READ MOREArticles25th March 2014Preston Joins Move Your MoneyThe people of Preston in Lancashire are being urged by their council to join Move your Money in a bid to create a better financial system.
READ MOREArticles6th August 2024The Benefits of Embedded Finance on ERP and Payroll PlayersResearch from OC&C Strategy consultants suggests ERP and Payroll players could expect an EBITDA uplift of 20-30%, on a 2-3-year timescale, with the integration of embedded finance products.
Strategy consultants at OC&C have shared a report1 unveiling a significant opportunity for Embedded Finance for scale SaaS ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and payroll providers.
Embedded Finance refers to the integration of financial products into non-financial customer journeys.
READ MOREArticles18th April 2016Small Business Demand for Alternative Finance Continues to SoarAccording to a new study by leading specialist lender, Amicus Finance Plc (“Amicus”), more than half (53%) of small business owners expect demand for alternative finance – including forms such as property finance, crowdsourcing, invoice finance and asset finance, to increase over the next two years while just 6% think it will decline.
READ MOREArticles19th January 2016Excessive Charges for Accessing a Pension pot Early will EndThe Chancellor George Osborne today announced an end to prohibitive charges faced by people looking to access their pension pot as he outlined proposals to place a duty on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to cap excessive early exit charges for those eligible to access the pension freedoms.
READ MOREArticles15th December 2014Global Coal Demand 9 Billion Tonnes p.a. By 2019Global demand for coal over the next five years will continue marching higher, breaking the 9-billion-tonne level by 2019, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its annual Medium-Term Coal Market Report released today. The report notes that despite China’s efforts to moderate its coal consumption, it will still account for three-fifths of demand growth […]
READ MOREArticles23rd February 2018Real Estate Investments Delivering Mixed FortunesStatistics from the Office of National Statistics, released this February, have shown what many experts in the property sector had been discussing for some time. With prime central London districts in desperate need of further housing, investments into this area would seemingly be a ‘no-brainer’. A large influx of property developers should be praised however it seems that their market positioning hasn’t left them in as good stead as they would have previously hoped.