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Global lifestyle brand, Ted Baker, has implemented Kickdynamic’s technology to transform its email marketing and achieve its goal to deliver true one-to-one personalization.   Ted Baker, the quintessentially British brand famed for its quirky yet commercial fashion offering and unique, playful storytelling, has partnered with Kickdynamic to offer live, automated and personalized email to their […]

FISCAL Technologies, a world leading provider of forensic financial solutions and services, today announced the launch of NXG Forensics®, the next generation Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) risk management platform. NXG Forensics is forged from FISCAL’s 15 years of experience protecting organisational spend and combines a comprehensive range of industry-recognised tests with Machine Learning to deliver unparalleled risk […]

Picture credit: © Recent Spaces Leading British fan manufacturer Vent-Axia has been specified as part of a luxurious, £5.5m contemporary off-plan eco mansion in Kent, presently listed with Savills. The Ancona mansion in Hythe is designed to be sustainable and low impact, with three of Vent-Axia’s Sentinel Kinetic High Flow Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR) […]

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.Almost half of business (47%) believe that developing staff internally will be their greatest opportunity from a talent management perspective over the next three years. That is according to a survey of 1,500 UK-based hiring managers by international talent acquisition and managed workforce solutions provider, Guidant Global. The news comes as 78% of all respondents […]

Statistics from leading m-ticketing provider Corethree show mobile transport tickets sales have increased more than 23 times since 2015, showcasing appetite for digital mobility Corethree – Europe’s leading mobile ticketing and payment solutions provider, has announced record-breaking figures of 140,000 mobile tickets issued on the first full working day of 2018, as the majority of […]

Arrow is delighted to announce the acquisition of Abica Ltd and it’s subsidiary PCR IT Ltd. Abica and PCR are leading providers of Telecoms and IT services with offices in Glasgow, further expanding Arrow’s presence in Scotland. Abica and Arrow have much in common as both deliver a similar range of solutions from the same […]

Tempus will be the flagship title of newly formed publishing and content agency Vantage Media Group Luxury lifestyle title Tempus has been acquired by newly formed Mayfair-based publisher and content agency Vantage Media Group, marking a new phase of growth for the award-nominated publication. Tempus undertook an extensive rebrand in 2017, transforming from a niche […]

The House of Commons is yet to vote on the Prime Minister’s Brexit withdrawal agreement and, until then, there are still a number of unanswered questions, including the issue of transferring data internationally post-Brexit.   While the government has assured people and businesses in the UK that they will still be able to transfer any […]

• Pressure of festive giving leaves a quarter of the UK in Financial Trouble. • 22% of Brits feel pressured to buy more expensive gifts than they feel comfortable spending. • The Research also uncovered hidden Christmas shopping trends between those of a different age, gender and relationship status.

You can’t deny that businesses around the world have taken a greater focus on sustainability — and although this has been damaging for some companies, it has been a great shift for others. One prime example of this is the renewable energy sector; while traditional energy markets are faltering and facing a challenging road ahead, […]

Martin Linstrom, Managing Director for UK and Ireland at IPsoft, looks at the next stage in technological evolution of the banking industry and how artificial intelligence (AI) will redefine banking as we know it.   The banking industry has made huge strides to drive innovation by investing in new technologies over the last few decades. […]

Equinox Racing is a London based horse racing syndicate like no other. Focused on delivering immersive experience to its members, Equinox Racing recently opened its horse’s shares to cryptocurrency. From now on, you can use your Bitcoins to buy yourself the thrill of horse racing and the privilege of horse ownership.

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Four industry experts give their opinion on growth finance for start-ups, scale-ups and investors.

Asset Based Finance (ABF) has seen record levels of lending in recent years, with more firms than ever choosing to use this funding option. This trend is a sign of how ABF is increasingly taken seriously as a viable source of finance, which is becoming more widely accepted among businesses.

Katherine Swift, founder of OMGTea, went head-to-head with a panel of millionaire investors in BBC’s Dragons’ Den on Sunday night to try to secure a £50,000 investment for 7% of her green tea company. The entrepreneur fought her way through over an hour of challenges and thorny questions, having been invited to apply for the […]

If you are suffering from severe cash flow issues, you may be considering both bankruptcy or an individual voluntary arrangement (IVA). Bankruptcy and IVAs are both legally-binding and formal insolvency options between you and your creditors. However, while they might appear similar, there are some vast differences to consider before entering into one of the […]

Asset managers adopt new approach in era defined by automation, algorithms and big data As soon as the financial crisis started to recede, Jordi Visser knew something had to change. Algorithms were starting to rule markets, and hedge funds like the one he managed were confronting a tougher era. So Mr Visser, chief investment officer […]

Flexible credit provider Fair For You has provided a total of £10 million loans since it was established in 2015. Approximately £650,000 in loans has been issued in October 2018 alone, the highest amount ever issued in a single month. 32,000 loans have been granted by the company overall. Fair For You was founded by […]

Borrowing more for a car loan could save you money, according to research by What Car?  Borrowing just £50 more for a new car loan can make it cheaper than taking out a smaller loan according to new research by What Car?, the UK’s leading consumer advice champion. Analysis of the UK’s leading high street […]

Shares trading up 7% in early trading despite first half loss of €7.8bn as investors share relief at dividend upkeep Still too early to evaluate new CEO’s performance but signs are encouraging as digital transformation accelerates and demand is high We currently recommend Vodafone as a ‘buy’ for medium risk investors As Vodafone updates the […]

Ventrica, a European, award-winning, outsourced contact centre, has attracted a £9 million investment from Mobeus Equity Partners. Ventrica provides intelligent, multi-lingual and omni-channel outsourced customer service to a range of global ‘blue-chip’ brands. “Ventrica is right in the sweet spot for the growing outsourcing contact centre market” Southend-based Ventrica was founded in 2010 by Dino Forte […]

EPOS, MobilePOS, Pin on Glass, Pin on Mobile – there’s a lot to choose from for today’s merchant. Adina Ahmed, Chief Technology Officer at Anderson Zaks explains some of the latest options. “In many emerging economies, people are by-passing traditional bank and card accounts altogether and adopting mobile payments” Mobile phones have revolutionalised the way […]

EfficientIP’s DNS Threat Report reveals alarming 57% attack cost rise in last 12 months Global DNS Threat Report, shared by EfficientIP, leading specialists in network protection, revealed the financial services industry is the worst affected sector by DNS attacks, the type cyber attackers increasingly use to stealthily break into bank systems. Last year, a single financial […]

The Targeted Review of Internal Models (TRIM) is underway and banks across the eurozone will already be feeling the effects. Supervised by the European Central Bank (ECB) and first launched in 2017, the initiative is designed to assess whether the internal risk assessment models used by banks meet regulatory requirements and whether their results are reliable and comparable.

Nearly three quarters (73%) of financial advisers said they were either considering or planning to increase the amount of bonds they write for clients in the next year, with exactly a quarter (25%) stating they would definitely increase the amount they write, according to new research from Canada Life.

The idea of a ‘supply chain’ is most commonly associated with the manufacturing process, however, the concept is now increasingly being applied to the way that financial services firms manage data. While businesses across the financial services space deal with growing volumes of raw data, rather than raw materials, the parallels are striking.

TravelPerk, the Barcelona-based startup which has become the fastest growing ‘Software as a Service’ company in Europe, has secured 39 million GBP in Series C funding from some of the world’s most successful technology investors including Kinnevik, Yuri Milner and Tom Stafford.

April 2018 was the deadline by which large UK firms (those with more than 250 people in their employ) had to publish their pay data. The government deadline was set in order to explore whether the gender pay gap was still a prevailing issue, and if it was, how badly skewed the pay rates were between men and women.

Advisers highlight expected increased use of flexible IHT solutions for clients IFAs looks to firms with IHT product expertise

Pros Assist consists of a gifted team of qualified practicing members of the Institute of Financial Accountants, notably headed by the Director and Senior Financial Accountant, Alom Rouf. We profiled the firm and Alom to discover more about the innovative services that they provide to their clients.

The reality of trading taking place on the floor of the stock exchange, with traders shouting down telephones and punching in orders is long gone. As are the days of having to call your stockbroker and place an order. This perception might continue on TV, but the reality is that the modern trader is equipped with a mobile phone.

The ongoing disruption of banking is a well-documented process, and depending on who you ask the outcome is a foregone conclusion. Though the likes of Monzo, Revolut and Starling offering compelling new visions of financial services, there’s more to these brands’ success than innovation alone.

Robotics, automation, and artificial intelligence—or RAAI—is one of the most fascinating sectors today.

Private banking in the modern financial services world must continue to engage with its customers by giving them a unique, human experience. But in the information age what does that look like? How do banks make sure they don’t become commoditised in the eyes of their clients? How do they build human relationships as powerful as those created by the great private bankers of the past?