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When Rukmini Iyer moved back in with her parents during the first lockdown of 2020, she accidentally found herself with the most honest recipe testers she could have hoped for. “My mum doesn’t really hold back on constructive criticism,” the food writer and cook admits. “I think her words are, ‘If I don’t tell you, then who will?’” But that honesty came in useful, with Iyer saying it was “really helpful to get her feedback” – particularly as she used the time to writ...

Save Share A solid plan to get skilled immigration and more local experts flowing into the tech sector; clearer definitions and more regular payments of research and development incentives; fewer bureaucratic roadblocks; and a stronger embrace of science and renewable energy. These are among the items leaders in Australia’s tech and innovation industries are asking of the government ahead of Tuesday night’s federal budget. Paul Stovell of OCtopus Deploy, Atlassian’s Mike Cannon-B...

Win a copy of The Green Barbecue cookbook! By From Rukmini Iyer, the bestselling author of The Roasting Tin series, comes a brand new cookbook, and it’s set to turn barbecuing on it’s head! Forget about meat, this book is packed with 75 ultimate vegetarian and vegan recipes, all completely meat-free with over half of the recipes entirely plant-based and suitable for vegans. With quick and easy dishes to make on the grill or barbie, this fuss-free collection will delight family and friends...

Bumblebees have fascinated me since I was a child, and I’ve been studying them for 30 years, now as a professor of biology. They’re big, furry and beautiful, and their buzzing, lazy flight is the perfect soundtrack to a summer’s day. There are 26 species in the UK and it’s easy to spot six or seven in your garden or local park, provided there are flowers to attract them. You can see huge queens in early spring, followed by their smaller workers, and then males with their fluffy yellow f...

Reply A rendering of the new Square Peg in Vernon. Square Peg is expanding with seven new restaurants planned for Connecticut. (Jay Maffe/Square Peg) VERNON, CT — A Glastonbury-based restaurant that combines pizza, gourmet food and an arcade is well on its way toward expanding its culinary empire that will begin in Vernon and Enfield and extend through its current location to Orange in partnerships with several of the new and popular axe-throwing venues. When all is said and done, Square Pe...

Argyllshire Advertiser Updated: 05/05/21, 3:37 pm Celebrating a successful project, complete with new shop signs. From left: Square Peg owner Jilly Wilson, Councillor Alastair Redman, Greig MacLeod, Denise Brolly of the Sweetie Jar, contractor Donald MacDonald, Sarah Brolly of West Coast Homes and Love Dove Studio proprietor Gill Stewart. Want to read more? At the start of the pandemic in March we took the decision to make online access to our news free of charge by taking down our paywall. At ...

Aussie VCs must match ‘rockstar’ US funds or risk missing deals It took a US company to make the two largest investments in Australian venture capital history. It’s time for local VCs to fight back. Save Share When I first read about Brisbane startup Octopus Deploy’s $223 million capital raising from Insight Venture Partners, my emotions were humility and horror. So much for my deep connection to Aussie tech – I’d never even heard of them. I was only slightly conso...

(1) DUBAI, UAE, April 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- StashAway is raising $25 million USD in its Series D funding round led by Sequoia Capital India, one of the regions leading venture capital firms. StashAways existing investors, Eight Roads Ventures, the global investment firm backed by Fidelity International and early investor in Alibaba; and Square Peg, the largest venture capital fund in Australia, also participated in the round. The transaction will close in the next few months pending necessar...

StashAway, a digital wealth management startup hailing from Singapore, is raising US$25 million in a Series D funding round led by Sequoia Capital India.

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