Just Eat plans £100m London Stock Exchange floatation
Just Eat plans to raise £100m from listing its shares on the London Stock Exchange, as the online takeaway service looks to expand its platform to more markets.
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CBI demands lower course fees to tackle science skills shortage
UK business trade body CBI is calling for action to make careers in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) more attractive and easier to access.
Global ad spending by medium: Internet gets 1 in 5 ad dollars
In 2013, the internet passed newspapers to become the world’s second-largest ad medium, behind TV, according to this chart from ZenithOptimedia.
Candy Crush developer to float on stock market for UK record of $7.6bn
Games studio King Digital will become Britain’s most valuable publicly listed internet company after being priced at $7.6bn ahead of its IPO.
New video metric ‘Average Viewability Percentage’ comes to UK
A new video ad metric quanifying visibility has launched in the UK, letting brand advertisers see how much of their video ads are in-view and for how long.
Two-thirds of marketers ‘now using automation techniques’
Almost three quarters (71%) of marketers re using some form of marketing automation to their advantage, to increase ROI and glean increased insights into marketing campaigns, according to new research.
Mobile ad revenue ‘to overtake newspapers in 2014’
UK mobile advertising revenue is forecast to overtake newspaper ad revenue in the UK in 2014 for the first time, according to new research.
UK Govt invests £73m in ‘Internet of Things’ research
David Cameron has invested £73m in a government fund to research the Internet of Things, claiming the concept to spur a ‘new industrial revolution’.
Business training game turns players into CEOs
A new business training game, ‘Planet Jockey’ has gone live, with the aim of helping players understand the key pressures of being in charge of a FTSE 100 company.
Right to reply: Pregnancy Advice fine shows the true cost of hacking
Last week, the British Pregnancy Advice Service was fined £200,000 after a serious breach of the Data Protection Act revealed thousands of people’s details to a malicious hacker. In this right to reply article, two security experts offer their advice on how to tackle the growing threat of cyber crimes.