Category: Digital Experience

TripAdvisor Teams Up With Deliveroo

Restaurant delivery service Deliveroo is to be incorporated into TripAdvisor listings in cities across 12 countries, thanks to a partnership between the two firms. Customers will be able to access Deliveroo by clicking “order online” within TripAdvisor. The scheme will connect more...

Who’s Afraid of $5 Branding? – The Future of the Creative Industry in the Age of Automation

Those of us in the branding industry have seen several emerging trends that appear destined to integrate permanently into the way we do business. These trends are as far-reaching and diverse as businesses embracing purposeful brand activism, to the ever-growing...

Seedrs & Nutmeg Partner with Fidor Bank on Fintech Marketplace

Seedrs has announced that it will be the sole equity finance provider in a new partnership with Fidor Bank, a challenger bank that launched in the UK back in 2015. Nutmeg, an online wealth manager, will also be joining Seedrs on Fidor’s new marketplace. The...

‘Not Just The Digital Czar’: How The Role of Chief Digital Officer Has Evolved

Two years ago, Charlie Cole became Tumi’s first chief digital officer, charged with bringing a digital mindset to the organisation and working with marketing, merchandising, creative and distribution on a comprehensive digital strategy. Cole now leads a digital team of over 20 people that reports to the CEO...

New £20M Government Investment in Smarter Transport And Energy

Money will help develop “electric vehicles capable of returning electricity to the grid”, promises the government The government plans to take a big step forward with its Industrial Strategy and create a smarter energy system with a number of so-called “vehicle-to-grid projects” to...

This Robo-advisor for Digital Mortgages Has Been Backed by GoCompare

Robo-advisors are all the rage at the moment and claim to be able to help you manage everything from your investments to your savings and cash flow. Now, a service that is touted as being the ‘world’s first’ digital mortgage robo-advisor,...

How to Grow Your Text Message Opt-Ins

While channels such as web and email remain popular, there’s one communication channel that continues to spectacularly outperform every other channel when it comes to driving retail traffic with immediate engagement. That channel is sending a mobile text message via...

Monzo’s Outage Shows How FinTech Upstarts Are Still at The Teething Stage

Payments to and from some of the buzziest names in UK FinTech were briefly down yesterday (Thursday) morning as the likes of Monzo, Starling Bank, Revolut, Loot and Curve suffered knock-on effects from an outage at one of their technology...

5G Experts Given £16m Backing to Propel Britain to Forefront of Mobile Technology

A world-class 5G technology test network will aim to put Britain at the forefront of the next wave of mobile technology, according to the government, potentially injecting up to £173bn to the economy by 2030. Experts from 5G research institutions at...

Three Hotly-tipped Healthtech Startups Selected for Pfizer’s London Hub

The first cohort for pharma giant Pfizer’s inaugural Healthcare Hub London programme has been announced with three hotly-tipped startups set to benefit guidance and advice from Pfizer’s internal and industry experts. On-demand care provider Cera, prescription app Echo and Give Vision,...