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Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020 Titan today announces the final results for the year to 31 December 2020 as below. These results were approved by the Board of Directors on 23 April 2021. You may view the Annual Report in full at  www.octopusinvestments.com shortly. All other statutory information will also be found there. Octopus Titan VCT plc (‘Titan’ or ‘the Company’) is a venture capital trust (‘VCT’) which aims to provide shareholders with attrac...

Appear Here Appear Here, a startup that lets businesses rent retail space, lost thousands of bookings when the pandemic first hit. CEO Ross Bailey told Insider how the company adapted and that COVID-19 has "accelerated what was inevitable" in the retail industry. Because of his work, Insider added Bailey to our annual list of the 10 leaders transforming retail in Europe. . When COVID-19 forced high-streets and stores to shut and governments ordered people to stay a...

Ethical jeweller Jessica Warch reveals inspiration behind her business Florence Scordoulis For The Daily Mail © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo Jessica Warch co-founded sustainable jewellery company Kimai with Sidney Neuhaus in November 2018. They are both 27, and live in London. I’ve known Sidney for more than 20 years. We grew up in Antwerp, Belgium, where our parents worked as diamond traders. I dreamt of one day working in this business. However, at 18, Sidney an...

By Debika Ray2021-01-19T05:00:00+00:00 With the impact of the pandemic expected to last for years, retailers and shoppers will be adjusting to changes long after covid has been contained. Continuing our series on rethinking design in the wake of the pandemic, Debika Ray reports on what we can expect Source: John Sturrock Rethinking design series: Retail It has become a cliché to say that the covid-19 pandemic has exposed underlying weaknesses in our economic model and accelerated existing ch...

December 17th 2020 15:12 The ongoing impact of Covid-19 combined with high rents and operating costs – which, this year, has often outweighed revenue – means that many retailers have been forced to rethink the role of brick-and-mortar stores. According to McKinsey predictions, Europe is likely to see an 8 to 13% decline in offline retail sales in 2021, while the US will likely see a drop of 22 to 27% compared to 2019 levels. Instead of considering the value of stores in the context of ‘...

By Susan Freeman2020-12-17T00:00:00+00:00 My recording studio locked down in March, so the Propertyshe podcast series continued digitally. My aim is to capture the thoughts and aspirations of key influencers. Each guest has been an inspiration. Below are some of the highlights. Pre-lockdown, I interviewed Dror Poleg, whose award winning book Rethinking Real Estate pinpointed key trends. Talking about a ‘tectonic shift’ he said: “Almost anything that is happening in retail I think will a...