Apple’s new Focus feature in iOS 15 lets you set up your device to help you stay focused on a single task. Focus accomplishes this by filtering notifications based on your current activity. You can customize Focus modes to specific…
Appreciation for the Ideal Contract Manufacturing Relationship
Working with the ideal contract manufacturer has a wide range of benefits. The right CM is capable of foreseeing a wide range of potential issues that could arise from the manufacturing process and the needs of the customer and can…
What To Consider When Picking Internal Communication Tools
Do you need to pick or change the existing internal communication tools in your business or organization? Well, you should know the constants that should remain in place. As your organization changes, your internal communications methods should change too. With…
Getting to Know You: The Directors of Camp Wahanowin, Toronto, Ontario
Tucked away on the shores of Lake Couchiching in the Canadian wilderness outside of Orillia, Ontario (just a short drive from Toronto), Camp Wahanowin is a co-educational residential camp for children ages 6-16. Each year, hundreds of kids from far…
British farmers call for summit on worsening pig-cull crisis
The national pig herd has lost-one tenth of all sows over the last six months, farmers’ associations have revealed, after breeders were forced into a massive cull caused by a shortage of labour in abattoirs. The National Farmers’ Union president,…
10 Advantages of Setting Up a Limited Company
Are you looking for a new business idea? Do you want to start your own business? Then, forming a limited company might be an excellent opportunity for you. A limited company (or “private limited company”) is a separate legal entity…
EasyJet lands £2.2bn Covid loss after Christmas in red
EasyJet plunged £213 million into the red in the Christmas quarter and is still burning through £150 million in cash each month, putting its Covid-19 losses at £2.2 billion. The short-haul European airline, the second largest behind Ryanair with more…
Smart home heating startup Boxt raises £20m
Boxt, a UK smart home heating startup that provides an “Uber-style” service for fitting boilers, electric vehicle chargers and air conditioning, has raised £20m in a funding round led by infrastructure investor Brookfield. Leeds-based Boxt will use the capital injection…
UK-based fintech Everything aims to reinvent premium bonds with €2m raise
UK-based fintech Everything has raised €2m (£1.67m) to reinvent a decades-old financial product: premium bonds. The raise was led by a group of angel investors, including Merama co-founder and CEO Sujay Tyle, along with Frontier Car Group founders Peter Lindholm…
Carbon offset ratings provider Sylvera scoops £24m funding
Sylvera, a UK-based startup that provides ratings for carbon offsets, has raised $32.6m (£24.1m) in a Series A funding round to accelerate and expand its service. It brings Sylvera’s total funding raised to date to $39.5m (£29.2m). Founded in 2020,…