Every year 8.5 million toys are thrown away, and the average child has four toys they’ve never played with. Perhaps this year we should approach Christmas differently?

I think everyone understands that in business (as in life) things don’t always go to plan. And just as you can with people, you can learn a lot about a company’s character and its values by seeing how it responds when things go wrong.

Octopus celebrates becoming a B Corporation and joins other certified companies that meet very high standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency.

Octopus Moneycoach joins Octopus to bring financial coaching to the mass market. It will partner with traditional advice firms to provide a comprehensive offering to workplaces.

Octopus Renewables and Octopus Energy will be joining forces.

‘Unless you’re extremely lucky, you won’t get rich quickly by investing.’ Simon Rogerson, CEO talks through his ideas on investing.