Exertis staff raise £125,000 for mental health charity

Exertis employees have raised £125,000 for Mental Health UK from golf days, bake sales, dress-down days, raffles and tech sales. Exertis employees have now voted to select eight local charities including six hospices, one homeless charity and one teenage cancer charity. The full list is: St Michael’s Hospice in Basingstoke, East Lancashire Hospice in Burnley,

Assurant buys repair chain iSmash

Gadget insurance giant Assurant has bought repair chain iSmash and its 38 retail locations. iSmash had been looking for a sale for several months after its auditors put up a red flag over its future prospects as losses mounted to nearly £6 million, mainly due to the effects of Covid lockdowns and the new culture