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Yahoo Finance UK G4S looks beyond small change in cash revolution Yahoo Finance UK By Elisabeth O'Leary. EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Global security and cash management firm G4S <GFS.L> expects notes and coins to drive its business, even as their usage falls in favour of electronic transactions around the world. Although data compiled by ... Britain's G4S looks beyond small change in cash revolutionReuters all 1 news articles » View the full article

The Economist Amazon is not the only threat to legacy post offices The Economist Posting a letter from London to Edinburgh cost an average daily wage. In 1840, after a proposal by Rowland Hill, an inventor, Britain launched the Penny Post, the world's first universal mail service. The state-run post office was given a mail monopoly ... and more » View the full article

CityMetric How did China fall in love with dockless bikeshare? CityMetric Cycling was understood as a symbol of Maoist China; owning a car became an achievable symbol of affluence. Today, though, the bikes are coming back to China's streets. Chinese bicycle sharing companies Mobike and Ofo rank among the country's most ... and more » View the full article

CityMetric Claude Monet is best remembered for his landscapes. But the ... CityMetric Say the name Claude Monet and anyone with a vague clue about art thinks of country landscapes and gardens. It wasn't just water lily ponds that tickled the fancy of this founder of French impressionist painting, though: Monet was also moved to paint ... and more » View the full article

Tnooz China is becoming the main event in travel tech Tnooz It is relatively under the radar outside China, despite the fact that its strategic investments and technology partnerships with Grab, Lyft, Ola, Uber, 99, Taxify, and Careem give it access to 80% of the world's population. As Ctrip's move into this ... View the full article

Uber Is Adding New Safety Features for Passengers Condé Nast TravelerView the full article

Wired.co.uk Tuesday briefing: Scammers are exploiting civil rights movements with fake Facebook pages Wired.co.uk Could they be set for a comeback? The popularity of Edinburgh's trams suggests a renaissance in the making. The network opened in 2014, delayed by three years and millions over budget, but it's partly made up for that by posting a profit two years ... View the full article

Uber swoops in for US electric bike hire service Jump www.businessgreen.comUber has agreed to acquire US electric bike hire company Jump Bikes, the tech giant's CEO Dara Khosrowshahi revealed yesterday, as the expanding global ... View the full article

Uber Eats announces Edinburgh expansion Edinburgh NewsView the full article

Uber Eats announces Edinburgh expansion Edinburgh NewsView the full article

Uber to buy dockless e-bike hire firm Jump Bikes road.ccUber has agreed to buy dockless e-bike hire firm Jump Bikes, with the company saying that its goal is to help people around the world choose the best means of ... View the full article

Trams are great for city transport – why doesn't the UK have more? Wired.co.ukThe UK used to be covered in trams, with networks in virtually every city and town, but now just eight (or six, depending on what you include) British metro areas ... View the full article

Arrival of Uber forces famously surly Paris taxi drivers to take etiquette lessons The TelegraphThe “godfather” of Parisian taxis has offered hundreds of cabbies free politeness lessons, conceding that the controversial arrival of Uber and other minicab ... View the full article

Uber pads out UK board as battle for London licence continues Insider.co.ukUber has appointed two big hitters to its UK board, including a former British Gas executive, as the ride hailing firm battles to keep its *service* running in London. View the full article

UKTN YouTube HQ shooting, Uber gets a London rival, Spotify FINALLY IPOs and more in The Week in Tech UKTN Product update from Skyscanner. TravelTech giant Skyscanner, based in Edinburgh, has expanded its offering to include a train booking feature. The UK tech unicorn, bought by Ctrip in December 2016 for £1.4bn, has partnered with Trip.com, which will ... Spotify jumps after analyst calls the music streaming service one of the best deals on the internetCNBC all 128 news articles » View the full article

Evening Standard TECH TRACKER LIVE: Facebook says 87 million users improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica Evening Standard Ross Stupart, partner at RSM in Edinburgh, said: "These figures show very clearly that despite the fears of a post-referendum slowdown, Scotland's tech sector is growing at a healthy rate." Stupart added that reasons for the growth included the key ... and more » View the full article

The Scotsman Nick Freer: Character is the tree, PR reputation the shadow The Scotsman Values drive culture and problem children of the digital economy like Uber illustrate that a faulty moral compass can lead to dangerous waters. Some of these issues were discussed at a fireside chat between FutureX's Bruce Walker and Galvanise Capital ... View the full article

The Independent Hillhead Bookclub brunch review: Ignore the pretentions and let the food do the talking The Independent Glasgow's brunch scene has become something of a spectacle, with bistros and pubs offering a no-frills experience in comparison to Edinburgh's boujee favourites like eggs benedict, shakshuka and mimosas. Hillhead Bookclub in the city's West End is no ... View the full article

Express.co.uk National Minimum Wage 2018 UK: How much wages will increase by on April 1 this year Express.co.uk Broken down, this works out to equivalent to £50 a month, or 33p extra an hour. Minimum wage for those aged 16-24 is also rising, and pay for apprentices is going up by 20p an hour. Hammond's minimum wage increase is linked to a Tory pledge to deliver ... and more » View the full article

'I would get an Uber from The Priory to the theatre' - Deliciously Stella tells Bryony Gordon about her secret breakdown The TelegraphBella Younger had tens of thousands of followers on Instagram, a blossoming career as an Instagrammer and comic, and an Edinburgh Fringe show on the ... View the full article

Telegraph.co.uk 'I would get an Uber from The Priory to the theatre' - Deliciously Stella tells Bryony Gordon about her secret breakdown Telegraph.co.uk Bella Younger had tens of thousands of followers on Instagram, a blossoming career as an Instagrammer and comic, and an Edinburgh Fringe show on the horizon, when she found herself in the throes of a breakdown so severe she ended up being admitted to ... View the full article

Nvidia suspends self-driving tests after Uber accident Computerworld Australia Chipmaker Nvidia has revealed it has suspended self-driving tests across the globe, a week after an Uber Technologies Inc autonomous vehicle hit and killed a woman crossing the street in Arizona. "Ultimately, autonomous vehicles will be far safer than ... and more » View the full article

Royal Gazette New account director for advertising agency Royal Gazette Many traditional agencies just look to produce yet another standard campaign of TV, radio and print. However, Uber Super Duper looks for original solutions that are right for the client whether that's an animation, mural, branding, social media content ... View the full article

AOL UK The cheapest and most expensive cities to take a taxi in the UK - AOL AOL UK Coventry has topped the charts of a recent survey comparing taxi prices across the country. The analysis, undertaken by private number plate sales firm Regtransfers.co.uk, analysed the price of multiple journeys in black cabs across Britain's 25 ... and more » View the full article

Royal Gazette New account director for advertising agency | The Royal Gazette ... Royal Gazette A Bermuda advertising agency has hired a new account director.Lucy Russell has joined the team at Uber Super Duper, based in Hamilton.Ms Russell. and more » View the full article