A surge in demand for smartphones and tablets failed to power up profits at Imagination Technologies, the company behind the graphics chips for iPads and iPhones

Inital launch in the US market will begin by the end of this month to be followed by a full roll-out in the autumn.

Regulation is a word hated by businesses that find themselves tangled in an ever-increasing mess of red tape – both imported and home grown. But for Lombard Risk, the market leader in bank regulatory reporting software, it is a positive boon

The crowd sourcing group will use its recent funding round to cement it first mover positon in the UK's s-commerce market and to build its presence overseas.

blur Group has raised £7.6 million in an oversubscibed placing to accelerate the use of its global s-commerce platform, it said.