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Bargain fares on Australia’s most popular routes are on offer today for as low as $29 as three airlines fight for supremacy in the skies.

UK farmers could soon be growing haricot beans >More in © University of Warwick UK farmers could soon be growing haricot beans used to manufacture baked beans thanks to a new initiative between an agronomy company and a university, offering growers a valuable new break crop. Developed by scientists at the University of Warwick, three bean varieties have been bred to suit the UK growing climate, with the aim to increase UK food productio...

This morning Ramp, a startup that competes in the corporate spend market, announced that it has secured a $150 million debt facility with Goldman Sachs. Ramp previously raised a $30 million Series B in late December 2020, after raising a $23 million Series A earlier in the same year. TechCrunch spoke with Ramp co-founder and […]

The Port of Felixstowe is a major part of the Freeport East bid - Credit: Adam Boughey A tax-free port in East Anglia could be the “silver bullet” the region’s economy needs to close the gap on the rest of the country, according to man behind the project. It is estimated that a freeport in the East would create 13,500 jobs and secure up to £650million of investment for the region. Freeports are exempt from import taxes on goods coming into the area which are not destined for the UK – e...

UK farmers may soon be growing new variants of haricot beans on a commercial scale, helping reduce food miles by ending imports from North America and Africa.

Airline Ratings A Downunder fare war has erupted with upstart REX flexing its wings with $49 fares on one of the world’s busiest routes from Sydney to Melbourne. That deal has been immediately matched by Virgin Australia, which says it has “raised the bar even higher – matching some of the lowest airfares in the market – complete with checked-baggage, seat selection, double Velocity Points on eligible bookings and of course, our award-winning service.” A Virgin spokesperso...

The debt financing was facilitated in part by Srinath Srinivasan, a Goldman alum who joined Ramp last November.

SLAs, SLOs, SLIs. If there’s one thing everybody in the business of managing software development loves, it’s acronyms. And while everyone probably knows what a Service Level Agreement (SLA) is, Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Service Level Indicators (SLIs) may not be quite as well known. The idea, though, is straightforward, with SLOs being the […]

Nobl9 Secures $21 Million in Series B Funding; Flagship SLO Platform Enters GA Led by Battery and CRV, the round green lights go-to-market and engineering expansion for the first infrastructure operations platform focused on the fast-growing market for SLO management. News provided by Share this article SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --  Nobl9, the software reliability platform company, has secured $21 million in Series B funding and launched its flagship product to define th...

SoftBank Group Corp (OTC: SFTBY) is planning to launch two more SPACs. What Happened: The two SPACs aim to raise a total of $550 million in their IPOs, Reuters reported, citing regulatory filings. SVF Investment Corp 2 would offer 20 million shares and warrants, and SVF Investment Corp 3 would... Read More...