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..
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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..
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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..
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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 ..
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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..
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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..
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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..
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FinancialForce Winter 2023 Release Makes It Easier to Run a Truly Connected Business with Deeper Intelligence and Endless Agility
FinancialForce, the leading provider of customer-centric business applications across finance, services, and customer success t..
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Phos adds Open Banking payments to solution for European partners
The global SoftPoS payment orchestrator has teamed up with Nuapay to allow UK and EU partners to include direct account payme..
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Birketts advises on the African Diaspora Economic Inclusion Foundation’s registration as a charity
Birketts, a UK top 50 law firm, has advised on the registration of the African Diaspora Economic Inclusion Foundation (ADEIF)..
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What impacts the cost of your life insurance premiums?
Reassured, the UK’s largest life insurance broker, recently concluded that the average cost of life insurance in the UK is £38.15 per ..
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Economic outlook rather gloomy, but bright spots in terms of inflation
The outlook for Q1/2023 remains bleak: rising prices and interest rates are weighing on the global economy. Add to this the pro..
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PayU Expands Across Central America
The online payment service provider will offer payment processing and PCI compliance in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Co..
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Rivero and Paymentology provide state-of-the-art compliance to fintechs and banks
New partnership sees Paymentology bolster its issuer-processor services, through Rivero’s Kajo SaaS solution, with enhanced c..
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How SMEs can reach net-zero and the role of green finance initiatives
By Simon Cureton, CEO at Funding Options Smaller businesses often have relatively low individual emission footprints, but it’s ..
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What will be defining fintech trends of 2023?
The fintech (financial technology) sector exploded last year with a record level of investment. This year it has continued to d..
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Sterling holds firm after UK jobs data muddies rate outlook
By Amanda Cooper LONDON (Reuters) – The pound held broadly steady on Tuesday, as gains following UK employment data were offset ..
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Stocks, dollar little changed as inflation data sends mixed signals
By Herbert Lash and Carolyn Cohn NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar and Wall Street stocks traded little changed on Friday a..
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Cash is king – employees seek cash-saving benefits during cost of living crisis
Employees place cash saving as the most important factor when choosing workplace benefits, new YouGov survey shows Two thirds ..
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Rising costs are the top risk to big businesses in 2023, but corporate spending shows no sign of abating
76% of senior decision makers in UK businesses say that rising costs are the biggest risk to their business in 2023 Most will ..
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BRITS URGED TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT THEATRES THIS CHRISTMAS AS TWO IN FIVE FEAR CLOSURE AMIDST COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS
Two in five independent theatres fear closure without strong Christmas sales Attendance at Christmas shows such as pantomimes ..
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Christmas is a ‘lifeline’ for small business owners
Alan Thomas, UK CEO at Simply Business comments on the ongoing, catastrophic impact of the cost of living crisis on SMEs and ..
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Norwegian proptech Speiz secures €1.3M in seed funding to launch new European marketplace for warehouse leasing
The funding round, led by German investor, F-LOG Ventures, will aid Speiz in its goal of digitally transforming the broken brokerag..
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Employees demand their organisations to do more to drive systemic change in DEI
The entertainment industry needs to do better as it’s voted one of the least inclusive industries The Netherlands has replaced ..
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Developing a happy team
With the UK now officially in recession, the cost of living soaring, not to mention all the implications of an increasingly pro..
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Profitability for wind turbines on the rise
Wind farms are to be greatly expanded, especially in the less windy south of Germany. A study has cast doubt on the profitabili..
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Sterling slips as boost from new China COVID rules fades
By Amanda Cooper LONDON (Reuters) – The pound slid on Monday, as an initial jolt of investor enthusiasm over signs of possible l..
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ECB’s Makhlouf expects 50 bps rate hike in December
(Corrects first paragraph to say rates ‘may have to move into restrictive territory’, not ‘would have to’) By ..
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Stocks fall as strong U.S. payrolls muddies rate bets
By Sinéad Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) – Equities took a dip on Friday while U.S. Treasury yields climbed as investors bet on a more..
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Euro zone bond yields rise after U.S. jobs data
By Alun John LONDON (Reuters) – European government bond yields rose after Friday data showed U.S. employers hired more workers ..
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Irish corporate tax boom breaks more records in November
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland took in more corporate tax in November than it used to collect in entire years a decade ago, as a rec..
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Agriculture tech company hits crowdfund target in hours in quest to further support global farming industry
ALVÁTECH, a global company which provides farmers with advanced, environmentally-friendly and effective water treatment technol..
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Ozone API Expands Global Team and Grows Footprint In LatAm
Ozone API, developer of the leading standards-based software for open finance, has expanded its global team with a key new hire..
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UK Export Finance commits up to £4bn to strengthen UK and Moroccan trade ties
UKEF announces it is now open for business in Morocco with appointment of new International Export Finance Executive in Casab..
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YesColours’ future looks bright with crowdfunding launch
YesColours, the award-winning home décor disruptor has launched its very first crowdfunding campaign, following the standout la..
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deVere at 20: financial giant celebrates two decades with new plans
As deVere Group celebrates its 20th anniversary today as a global leader of international financial services, its CEO and found..
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UKEF upgrades support for SMEs to boost global exporting ambitions
New Bills and Notes Guarantee product offers SMEs a simpler process to access export finance Announced at UKEF’s annual Financ..
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