Government launches £7m fund to bring digital access to rural communities
<?xml encoding="utf-8" ??>The government has unveiled a £7 million fund to support the most remote areas in the UK and provide them with better access to wireless networks which will support the government’s wider mission of growing the rural economy. The
BrewDog boss invests £1M of his own money between all finalists in next unicorn competition
<?xml encoding="utf-8" ??>BrewDog co-founder and CEO James Watt has announced that all five finalists of his Next Unicorn competition will each be taking home a share of his £1million investment – backing an extra two firms who expected to miss out at the
SG Kleinwort Hambros launches dedicated team for entrepreneurs
<?xml encoding="utf-8" ??>SG Kleinwort Hambros (SGKH) has today announced the creation of a new, dedicated Entrepreneurs Group, served by a team of senior bankers led by Rob Woodthorpe Browne. This service led and customised proposition is primarily targeted at established private
Philippine inflation slowest in a year
PHILIPPINE STAR/WALTER BOLLOZOSBy Keisha B. Ta-asan, ReporterPHILIPPINE inflation cooled for a fourth straight month in May to the lowest in a year as food and transport prices eased, the local statistics agency said on Tuesday, giving the central bank room
Marcos approves export industry blueprint
philstarBy Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza, ReporterPRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. has approved the blueprint for the Philippine export industry, days after its membership in the world’s biggest free trade agreement took effect, according to the Trade department.Under the Philippine Export
Nomura sees increased Philippine infra projects
President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. (left) and Transportation Secretary Jaime J. Bautista led the groundbreaking ceremony for the Ortigas and Shaw Boulevard stations of the Metro Manila Subway Project Phase 1, Oct. 3. — COURTESY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONINFRASTRUCTURE
US public sees no clear winner in debt ceiling deal
PEXELS-JOHN GUCCIONEWASHINGTON — Neither US President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.’s Democrats nor Republicans in Congress emerged as a clear winner in the battle to raise the $31.4-trillion debt ceiling, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.The survey, conducted after Congress passed a
Get It Made launches new fund to champion women in innovation
<?xml encoding="utf-8" ??>London-based manufacturing specialist, Get It Made, has launched a new 2023 grant to support the potential of women in innovation and to boost the growth of female employment within UK industry. To mark International Women in Engineering Day on
Beyond the Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museums says ‘We are much more’
VATICAN CITY — Barbara Jatta, the first woman to head the Vatican Museums, wants visitors to avoid being suffocated by the crowds and take in the lesser-known — but spectacular — attractions she helps to oversee. The Vatican Museums, a
A Filipino classic comes home
1 of 2BOOK REVIEWBut for the LoversBy Wilfrido D. NolledoExploding Galaxies, 440 ppTHE DAY I hunkered down to read the new and ridiculously overdue Philippine edition of Wilfrido Nolledo’s “lost” masterpiece But for the Lovers was the day of the