Paragon Bank lifts half-year SME lending by 16.9%
Paragon Bank’s SME Lending division grew new lending by 16.9% during the first half of its financial year compared to the same ..
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Lack of payment options cause 9 in 10 shoppers to abandon online purchases
June 2022: Nine in ten shoppers admit they have abandoned an online purchase in the last six months due to a lack of payment op..
Finance
Retaining Women in the Workforce: Overcoming challenges facing employers
Resignation rates remain high with many root causes for why women may be leaving their employer or workforce altogether – creat..
News
Free CyberRisk Assessment launched to help organisations tackle cyber crime
From today, companies will be able to benefit from a free cyber risk assessment of their business following the launch of Cyber..
Technology
WFA Concerns: New report reveals enterprise devices connect to four different locations per month
London, June 10th – Enterprise devices are, on average, connecting to four separate locations each month during the era of hybr..
Business
ADSA WORKERS MEET SHADOW CHANCELLOR RACHEL REEVES AT GMB CONGRESS AFTER SUPERMARKET MISCALCULATES THOUSANDS OF WORKERS WAGES EVERY MONTH
Every worker deserves to be paid properly for the hours they have worked, says GMB Union Angry Asda workers met Shadow Chancel..
Business
How Fintech Can Drive Scaling and Compliance
By Kris Simpson, Head of UK B2C for Cool Company Financial services compliance is essential for any business, though not always parti..
Finance
How will the ECB contain fragmentation risk in euro area bond markets?
By Yoruk Bahceli, Dhara Ranasinghe and Stefano Rebaudo LONDON (Reuters) – As the European Central Bank rushes to exit stimulus a..
Investment
IF WE WANT TO REACH EV TARGETS ACROSS THE UK, 300,000 CHARGING POINTS BY 2030 IS NOT ENOUGH, AND IT MUST NOT BE ALL ABOUT THE NUMBERS
By John Gravett, head of infrastructure at Cluttons With the announcement by the Government of 300,000 electric vehicle c..
News
Fintech Tulipshare challenge Salesforce on diversity, as research reveals that tech workers twice as likely to experience racism and microaggressions in the workplace
Despite high level of representation in senior leadership, almost half of tech employees surveyed (46%) have experience..
Finance
How freelancing can improve diversity in tech
Diversity is crucial to the tech industry’s development and success, and female representation is an important piece of t..
Technology
Campaign to recover missing millions from apprenticeship budget
A leading apprenticeship provider is aiming to recover £1million of unspent funding to support new jobs and upskill employees. ..
Finance
Two-thirds of workers think work-life balance is more valuable than pay
Rising inflation and the UK’s cost-of-living crisis have put a lot of pressure on employers to increase wages and starting sala..
Opinion
Tech Mahindra announces partnership with Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison to bolster Indonesia’s digital economy
Both parties signed an MoU to jointly explore business development prospects and innovative enterprise-grade digital solutions ..
Business
Fintech disruptor Trust Payments announces partnership expansions at Money 2020
The power of these new partnerships will drive the business towards its aim of taking commerce to the next level London, UK, 09..
Finance
Western Union integrates Mambu into its new digital bank platform in Europe
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 9 June 2022: Mambu, the cloud banking platform, has teamed up with Western Union, a global leader in cr..
Technology
New EU Initiative Could Address Long-Standing Challenges for Financial Institutions — if Regulators Play Ball
The European Commission has launched a new platform, with the goal to bridge the gap in discussion between financial institutions and ..
Finance
Ignore a ‘van plan’ – better fleet management software is key to persuading van owners to go electric
New data shows many van drivers have ‘range anxiety’; but key to tackling this isn’t more chargers – it’s better software, argu..
News
ONE IN THREE WORKERS SAY SURVEILLANCE BY BOSSES HAS NEGATIVE IMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH – GMB
Technology should be used to ease workers’ burden – not trap them in an Orwellian nightmare, says GMB Union One in three..
News
Snow Software and Anodot Partner to Transform Cloud Cost Management
The new strategic partnership provides organisations with powerful controls and insights into their cloud investments Bracknel..
Technology
Could your business handle a four-day week?
~ The UK is trialling shorter weeks — but are you ready? ~ We’ve worked from home, we’ve worked hybrid — but could we work less..
Business
Gift cards the key to creating a seamless multi-channel experience
With the high-street under increasing pressure to offer a flexible retail experience, new research has suggested that gift card..
Business
Did the Kickstart Scheme really deliver on its promises?
Defining the Kickstart Scheme The £2 billion ‘Kickstart Scheme’, was announced by Rishi Sunak on the 8th of July. It aimed to c..
Business
Salesforce shareholders vote against proposal seeking audit on racial diversity, despite 2 out of 5 employees being white men
Investors were asked to vote today at Salesforce’s AGM on whether the company should conduct an independent racial equity audi..
News
“CirculOil is a great company for the future.” Why nearly 200 investors have pledged to eliminate oil waste and help save our planet
CirculOil – the revolutionary oil management system that brings circularity and efficiency to engine lubrication – has smashed ..
Headlines
CogX Festival set for live return after two years of virtual and hybrid events, bringing together 6,000 attendees and 200+ thought leaders to speak across 20 topic tracks and side events to address the question “How do we get the next 10 years right?”
Speakers from the IMF, NATO, LEGO, Shell, Bumble, DeepMind, Rolls Royce, Microsoft and the NHS among experts at first fully liv..
Technology
“Tech4PrisonLeavers” launches with Digital Poverty Alliance supporting men leaving prison with digital skills
London, 10th June 2022 – The Digital Poverty Alliance and Intel have partnered with Trailblazers Mentoring Charity to launch “T..
Technology
How to set up robust Work From Anywhere policies to attract the best talent
Allowing employees to work from anywhere can be desirable, but it’s not easy for companies to deliver, argues Sami Bouremo..
Business
Back to the land: Lebanese family turns to farming to survive crises
By Maya Gebeily and Aziz Taher HOULA, Lebanon (Reuters) – In a remote village in southern Lebanon, Qassem Shreim crouched low to..
Headlines
Britain to defy EU with ‘relatively trivial’ N.Ireland law
By Elizabeth Piper and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) – Britain published plans on Monday to override some of the post-Brexit trad..
Headlines
Oil rises on tight supplies; trade choppy on demand worries
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Monday in a session of volatile trade, as tight global supplies outwe..
Investment
Inflation fears grip markets as bonds, stocks plunge
By Saikat Chatterjee LONDON (Reuters) – Global stocks and government bonds extended a bruising sell-off on Monday and the dollar..
Investment
Security trumps obesity in Britain’s first food strategy
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain set out its first national food strategy on Monday, focused on increasing domestic output of some produce to..
Headlines
France’s Cristal Union lures farmers to secure sugar beet supplies
PARIS (Reuters) -French sugar and ethanol maker Cristal Union promised farmers high prices for their 2023 sugar beet harvest in a bid ..
Headlines
Back to the 80s for UK SMEs
By: Jim Shaw, Shaw & Co For a large swathe of the 2010s, the 1980s underwent something of a joyous revival in terms of its ..
Business
126% search increase for “how to recover from burnout” – Instant Offices tell us how we can tackle it!
Exclusive data from Instant Offices, has revealed that there has been a dramatic 126% increase in UK searches for “how to recov..
News
MULTINATIONAL MUTARES ACQUIRES SHEFFIELD BASED FIRM, ATI, WITH SUPPORT FROM CYNERGY BUSINESS FINANCE
08 June 2022: Cynergy Business Finance has provided an £18m funding line to support Mutares with the acquisition of the ..
Finance