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Holland & Barrett Sold for £1.8bn to Russian Billionaire

Holland & Barrett, the UK’s biggest health food retailer, is being bought by a Russian billionaire for £1.8bn. L1 Retail, a fund controlled by Mikhail Fridman, is buying the chain from US private equity firm Carlyle. Carlyle acquired Nuneaton-based Holland & Barrett...

ROI of Around 400% in Year 1, and 900% Each Subsequent Year

The Customer Story Woolley & Co, are a National Family Law Firm, headquartered in Warwick, UK. They have one of the largest family law teams in the country, collectively with over 300 years’ legal experience. They also rely almost 100% on...

Hard Work

“Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” – Stephen King We’ve heard it since childhood.  We’ve heard it from parents, teachers, and friends…“You just have to stick to...

Standard Life And Aberdeen Asset Management Merger Gets The Green Light from Competition Watchdog

The Competition and Markets Authority has given green light to merger The transaction is currently expected to complete on 14 August 2017 Merger will create Europe’s second-biggest fund manager, with £670bn  Britain’s competition watchdog has given the green light to the £11billion merger...

How Customer Conversations Make or Break CMO Careers

Customers are the life and blood of today’s businesses. The Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) is the champion of these VIPs, and in this role they must facilitate continuous, two-way conversations, both on a personal and professional level. Failing to do...

HSBC Unveils Massive Multi-billion Pound Funding Pot for London SMEs

HSBC has announced that over one-fifth of its recently announced £10bn fund for UK SMEs will go to small and medium-sized businesses in the capital. According to the bank, £2.1bn of its massive SME fund will be utilised to help support...

PayPal Has A New Weapon in The P2P Payments Battle

This story was delivered to BI Intelligence “Payments Briefing” subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. PayPal began piloting an instant cash-out offering for its peer-to-peer (P2P) payment offerings, including Venmo, according to TechCrunch. The service, which is currently in...

Gate One and RHP – Improving Lives by Improving Digital Experience

Gate One’s team led the pioneering initiative for Richmond Housing Partnership (RHP) to be the first digital-only housing service in the UK; an industry first, which improved the lives of housing tenants and delivered significant efficiencies. Thanks to this initiative, Gate...

Queen’s Speech: Bill to Secure UK Space Sector

A government plan to secure growth in the UK’s £13.7bn space industry is laid out in the Queen’s Speech. The stated purpose of the new Bill is to make the UK the most attractive place in Europe for commercial space –...

Tesco Home Deliveries Hit by Computer Glitch

Thousands of Tesco customers have had home deliveries cancelled as a result of a computer glitch that is affecting services nationwide. A spokesperson for the supermarket said that up to 10% of customer orders had been affected. Many customers took to social...