Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020
Titan today announces the final results for the year to 31 December 2020 as below.
These results were approved by the Board of Directors on 23 April 2021.
You may view the Annual Report in full at
www.octopusinvestments.com shortly. All other statutory information will also be found there.
Octopus Titan VCT plc (‘Titan’ or ‘the Company’) is a venture capital trust (‘VCT’) which aims to provide shareholders with attractive tax-free dividends and long-term capital growth by investing in a diverse portfolio of predominantly unquoted companies. The Company is managed by Octopus Investments Limited (‘Octopus’ or ‘Portfolio Manager’) and Octopus AIF Management Limited (the ‘Manager’).
Appear Here
Appear Here, a startup that lets businesses rent retail space, lost thousands of bookings when the pandemic first hit.
CEO Ross Bailey told Insider how the company adapted and that COVID-19 has accelerated what was inevitable in the retail industry.
Because of his work, Insider added Bailey to our annual list of the 10 leaders transforming retail in Europe.
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When COVID-19 forced high-streets and stores to shut and governments ordered people to stay at home, everyone turned to online shopping. E-commerce became the go-to option.
This meant business models, such as Appear Here, which relied on high-streets to be open, hit a brick wall.
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By Debika Ray2021-01-19T05:00:00+00:00
With the impact of the pandemic expected to last for years, retailers and shoppers will be adjusting to changes long after covid has been contained. Continuing our series on rethinking design in the wake of the pandemic, Debika Ray reports on what we can expect
Source: John Sturrock
Rethinking design series: Retail
It has become a cliché to say that the covid-19 pandemic has exposed underlying weaknesses in our economic model and accelerated existing changes in the way we live, but this is undoubtedly the case for retail. Bricks and mortar shops were already scrambling to redefine themselves in the face of e-commerce, striving to provide a physical experience that websites cannot replace. But in 2020, as non-essential shops were shuttered and most people confined to their homes, trade online rocketed even further.