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Half of UK workers realistically expect a pay increase of more than 10% in 2023 Job market will be dominated by workers trying to secure a pay rise that keeps up with cost-of-living next year

Half of UK workers realistically expect a pay increase of more than 10% in 2023 Job market will be dominated by workers trying to secure a pay rise that keeps up with cost-of-living next year

As a wave of strike action sweeps the UK, it’s not just rail, bus, highway, nurses, health workers and Royal Mail staff who are demand..

IFX Payments reports another record year

IFX Payments reports another record year

Despite the challenging and volatile economic conditions of 2022, IFX Payments is set for another record milestone as annual revenue h..

PRESSURES ON RETENTION AS BUSINESSES ENTER 2023, ACCORDING TO VISTAGE QUARTERLY UK SME CEO CONFIDENCE INDEX

PRESSURES ON RETENTION AS BUSINESSES ENTER 2023, ACCORDING TO VISTAGE QUARTERLY UK SME CEO CONFIDENCE INDEX

Q4 2022 findings:     80% of business leaders are specifically analysing retention as the key people metric    81% of business leader..

Venture Capital fund shakes up Global DeepTech investments

Venture Capital fund shakes up Global DeepTech investments

The world’s largest USD 500 million digitally securitized DeepTech fund is on a mission to revolutionize DeepTech investments and empo..

Strong growth with securitisations

Strong growth with securitisations

Established at the end of 2021, Fair Alpha Securitisation SA benefitted from the strong demand for securitisations in its first fiscal..

Breaking barriers – how sustainable charity is helping reduce waste and change lives

Breaking barriers – how sustainable charity is helping reduce waste and change lives

By Nathaniel Comer, Founder of Sun Screen IT and Sun Screen IT Foundation  E-waste is one of the world’s greatest problems – and oppor..

Deel Launches Research and Policy Arm – the Deel Lab for Global Employment – to address gaps in modern workforce policy infrastructure

Deel Launches Research and Policy Arm – the Deel Lab for Global Employment – to address gaps in modern workforce policy infrastructure

   Deel, the leading global hiring, payroll and compliance unicorn, has today announced the creation of a new research and policy..

New partner: Leading wealth management adviser to expats in Europe establishes relationship with Moventum

New partner: Leading wealth management adviser to expats in Europe establishes relationship with Moventum

Using Moventum’s investment platform, financial services providers all over the world are able to organise their work more efficiently..

Lumera strengthens its commitment to the Dutch Life and Pensions market with the strategic acquisition of systems provider AxyWare.

Lumera strengthens its commitment to the Dutch Life and Pensions market with the strategic acquisition of systems provider AxyWare.

Lumera, a leading software company dedicated to the digital transformation of the European Life and Pensions industry, has acquired Ax..

Between recession and inflation: What stock market investors should watch out for

Between recession and inflation: What stock market investors should watch out for

The current economic climate poses particular challenges for stock market investors: the impending recession, persistently high inflat..

Leeds agency achieves global B Corp status

Leeds agency achieves global B Corp status

Digital marketing agency, Search Laboratory, recognised for its impact on the environment and local community Accreditation recognise..

Why Grief Awareness Must be a Priority Year-Round Dominic Grinstead, CEO of MetLife UK

Why Grief Awareness Must be a Priority Year-Round Dominic Grinstead, CEO of MetLife UK

  National Grief Awareness Week, which takes place annually in December, aims to raise awareness of the impact of grief. This ini..

Accounting and accountants can save the world

Accounting and accountants can save the world

  Nature Needs to be on the Balance Sheet if we are to Reverse Biodiversity and Climate Crisis Research paper calls for Nature t..

Banker bonuses go from boom to bust in jarring reversal

Banker bonuses go from boom to bust in jarring reversal

By Lananh Nguyen, Saeed Azhar and Lawrence White NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -Bankers in New York and London are bracing for year-end bo..

SMEs striving for stability following Autumn Statement announcement

SMEs striving for stability following Autumn Statement announcement

  Entrepreneurs should pay closer attention to how they pay themselves following the changes  Following the Autumn Statement deli..

New research by Raconteur reveals HR is vital to business purchasing decisions

New research by Raconteur reveals HR is vital to business purchasing decisions

  One in five business leaders say at least 16 people are now involved in making purchasing decisions, with 68% of finance execut..

Survey of 1,100 Senior Business Leaders in the UK by B2B Media Brand Raconteur Reveals Complex Decision-Making Landscape

Survey of 1,100 Senior Business Leaders in the UK by B2B Media Brand Raconteur Reveals Complex Decision-Making Landscape

    94% of businesses have more than 6 people involved in buying decisions 53% consult with 11 or more decision-makers 1 in 5 (21..

HAPPY LINEN COMPANY RAISES MORE THAN £10,000 FOR ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL CHARITY

HAPPY LINEN COMPANY RAISES MORE THAN £10,000 FOR ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL CHARITY

  Happy Linen Company has continued their partnership with Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital Charity for a second year, raisi..

North East Company Pledges Support for Local Hospice

North East Company Pledges Support for Local Hospice

  Mobile Mini UK, the global supplier of portable accommodation and containers, with its UK headquarters in Stockton-On-Tees, ext..

Celebrating 46 UK organisations who have outstanding workplace training programmes with HRH The Princess Royal

Celebrating 46 UK organisations who have outstanding workplace training programmes with HRH The Princess Royal

    Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, welcomed 46 organizations to Banqueting House in London to celebrate successfully achi..

Getting off to a good start: How international companies succeed in bringing their franchise to Germany

Getting off to a good start: How international companies succeed in bringing their franchise to Germany

As a company approaches the point where further growth in its home country is unlikely, the desire to explore new markets abroad will..

The top five HubSpot hacks your SME needs to know

The top five HubSpot hacks your SME needs to know

  ~ Elevate your employee productivity and satisfaction ~ Mathematicians once proclaimed that there are over 177,000 distinct way..

Who cares about copyright? Everyone should, because it impacts so many aspects of modern life

Who cares about copyright? Everyone should, because it impacts so many aspects of modern life

  By Glyn Moody Most people know about copyright, and have a vague idea how it works. But they probably assume that it is mainly ..

BMW to make Solid Power’s battery cells under expanded agreement

BMW to make Solid Power’s battery cells under expanded agreement

(Reuters) – Solid Power Inc said on Wednesday it will offer some intellectual property rights related to its solid-state batteri..

Airbus pledges deeper industrial ties with India

Airbus pledges deeper industrial ties with India

(Corrects to remove word “just” in paragraph 7) PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus plans to deepen its industrial presence in ..

Yen retreats after BOJ policy tweak sparked surge

Yen retreats after BOJ policy tweak sparked surge

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) -The yen fell in a choppy session on Wednesday, ceding some of the ground gained the previous ..

Weary Wall Street cheers improved consumer confidence

Weary Wall Street cheers improved consumer confidence

By Lawrence Delevingne and Amanda Cooper (Reuters) -Global stock markets rose on Wednesday, as U.S. consumer confidence rebounded in D..

German yields steady, spreads tighten after recent repricing

German yields steady, spreads tighten after recent repricing

By Stefano Rebaudo (Reuters) – German borrowing costs were little changed and spreads between the core and periphery tightened o..

First foreign COVID vaccines head to China from Germany

First foreign COVID vaccines head to China from Germany

By Thomas Escritt and Alexander Ratz BERLIN (Reuters) -Berlin has sent its first batch of BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to China to be ad..

Engie warns of hit from windfall levies, Belgian nuclear provisions

Engie warns of hit from windfall levies, Belgian nuclear provisions

PARIS (Reuters) – France’s Engie warned on Tuesday of an earnings hit from European Union approved windfall levies and lar..

Importance of Mini Brands in 2023

Importance of Mini Brands in 2023

There is a growing trend towards “mini brands”, or smaller, more specialized brands that focus on a specific product categ..

Oil prices rise on U.S. drawdown, Chinese fears weigh

Oil prices rise on U.S. drawdown, Chinese fears weigh

By Shadia Nasralla and Rowena Edwards LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices rose by more than 2% on Wednesday after data suggested a larger tha..

UK SMEs press pause on innovation and rely on price rises ahead of 2023

UK SMEs press pause on innovation and rely on price rises ahead of 2023

  39% of SMEs have increased their prices over the past 12 months Just 13% of small/medium businesses have not yet had to make a..

Analysis-Russian gold removed from some Western funds after Ukraine

Analysis-Russian gold removed from some Western funds after Ukraine

By Peter Hobson LONDON (Reuters) – Hidden inside high-security bank vaults in London, Zurich and New York, billions of dollars&#..

SpaceX rocket sends first global water survey mission into orbit

SpaceX rocket sends first global water survey mission into orbit

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Reuters) -A SpaceX rocket blasted off early on Friday carrying a U.S.-French satellite designed t..

Britain’s Purplebricks to cut more than 10% of jobs – The Times

Britain’s Purplebricks to cut more than 10% of jobs – The Times

(Reuters) – Purplebricks Group PLC, Britain’s biggest online-only real estate agency, will cut more than 10% of its workfo..

Quantuma targets growth with strategic Asia Pacific alliance

Quantuma targets growth with strategic Asia Pacific alliance

    Business advisory firm, Quantuma has today announced it has entered into a strategic alliance with Sydney-based Insolvency ex..