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Food tech company poised for India launch: Scottish tech firm set to invest £2m into overseas business push

Headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland, tech firm ePOS Hybrid is planning to expand its operations overseas. The company is ready to launch its ‘all-in-one hospitality solution’ in India after planning to invest £2million over the next 3 years to facilitate its overseas ventures. It has been estimated that the company will add over a 1000 new […]

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Her Majesty The Queen laid to rest: State funeral marks the end of an era

After a momentous state funeral at the Westminster Abbey on Monday, 19 September, the world finally bid adieu to the Queen.  She has been laid to rest with her family and next to her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh at Windsor at 7.30 pm on Monday, marking the end of her tremendous journey as

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Queen Elizabeth II state funeral commences: see full timeline of events set to take place before the burial

 Image by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images Some 2,000 people attended the Queen\’s state funeral that began at 11:00 BST, in what is considered to be one of the biggest gatherings of royalty and politicians hosted in the UK for decades. According to the BBC, Members of royal families from across Europe attended the funeral. This includes

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British Asian fans pay tribute after tennis star Roger Federer announces retirement

 Image by Sky Sports Regarded by many as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Roger Federer on 15 September, announced his retirement through a sentimental audio message posted on social media. With a career spanning over 24 years, Federer played 1500 matches and won 20 Grand Slam titles. The Swiss tennis star

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India tops in receiving the largest number of UK study, work, and visit visas

Image by Mike Gimelfarb The latest UK Immigration Statistics published on 25 August show that nearly 118,000 Indian students received a Student visa in the year ending June 2022 – an 89% increase from the previous year. India has now overtaken China as the largest nationality being issued sponsored study visas in the UK. The

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Thousands queue outside the Westminster Hall to file past the Queen’s coffin

Image By WPA/Getty Images Her Majesty The Queen’s coffin left Buckingham Palace for the last time on Wednesday, 14 September and is now open for to the public to pay their last respects at the Westminster Hall. The Queen’s lying in state will continue for the next four days with tens of thousands of people

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New report finds British Muslims reduced to ‘second-class’ as racist citizenship removal powers introduced

image by Rex Features/Independent Institute of Race Relations, a London-based thinktank, has released a report that says the powers that allowed citizenship to be removed without notice led to the creation of a lesser form of citizenship. This citizen-stripping power, introduced in the UK in 2002, affects mainly the Muslim community in Britain putting them

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PEOPLE OF SCOTLAND PAY RESPECT TO THE QUEEN

Image by Murdo McLeod/The Guardian Thousands of tearful mourners came out to view Queen Elizabeth\’s coffin this morning as queues remained lengthy overnight, with the people of Scotland paying their last respects at St Giles\’ Cathedral. The coffin of the UK’s longest serving monarch will return to London today with the Queen\’s only daughter, Princess Anne, to accompany her late

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PM Liz Truss and PM Narendra Modi discuss bilateral ties between the UK and India

Image by The Quint India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to the newly elected Prime Minister of the UK, Liz Truss, last week to futher strengthen strategic ties between both the nations, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). MEA said in a statement, “PM Modi congratulated PM Truss on assuming the office of

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King Charles III pays tribute to his mother, the late Queen, at the Westminster Hall

Image by Henry Nicholls/PA/The Guardian King Charles III, who was officially proclaimed as the King of the United Kingdom by the Accession Council over the weekend, has paid tribute to his mother at a ceremony in Parliament. The new monarch heard the formal condolences in speeches addressed by the Speakers of the Commons and Lords today

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