Month: June 2020
Strongest ever online growth for store retailers as High Street re-opens
Online retail sales growth continued to soar by 41.3% Year-on-Year (YoY) during the week commencing June 14 (the week non-essential stores reopened) Even as bricks & mortar stores began trading once more, the amount spent that week was still 1.8% higher than the week previous Despite the re-opening of their physical outlets, multichannel retail sales…
UK trials for e-scooter rental to start this weekend
Government paves way for trials of e-scooter rentals to start as lockdown restrictions eased Fast-tracked trials will test devices' safety, green credentials and ability to reduce traffic New regulations allowing trials of rental e-scooters will come into force on Saturday, Transport Minister Rachel Maclean has announced. The first trials are expected to begin the following…
More than half British workers have transformed bedrooms into offices
More than half of workers have transformed their bedrooms into makeshift offices during lockdown, according to a new poll. The survey of 2,000 adults who are working from home examined how they have adapted after offices were forced to close in March. More than half (54 per cent) of those questioned by Premier Inn say…
Calling All Pathfinders: Never Lose Your Way Again With These Dice
Whether you are a fan of Pathfinder, D&D, or other tabletop RPG games, you will understand the importance of having quality dice in your kit. The dice you use determines your path throughout the game, and they can either cause great success or disastrous consequences, depending on how you roll them. Although we all know…
Brits sitting on £16.5 billion in UNUSED gadgets
Brits are sitting on unused gadgets worth £16.5 billion – and it could DROP in value by £3.5 billion over the next year. Researchers found the typical adult has a staggering £598 worth of superfluous gadgets - simply collecting dust and cluttering their homes. But during the past year, smart phones, computers, tablets, games consoles…
Doro partners with Sky Mobile
Doro, the leading global supplier of telecommunication solutions for seniors, has partnered with UK telecoms provider, Sky Mobile. This partnership will see Sky Mobile customers, including senior users, gain access to Doro’s inclusive technology. Two new phones are launching on the Sky Mobile network: Doro 7030 and Doro 8050. The Doro 7030 is available via Sky Mobile…
Mobile users turn to yoga apps to de-stress during lockdown
Mobile users turned to calming yoga, recipe and painting-by-numbers apps as stress and anxiety levels rose during the lockdown period, with use soaring by almost half (45%, 45% and 44% respectively), according to new research from Uswitch.com, the comparison and switching service. Reading and audiobook apps such as Kindle and Audible saw their use rise…
Half of Peugeot range will be full electric or hybrid
Peugeot is to launch either a full electric (BEV) or a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) powertrain across half of its range over the next six months, alongside PureTech petrol and BlueHDi diesel versions. By 2023, all models within the PEUGEOT range will have an electrified variant with electrified powertrains on over half of its model range…
Jaguar Land Rover to supply wireless taxis to Oslo
Jaguar Land Rover has agreed to support the City of Oslo with the world's first high-powered wireless electric taxis. In a programme known as ‘ElectriCity’, it will join Nordic taxi operator Cabonline (NorgesTaxi AS), the region’s largest charge point operator Fortum Recharge, US technology developer Momentum Dynamics and the City of Oslo to build wireless,…
Three in five Brits fear autonomous AI, claims poll
People fear the idea of artificial intelligence (AI) acting without human assistance, new research by Fountech.ai has revealed. The AI firm commissioned an independent survey among 2,000 UK adults to uncover their perceptions towards AI. It found that the majority (61%) of Brits are concerned by the idea of AI systems being able to function…