Provenance is a business built on blockchain technology – but it doesn’t sell itself that way. Unlike many founders, Jessi Baker didn’t set out to start a business. Instead, while working on a computer science PhD looking at non-financial applications for bitcoin, she realised that blockchain technology could be used to track supply chains. From the route a t-shirt takes …
Why Browns of Brockley has stopped accepting cash
Browns of Brockley has made the radical decision to stop accepting cash from customers At the beginning of this year, one south-east London cafe made the bold move to refuse cash. As a result, Browns of Brockley no longer has to pay staff to count pennies or lug cash to the bank – a growing concern for Ross Brown, the cafe’s …