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Happy International Women’s Day (IWD)! Today’s the day where we celebrate the incredible work, strengths and achievements of females around the world. As the first female Director at Xcede, I am delighted to have joined the business and to be here to celebrate IWD. For me, International Women’s Day is about celebrating how far women have come and the challenge we all face to...

We are delighted to announce that we have been placed 30th in the ‘75 Best Small Companies to Work for in London’ regional list. This is a direct result from featuring in The Sunday Times Top 100 Best Small Companies to Work for 2019. This is our second consecutive year on the list, and we couldn’t be prouder. The list is produced by Best Companies, the Regional Best Compani...

Xcede is celebrating Best Companies Day by starting off with a free breakfast buffet for everyone followed by two masseuses available throughout the day. Best Companies Day is a national celebration on Friday 1st March to commend the organisations included on the 2019 Sunday Times Top 100 Best Small Companies to Work for list. In its second year of entering the accreditation...

We are delighted to announce our inclusion once again in ‘The Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to Work for’ list. This is the second time that Xcede has been ranked in this competitive and prestigious award. Published annually, the Best Companies’ list is based on a unique measure of ‘8 factors of workplace engagement’, Xcede achieved 72nd place in the ranking overall. ...

We are pleased to announce that we have placed 57th in this year’s Sunday Times Virgin Atlantic Fast Track 100. This is our first endeavour in to this award and we are extremely proud of this remarkable achievement and all of our staff. Published annually since 1997, The Sunday Times Virgin Atlantic Fast Track 100 league table ranks Britain’s 100 private companies with the f...

The leading global company Chiquita Brands International have partnered with the popular audio and visual recognition app Shazam in a bid to create immersive experiences for their consumers by printing small codes on their product packaging. Since mid-July, the iconic blue sticker on Chiquita’s products (the symbol for high-quality fruit and produce) can be scanned using Sha...

Following the recent exit of co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, Facebook has named Adam Mosseri as the new boss of Instagram. Mosseri joined Facebook in 2008 after briefly working at a startup called TokBox. He was tasked with helping Facebook embrace mobile as design director. Mosseri later moved into Product Management and oversaw Facebook’s news feed, turning it ...

During the auction at Sotheby’s in London, the painting by Banksy shredded itself moments after it was sold for 1.04m. The mysterious and highly celebrated street artist and political activist had ensured that the painting would ‘self-destruct’ by shredding itself through a mechanism hidden in the bottom of the frame. Andrew Bloch, founder and managing partner of London Comm...

At the launch of its new office space in Singapore at Marina One, Facebook has officially announced Startup Station Singapore, which is a new project in partnership with Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA). This is Facebook’s second data innovation start-up programme globally, after a similar initiative in Paris, France called ‘Startup Garage’. “Asia Pacific is incre...

East Midlands Trains (EMT) are currently piloting a new personalised disruption messaging service that will provide customers with real time updates and notifications about their journey. The new service designed by Zipabout, is an attempt to drastically transform the experience of rail journeys by meeting customer demand with supply. The communications technology delivers p...