Investment levels in the UK remain among the lowest of the world’s richest nations, posing a significant challenge to economic growth, according to the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR). The centre-left think tank highlighted that the UK’s total investment is “significantly” behind the nearest competitor in the G7 groupContinue Reading
A significant technological breakthrough in electric car batteries could ease the range anxiety that has hindered the wider adoption of electric vehicles (EVs). TDK, a company historically known for its cassette tapes, has developed a solid-state battery with an energy density 100 times that of its previous models. Initially, TDKContinue Reading
The PGA Tour Policy Board has green-lit a new “Lifetime Achievement exemption category” which was designed for golfing legend Tiger Woods. The chance enables Woods to participate in all eight signature tournaments of the tour for the rest of his career, each of which has substantial prize money and limitedContinue Reading
Cardiff-based start-up Space Forge, aiming to launch robotic factories into space, has secured funding from Nato’s $1.1bn (£870m) investment fund. Space Forge plans to utilise low-gravity conditions in space to manufacture crystals for advanced microchips, new medicines, and super-alloys. These satellites, designed to be the world’s first reusable orbiting factories,Continue Reading
Octopus Energy, the UK’s largest electricity supplier, has announced plans to invest $2 billion in renewable energy projects across the United States by the end of the decade. The company has initiated its expansion by acquiring two solar farms from Vesper Energy, a US-based renewable energy developer, located in PennsylvaniaContinue Reading
Lab-grown burgers and cricket salads could be meal staples by 2054, according to a study. The next 30 years will see consumers turn increasingly to laboratory-grown meat cultured from animal tissues – with the potential to reduce emissions, land use and water consumption, researchers from University of York-based FixOurFood programmeContinue Reading
I have only caused a Twitter cancellation once in my life. It’s something I find mildly embarrassing to remember – me, the uppity twentysomething, drunk on the power of my smartphone – but, in my defence, it was a different time. A time when casting around for things to beContinue Reading
Children who go to private school or a Russell Group university may have better health in mid-life, research suggests. A new study found that, by age 46, those who went to private school were more likely to be a healthy weight, have lower blood pressure and perform better on oneContinue Reading
Red Bull star Sergio Perez has blamed teammate Max Verstappen for making him look worse than he actually is. The Mexican is currently sitting in fifth place in the Drivers’ Championship, though he remains an almighty 86 points behind his Dutch teammate. Perez has underwhelmed in his last three GrandContinue Reading
The billionaire founder of Phones4U who donated £500,000 to the Tory party in 2019 has switched his support to Labour in a fresh blow to Rishi Sunak’s stuttering election campaign. John Caudwell has said he will be voting for Labour citing his amazement at Sir Keir Starmer’s transformation of theContinue Reading
