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The manufacturer of the world’s fastest bikes, REAP Bikes, has kickstarted a Crowdcube crowdfunding campaign alongside the most decorated Olympic cyclist ever, Sir Jason Kenny in a bid to take on the cycling industry and become the go-to brand for high performance bikes.

With the bike industry growing by 40% year on year, the Staffordshire based bike manufacturer are looking to capitalise on markets worth £1.03bn in the UK in 2020*, and an estimated €18bn in Europe**.

On the 20th of May 2019, Volodymyr Zelenskiy made international news by becoming the president of Ukraine. Most of the coverage focused on his past as a comic actor and for playing the role of the Ukrainian president in the TV series "Servant of The People".

How many brands out there are actually sustainable and not just greenwashing? Some brands simply switch their marketing to reflect the consumer desire for eco-friendly products rather than genuinely improving their processes and products to improve the sustainability of their manufacturing and supply lines.

The High Court has ruled “The Secretary of State acted unlawfully by failing to comply with the Transparency Policy” and that “there is now no dispute that, in a substantial number of cases, the Secretary of State breached his legal obligation to publish Contract Award Notices within 30 days of the award of contracts.” We have won the judicial review we brought alongside Debbie Abrahams MP, Caroline Lucas MP, and Layla Moran MP.

Brits should make the most of EU bargains this Christmas, urges ParcelHero. The international delivery expert says that the bureaucracy and red tape involved in clearing customs next year will make the UK a far less competitive market for European Union (EU) traders. It believes that this will be the case even if an 11th-hour Brexit deal means there are no new duties to pay on goods arriving from Europe.

Capital Gains Tax is a levy on any profit made upon the disposal of an asset. It is applicable to most assets when they are sold, inherited (and then sold), and even gifted. Where the seller would have once had up to 22 months to report and pay a capital gain following the sale of a Buy To Let/second property, they now have just 30 days.

The Justice Secretary, Robert Buckland, defended the Government’s controversial Internal Market Bill on the BBC’s Andrew Marr show on Sunday saying: ‘This is all about insurance planning if you like, a break-the-glass-in-an-emergency provision.’

Crisis, what crisis? The coronavirus pandemic has certainly thrown a proverbial spanner in the works for financial markets. It wasn’t that long ago stockmarkets were hitting fresh record highs. It’s all brought things down to earth rather sharpish with investors’ portfolios having taken a good old hammering with people are reassessing their investment risk appetite.