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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..

HEXAGON DEVELOPS GEOAI SOLUTION FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT IN COLOGNE, GERMANY

HEXAGON DEVELOPS GEOAI SOLUTION FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT IN COLOGNE, GERMANY

    Hexagon’s Safety, Infrastructure & Geospatial division announced the successful delivery of a geospatial artificial intel..

Tax relief – how different European countries tax work from home

Tax relief – how different European countries tax work from home

  More than €1,700: This is how much money those filing their taxes in Belgium may reclaim if they work regularly from their home. No ..

Zoho Launches Blended Conversations for Zoho Desk, Delivering Highly Contextual and Conversational Customer Service Experiences

Zoho Launches Blended Conversations for Zoho Desk, Delivering Highly Contextual and Conversational Customer Service Experiences

  Unifies Human-Driven and Bot-Powered Customer Service Capabilities for Exceptional Omnichannel Support and Better Informed Agen..

Disaster Prep Means Protecting Not Only Your House But Also Your Stuff

Disaster Prep Means Protecting Not Only Your House But Also Your Stuff

    Like many Americans, when Will Seippel started to think about where he might want to live for retirement, Florida was at the ..

NATURE NEEDS TO BE ON THE BALANCE SHEET IF WE ARE TO REVERSE BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE CRISIS

NATURE NEEDS TO BE ON THE BALANCE SHEET IF WE ARE TO REVERSE BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE CRISIS

    Research paper calls for Nature to have mandatory line in financial reports otherwise it is a key stakeholder without a voic..

EU opens antitrust probe into Broadcom’s $61 billion VMware bid

EU opens antitrust probe into Broadcom’s $61 billion VMware bid

PARIS (Reuters) -European antitrust regulators have opened an in-depth investigation into U.S. chipmaker Broadcom’s proposed $61..

Siemens Gamesa names Luijendijk CEO of onshore wind unit

Siemens Gamesa names Luijendijk CEO of onshore wind unit

By Andres Gonzalez LONDON (Reuters) – Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa has appointed its Asia Pacific boss Richard Luijendijk a..

Grand Velo Tours launches world’s best bike tour of France

Grand Velo Tours launches world’s best bike tour of France

Wimbledon, South West London Grand Velo Tours today announced the launch of a fully supported cycling tour of France for a..

Small businesses urgently need seed investment to survive: More than a third of small firms have frozen growth plans due to soaring energy costs

Small businesses urgently need seed investment to survive: More than a third of small firms have frozen growth plans due to soaring energy costs

Brunel University London’s Co-Innovate team today responded to the Federation of Small Businesses recent energy survey [i], which dete..

How online sellers can succeed during a challenging peak trading season

How online sellers can succeed during a challenging peak trading season

    By Tony Preedy, Managing Director of Fruugo As Christmas edges closer, several factors – including the cost-of-living cr..

Top 5 reasons that New Year’s Resolutions fail and how to ensure yours succeed

Top 5 reasons that New Year’s Resolutions fail and how to ensure yours succeed

    New Year Resolutions are the biggest and most consistent failures in the history of humankind.  By Thursday January the ..

Milestone 50,000 users registered and £3million investment gained in pet care app’s first nine months

Milestone 50,000 users registered and £3million investment gained in pet care app’s first nine months

    A start-up pet care app which launched in March this year has reached a milestone 50,000 registered pet owners committed to i..

IMPRESSION ADDS TWO SENIOR HIRES TO BOLSTER ITS NEW PROGRAMMATIC ADVERTISING AND L&D OFFERING

IMPRESSION ADDS TWO SENIOR HIRES TO BOLSTER ITS NEW PROGRAMMATIC ADVERTISING AND L&D OFFERING

  Nottingham and London-based digital marketing agency, Impression has ended 2022 with the appointments of two new senior hires t..

What does ‘good’ look like for legal sector IT security?

What does ‘good’ look like for legal sector IT security?

  By John Wareing, Legal Security Consultant, Red Helix The legal sector has seen rapid digitalisation over recent years, partly ..

The Business Case for Smarter Collaboration

The Business Case for Smarter Collaboration

  By Dr. Heidi K. Gardner Collaboration is getting a bad rap.  Inasmuch as most business leaders understand that they and their c..

More fax security in the cloud

More fax security in the cloud

  Written by Scott Wilson, Vice President at eFax Even if the fax found its way into the working world 40 years ago, i.e. at the ..

Shawbrook provides Furnley House with loan facility to support IFA acquisitions

Shawbrook provides Furnley House with loan facility to support IFA acquisitions

  Client Furnley House Sector Financial Services Facility Commercial Loan Funding Needed Acquisition and refinance Val..

Digital transformation remains top challenge facing 1 in 5 UK CEOs

Digital transformation remains top challenge facing 1 in 5 UK CEOs

  Although businesses are investing heavily in digital, ECI’s Growth Characteristics report reveals that 1 in 5 UK CEOs see their di..

New Hires Are Paid More. How to Negotiate Competitive Salary for Long-Time Employees?

New Hires Are Paid More. How to Negotiate Competitive Salary for Long-Time Employees?

Ms. Diana Blažaitienė, ©  Vaida Šetkauskė New hires are paid 9% more than usual which is causing friction with long-time ..

Skills shortage and recession fears could halt tech investment

Skills shortage and recession fears could halt tech investment

    A new independent survey among more than 750 UK businesses has uncovered their desire to improve their websites, apps and cus..

Four tips for starting a bike rental business in 2023

Four tips for starting a bike rental business in 2023

  Opening a bike rental business is a great way to become a part of a thriving industry. With cycling becoming a more popular met..

FDM Group reports average gender pay gap of -4% for 2022

FDM Group reports average gender pay gap of -4% for 2022

    FDM Group reports a mean gender pay gap of minus 4 per cent this year, following the success of FDM Returners programme and s..

UK Government helps IT company break into Africa with £900k UKEF support

UK Government helps IT company break into Africa with £900k UKEF support

  UKEF’s guarantee has given a boost to exporting ambitions of a Stockport-based technology company   Vesper Technologies (Vespe..

Bank of England raises rates to 3.5%, says inflation has peaked

Bank of England raises rates to 3.5%, says inflation has peaked

(This Dec. 15 story has been corrected to change Robert Dishner’s location to London from Chicago in paragraph 33) LONDON (Reute..

Take Five: Keeping the lights on

Take Five: Keeping the lights on

(Reuters) – The Bank of Japan will be the last of the major central banks to hold a policy meeting this year, and policy-makers ..

No Santa rally for markets as central banks dampen peak rate hopes

No Santa rally for markets as central banks dampen peak rate hopes

By Naomi Rovnick and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) -Forget a year-end rally in financial markets. The message from major central b..

Marketmind: Hawk-eyed

Marketmind: Hawk-eyed

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee Investors have hunkered down with their risk-off hat on, af..

Trovata Partners with J.P. Morgan Asset Management to Make it Easier for Businesses to Invest Excess Cash as Interest Rates Rise

Trovata Partners with J.P. Morgan Asset Management to Make it Easier for Businesses to Invest Excess Cash as Interest Rates Rise

  Trovata to host Morgan Money investing application within its cash management platform for seamless access to Morgan Money’s tr..

Konica Minolta simplifies print management for the modern workplace with PaperCut Hive

Konica Minolta simplifies print management for the modern workplace with PaperCut Hive

  Konica Minolta Business Solutions (UK) Ltd announces the launch of its cloud-native, fully embedded print management software &..