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Truss secures investment from FIGR Ventures

UK-based resale fashion tech start-up Truss, which is looking to revolutionise the fashion industry by powering resale with AI-enabled data infrastructure, has secured 300,000 pounds in investment from FIGR Ventures. In a statement, Truss said with the new 300,000-pound capital it has also secured critical match-funding to activate a 1.1 million...

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Fashion

Petit Pli expands face mask production following Sustainable Innovation Fund grant

Petit Pli, the award-winning material technology company renowned for its children’s “clothes that grow” has expanded the production of its one-size-fits-all antiviral face mask ‘Msk’ with support from Innovate UK. The London-based business has expanded its manufacturing to produce over 10,000 masks from recycled plastic bottles for its patented...

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First high street 'digital hubs' piloted

The Great British High Street is launching its first ‘digital hubs’ as it looks to make UK high streets the most “digitally engaged” in the world, starting with pilots in Cheltenham and Gloucester. Part of the ‘digital high street programme’ being led by Home Retail Group chief executive John Walden and supported by businesses including IBM,...