Bump, the French leader in charging infrastructure and services for electric vehicles for businesses, today announces the acquisition of DejaBlue’s charging network. DejaBlue is recognized for its expertise in smart charging and energy optimization for large-scale EV deployments, with a strong focus on reliability, system performance, and seamless integration across complex sites. This acquisition strengthens Bump’s position as a charging station operator serving businesses, fleets, and real estate players. It is part of Bump’s long-term strategy to become a leading charging operator in France and to increase its operational capabilities across the entire charging value chain. As part of the acquisition, DejaBlue’s existing clients will progressively migrate to Bump’s platform. DejaBlue and Bump have ensured all operational elements are ready to provide customers with a smooth and efficient transition. “DejaBlue was built to operate charging infrastructure as a real time system, optimizing consumption with times when renewable energy is cheapest and most abundant.” said Parker Spielman, CEO at DejaBlue. “Joining forces with Bump allows this approach to be embedded directly into their broader charging ecosystem, with the scale and operational rigor required for nationwide deployment.” “This acquisition is fully aligned with our vision for professional charging”, says François Oudot, CEO of Bump. “DejaBlue has demonstrated a very high level of operational excellence in managing complex charging sites. Their experience and scale strengthen our ability to reach the critical size needed to deliver the best service at the best price.”

by London-TV in Business

SHADOW Chancellor Sir Mel Stride has said that pubs can be saved from closure by abolishing business rates.

He told GB News: “The most important thing that we can do now is to get business rates scrapped for most pubs. But the only way you can do that is to have a proper economically coherent plan for doing so, which means squeezing spending in other areas, controlling spending, particularly welfare.

“At our recent conference, we announced £23 billion worth of savings in the welfare budget, so getting people off benefits and into work.

“If you do those kinds of things, you have the money to be able to take the tax burden and the costs of our vital businesses, including pubs.”

On the proposed change to the drink drive limit, he said: “This is a consultation. We’ll want as a party to look very closely at this and in the round, because it’s not just about the drink drive limit.

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“It’s also about other elements that impinge on road safety and licensing and how quickly you can get behind the wheel of a car having passed in the route of getting a testing and practical tests and so on and so forth. We want to look closely at that.

“But the reason why we’re even having this debate is because of the real stress that there is on our pubs, and the reason why there’s that huge financial stress is because of the decisions that the government’s taken.

“So it’s not just about beer duty, for example. It’s not just about business rates going up astronomically. It’s about National Insurance having gone up on the people that are employed within pubs as well.

“All of these things are squeezing pubs and their margins to the point where many of them are ceasing to be viable.

“So what we really need to address is that fundamental issue of, how do we create an economy in which we don’t weigh down businesses with all these costs and all this extra taxation and allow them to go out there and grow and expand and employ people and grow our economy.

“And I’m afraid going out there and spending money on benefits, as Pat McFadden wants to do, is not the way to go about that.”