says prospect of referendum is stoking business uncertainty, which could hurt economy if firms put off investment plans
25 ridiculous phrases at work
Listen Ray, I don’t have the bandwidth for it with everything that’s on my plate, but ping me anyway because at the end of the day it’s on my radar and I don’t want to be thrown under the bus because I didn’t circle back around on this no-brainer.
Most startups will never be unicorns–and that’s OK
It’s ludicrously easy for Uber and other billion-dollar startups to raise money. But it’s still incredibly difficult for nearly anyone else.
German economy slows by more than expected
Germany’s economy slowed by more than expected in the first three months of the year, official figures have shown, growing by just 0.3%.