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................................................................ Once statewide vaccinations got underway, people started trickling back in. As of late June, about 50 people were renting space again. And now, with the state’s full economic reopening on July 1, FatPipe is set for a new surge in activity. “Things are definitely picking up,” Adkins said. “Things are really flowing again.” Like FatPipe, New Mexico’s myriad entrepreneurial programs, startup accelerators, newly launched b...

The day got off to an auspicious start at the opening of World Travel Market (WTM) 2013 with the first of two Speed Networking events aimed at introducing exhibitors to the right buyers for their busi The day got off to an auspicious start at the opening of World Travel Market (WTM) 2013 with the first of two Speed Networking events aimed at introducing exhibitors to the right buyers for their businesses. Beginning on Monday, November 4, the event clearly was honing in on business as its major ...

Morrisons needs a Stuart Rose. Chairman Andy Higginson and the board allowed themselves to be sweet-talked into accepting the bid from Softbank and Koch Retail-backed Fortress with loose commitments to maintain Ken Morrison’s legacy. Instead, they could have repelled the swarming private equity bidders and made the case for the Bradford-based supermarket group to go it alone. As fine and dandy as that may be, Higginson and chief executive David Potts (both Tesco exiles) decided that public to...

Former British prime minister Gordon Brown has spoken of his deep-seated desire to drag the United Kingdom back into the European Union.

Catch up with the former White House Communications Director and founder of SkyBridge Capital

US food giant Kraft is buying Cadbury for £11.5bn after Cadbury’s board approved a new increased bid for the confectionery business. The Cadbury board has recommended shareholders accept Kraft’s new offer of 840p a share, which values the company at

REX earnings call for the period ending April 30, 2021.

Efforts to transform the company don’t end there. It has renewed its attempts to compete better online with the likes of Next by putting its digital operations under the control of a new unit, MS2. The unit has the autonomy and clout within the organisation to act more like a “pure play” online retailer and less as an adjunct to the store estate – but is still able to use the shops as logistical support for the dispatch of online orders, supplementing its dedicated distribution centres,...

Last modified on Wed 5 May 2021 07.11 EDT The government has been urged to publish details of up to £2bn in Covid-19 contracts awarded to private healthcare companies, including some that have helped fund the Conservative party. Contracts to provide extra capacity during the pandemic have been handed to 17 firms since March 2020. The NHS has said enlisting independent hospitals helped add 6,500 beds, freeing space to treat Covid-19 patients and allowing elective procedures to continue. But t...

19th April 2021 EG Group, the forecourt operator whose billionaire founders recently acquired Asda, has bought healthy fast-food chain Leon for £100m. Founded in 2004, Leon tapped into demand for healthier food, growing to a total of 71 company-owned and franchised restaurants, mainly across the southeast of England and a handful of European countries. However, the business, which generated sales of £115m in 2019, launched a restructuring plan at the end of last year to help it survive th...