Category: Articles

By Tiffany Carpenter, Head of Customer Intelligence at SAS UK & Ireland Redefining banking in a financial services market where your biggest competitor may be Amazon or Google, not a traditional bank.   Open banking may not have made much of an impression on consumers yet. But it’s a topic that the industry cannot afford […]

By Jonathan Amponsah CTA FCCA, The Tax Guys Business owners need to understand the language of numbers if their business is to succeed.  Let’s looks at how to understand your year-end or management accounts, what you need to know and red flags to look for. The aim is to take away the fear of accounting and […]

Running your own business can be high-pressure and expensive. With inevitable juggling of tasks, it is easy to leave financial management on the back burner. However, getting your finances organised and under control doesn’t have to be difficult, time consuming, or dull. You just need the right tools with the right automation!   Fortunately, there […]

Yousign, a major player on the French eSignature market, and eFounders, the startup studio at the inception of successes like Aircall, Front, and Spendesk, have joined forces to build a leader on the European eSignature market. eFounders has taken a substantial stake in Yousign by bringing its expertise and its international experience in order to […]

José A. Rodríguez Ruiz, Global DPO at Cornerstone OnDemand The one-year anniversary of GDPR is here and there is currently a lot of talk about GDPR’s first ‘birthday’. Although the legislation only came into effect last year, data protection laws have been around since 1970 — that’s almost 50 years. The first ever national law […]

Leading energy and rail recruitment firm, Samuel Knight International, has announced plans to extend its US operations with a new head office in Chicago as the need for rail infrastructure talent in the city looks set to grow. With a strong track record in supporting some of the world’s most exciting engineering projects in over […]

The death of a loved one is a traumatic and difficult time. Dealing with an estate can often result in unnecessary cost, time and upset when trying to trace assets and meet the wishes of the deceased. Assets can be misplaced, forgotten about or even diminished in value before you get the chance to deal […]

It is a common misconception that limited company directors are unable to claim redundancy pay as a result of liquidation, along with other statutory payments such as holiday pay and notice pay. In the run-up to liquidation, your business may be experiencing a rocky patch due to creditor pressure, HMRC debts, and poor cash flow. […]

By Wael Al-Nahedh, CEO at Spearvest The global economy has been experiencing unprecedented uncertainty in recent years. Political, economic and social challenges have meant that businesses and individuals are incredibly cautious about where they place their money, particularly for long-term investments. The overall concerns in the US market topped with the UK’s difficult political situation […]

If you want to be a leading business in your market, you must have a reputable brand. Brand awareness is one of the most significant factors that contribute to the successful running of a business. You want to make a great first impression that will last if you have aims to increase your consumer base […]

By Alister Sneddon, Genuine Impact     It is hard to believe that the Game of Thrones (GoT) saga is coming to a close and we’ll soon find out who’ll win and take the Iron Throne.   Finding a winner relates to the quest to pick stocks and shares too.  Just as we’ve analysed the […]

Addition of Top Brands, Along with New Email Encryption and Digital Signing Product, Drive Sales for World’s Largest Commercial SSL Provider Sectigo (formerly Comodo CA), the world’s largest commercial Certificate Authority and a leader in web security solutions, today announced a larger than 35% year-over-year (YoY) increase in enterprise sales during the first quarter of […]

Sparta Global, a leading provider of technology and business services, today announces the appointment of Andy King as its new Managing Director. Andy joins Sparta Global following the opening of its new Head Office at 125 London Wall and £4m equity investment from Private equity house Key Capital Partners (KCP) to support its continued growth […]

Leading trade credit insurer Atradius has revealed its most promising emerging markets for businesses. Bulgaria, Indonesia, Vietnam, Peru and Morocco have been shortlisted within the Promising Emerging Markets Economic Research Report as having the most potential for new trade opportunities this year. The top five are predicted to shine in 2019 thanks to their strong […]

Guidant Global, part of Impellam Group, is delighted to announce changes to its executive team as the global leader in talent acquisition and managed workforce solutions continues to make rapid progress in expanding and transforming its portfolio across international markets. Former Senior Vice President of Global Solutions, Karen Gonzalez, is stepping into the newly created […]

Excel Networking Solutions – the copper and optical fibre cabling infrastructure provider – has appointed a new Sales Manager in France. Hinda Mourali joined the business on 1st April 2019, beginning with a two week induction programme to familiarise herself with the Excel Networking team. Hinda joins the team with over ten years’ experience in […]

Puzzel, a leading European omni-channel cloud contact centre software provider, today announced the completion of a majority recapitalisation and growth investment from Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”), a global investment firm with over $6.7 billion of capital under management. Puzzel’s best-in-class, multi-tenant cloud contact centre as a service (“CCaaS”) platform allows clients worldwide to manage and […]

Sphera, the largest global provider of Integrated Risk Management software and information services with a focus on Environmental Health & Safety, Operational Risk and Product Stewardship, announces the acquisition of SiteHawk, a leading software and services provider for Safety Data Sheets (SDS) and chemical data management solutions.   Sphera acquired SiteHawk, a Smyrna, Tennessee-based software company, to […]

Series F, Led by Goldman Sachs, Enables Company to Quickly Grow Revenues, Headcount & Global Footprint Aryaka®, the global leader in managed SD-WAN, today announced it has closed a $50 million Series F round of funding led by Goldman Sachs Private Capital Investing. This brings Aryaka’s total funding to $184 million. Additionally, it was announced […]

How to choose the right country for opening a company  The world we live in today has made it quite easy for most of us to start our own company. The Internet has created a lot of new business opportunities and ideas which can be successfully put to use and to the benefit of others. […]

The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) has announced it’s much anticipated five day Trade Delegation to New York and Toronto beginning on the 11th November 2019, following successful visits to Singapore, Brazil, Japan and China in previous years. The event, which is kindly sponsored by Saffery Champness and Squire Patton Boggs, marks the second […]

Branding and marketing and the effects on a business   Can we bring short-term sales goals and long term value together through brand-building and marketing? Known as Thomson Holidays, the holiday company decided to undertake a total rebrand, becoming TUI, in 2017. CMO Kate McAlister explained that upon rebranding, their brand awareness increased by 36% […]

New Research Reveals Disruptive impact of technology needed to harness new payment opportunities https://irishadvantage.com/white-paper/paytech-reinventing-transactions/  The UK payments industry is undergoing an unprecedented transformation, driven by the twin engines of growing adoption of technology and changing consumer expectations. This has led to a race to launch innovative new payment products, services and business models to meet […]

By Alex McCready, Head of Reputation and Privacy at Vardags   “It’s the family name that lives on. It’s all that lives on...” (Tywin Lannister, Games of Thrones)   We all care deeply about our family and want to ensure that whatever we pass onto younger generations stands the test of time. This concern is […]

GODWIN Group, the UK-based property development and investment company, has continued its growth, recently opening a London office to add to its existing bases in Nottingham and Birmingham. The new London outpost, based in the heart of the capital in prestigious Mayfair, provides a new base of operations for both arms of the business, Godwin […]

Calling all businesses- 5G network is almost here! With over two thirds of payments being by card, it is no surprise that a faster, more efficient network could translate into faster, more efficient sales. If you are a business that has been accepting card payments for a while, you have probably familiarised yourself with a […]

Credit Kudos, challenger credit bureau and leader in commercial applications of Open Banking, announced today they have raised £2.2m in their latest round of funding. Funding is led by Ascension Ventures, through its social impact fund Fair by Design, with additional investment from existing investors NFT Ventures and Entrepreneur First’s Next Stage Fund. New backers […]

With global issues such as Brexit and Trump’s excessive spending affecting global economies, international workers are facing many personal financial crises, as Staff Writer Hannah Stevenson discusses. As loans and contracts for cars, phones and electrical items become increasingly popular and obtainable global individuals face personal finance issues as they battle spiralling costs with mounting […]

Here, with car dealers, Lookers, who have a variety of car servicing plans, we take a look. The average price of a litre of petrol at the end of 2018 was £1.21 in the UK, whereas a decade ago the figure was closer to £0.89 per litre. Price surges are reflective of steep inflation at various historical points, but what does 2019 hold for our empty tanks?

6CATS – the international contractor management specialist – is celebrating after it was shortlisted in the Global Payroll Awards 2019. The firm will go up against other entries in the Global Payroll Supplier of the Year Award category in interviews with the judging panel later this month. Winners of the awards – which recognise those […]

Huq Industries, the leading geo-behavioural consumer research platform, today announces £1.4M in new funding led by 24 Haymarket. Huq’s real-world consumer research datasets and cloud-based market analysis tools help customers across media, finance, real-estate and retail make informed and effective business decisions. This investment will be used by Huq Industries to support the acquisition of […]

If you reach the crossroads of having to close down your insolvent business or solvent business, you may explore liquidation to settle your financial affairs and repay creditors. Depending on the financial state of your business, including the strength of your cash flow and balance sheet, this will determine your next step which will either […]

Teleopti today announced that Netflix, the world’s leading provider of online entertainment and streaming services, has selected the company’s strategic, cloud Workforce Management (WFM) suite to increase the flexibility of staff planning and support complex, global customer service operations. With 139 million memberships in over 190 countries, California-based internet entertainment service Netflix has embarked on […]

  Cloud Foundry Foundation, home to a family of interoperable open source projects for the enterprise, opened its North American Cloud Foundry Summit in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania today, with news from organizations including Engineer Better, IBM, Pivotal, Resilient Scale, SUSE, Stark & Wayne, Swisscom and many others. The 2019 North American Summit is taking place today […]

Sparta Global, a leading provider of technology and business consulting services today announces the opening of a new Head Office at 125 London Wall in the heart of the City of London. The new location will strengthen Sparta Global’s position as a provider of UK digital talent and will offer a single location for the […]

Contrary to the opinion of much of the renewable energy sector, the abolition of the Government’s feed-in tariff scheme (FiTS) today is not necessarily bad news. Commercial-scale roof-top solar power is booming and will continue to flourish even when the FiTS ends, says solar power company, Mypower, which was responsible for introducing solar power to […]