Pearson pounded after COVID hits U.S. community college enrolment
By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) -Global education group Pearson said enrolments at community colleges in the United States had been hi..
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Italian fashion group OTB joins LVMH-led blockchain platform
MILAN (Reuters) – Italian fashion group OTB has joined a consortium formed by luxury goods heavyweights LVMH, Prada and Richemon..
BUSINESS
The logo of French cloud computing company OVHcloud is seen on a data-center building in Strasbourg, France, October 13, 2021. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
LONDON (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell has appointed Wael Sawan as head of its integrated gas and renewables division, replacing M..
BUSINESS
Shares in French tech champion OVHcloud gain 6% in Paris debut
PARIS (Reuters) -Shares in French cloud computing company OVHcloud climbed around 6% on their first day of trading on Friday, after a ..
BUSINESS
How finance firms can unify two data approaches to improve both compliance and security
By David Walker, Field CTO, EMEA, Yugabyte, the leader in open-source distributed SQL databases. Finance and banking orga..
FINANCE
2021 and the fintech market bonanza
By Mike Rhodes, CEO and Founder of ConsultMyApp The Covid-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented disruption for many busine..
TECHNOLOGY
Automating business processes is essential to digital transformation
By Colin Dean, Director, Western Europe at M-Files Information management, business processes and business systems need to come togeth..
BUSINESS
Why Open Banking Heralds a New Era of eCommerce Merchant and Bank Collaboration
By Ron de Bos, Dir. of Product Management, Payments, Digital River What do banks fear most? You might think it would be another Black ..
BUSINESS
Companies’ climate disclosures still lacking -task force
By Huw Jones and Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) -Around half of companies assessed have begun to apply globally-agreed climate-related ..
BUSINESS
IKEA warns supply chain disruptions likely to last into 2022
By Anna Ringstrom STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -IKEA, the world’s biggest furniture brand, is leasing more ships, buying containers and r..
BUSINESS
What You Should Know Before Getting a Loan Online
Having a loan is good, but having the right loan at the right interest rate isn’t necessarily. This is because you can end up pa..
FINANCE
Britain’s binge on cheap food is over, biggest chicken producer says
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s 20-year binge on cheap food is coming to an end as food price inflation could hit double digi..
NEWS
From beef bowls to coffee, cost surge squeezes Japan’s salaryman staples
By Daniel Leussink and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – In 50 years running a cafe in Tokyo, Shizuo Mori can’t remember a ti..
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Digital ad demand helps Publicis hike 2021 growth outlook
By Milla Nissi (Reuters) – French advertising group Publicis raised its outlook for 2021 on Thursday as a global shift towards d..
BUSINESS
Enabling decision-making success in the banking industry – 3 considerations
By Neil Shah, Head of Financial Services, Board The move towards strategic decision-making Now, with the pandemic restrictions lifting..
BANKING
Exploring the Evolution of Mobile Payment Technologies
By Steve Hennessy, Head of Cyber at Babble Cloud Cyber-attacks don’t just happen to large corporations. Any business can ..
BUSINESS
Should your company be considering a hybrid-cloud strategy?
By David Johnson, Director of Strategic Architecture EMEA at Domo, explains why organisations are adopting a hybrid-cloud strategy, an..
BUSINESS
4 questions to consider before embarking on a contract packaging expansion
By Mick Clark, Managing Director, WePack Ltd Statistics show approximately 65 percent of new companies fail during their first 10 year..
BUSINESS
How to balance freedom and productivity while hybrid working
By Neal McMahon, Regional Sales Leader UK&I Financial Services offices in the UK are opening up, meaning employees have the freedo..
BUSINESS
Publishers and Brands View Commerce Content as a Key Revenue Driver
Two new reports from impact.com show brands with at least 20 content publisher partners are 2X as likely to see increased..
BUSINESS
Rocking down to Electric Avenue? Good luck charging your car
By Nick Carey and Tina Bellon LONDON (Reuters) -European and U.S. cities planning to phase out combustion engines over the next 15 yea..
TECHNOLOGY
JLR parent Tata Motors surges nearly 20% on TPG fundraise, EV plans
BENGALURU (Reuters) – Shares of India’s Tata Motors rose nearly 20% on Wednesday, a day after the Jaguar and Land Rover ow..
BUSINESS
UK economy picks up in August, underpinning BoE rate hike bets
By David Milliken and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s economy returned to growth in August after contracting for t..
NEWS
Asia’s airlines ramp up flights, offers as tough COVID travel curbs ease
By Jamie Freed and Aradhana Aravindan SYDNEY/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asia-Pacific airlines have lost billions of dollars this year..
BUSINESS
Marston’s says Q4 sales above pre-pandemic levels
(Reuters) – Pub operator Marston’s said on Wednesday that sales were above pre-pandemic levels in the fourth quarter, as p..
BUSINESS
Apple likely to cut iPhone 13 production due to chip crunch -Bloomberg News
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) -Apple Inc is likely to slash production of its iPhone 13 by as many as 10 million units due to the global..
BUSINESS
What is the Optimal Number of Slides in a Pitch Deck?
If you are searching for the best ways to develop a pitch deck, it probably means you are working towards winning over investors for t..
FINANCE
How to outsmart the tech-savvy criminal
By Martin Rehak, Resistant AI In the first half of 2021 criminals stole a total of £753.9 million, which is a 30% increase from the sa..
TECHNOLOGY
The five steps to help the luxury market recover from Covid-19
By Kevin O’Farrell, Associate Vice President at Analytic Partners Amid the turmoil of the Covid-19 pandemic, while some b..
BUSINESS
Workforce management; the next cloud resource for businesses?
By Richard Jeffery, CEO of ActiveOps discusses how cloud computing changes the way organisations manage their operations a..
BUSINESS
Data – Time for some “Levelling Up”
By Rupert D.E. Brown, CTO Evidology Systems Data content, governance and security have been very much to the fore across i..
FINANCE
How FS organisations can use subscriptions to get ahead in the API economy
By Michael Mansard, Principal Director – Subscription Strategy at Zuora In today’s competitive environment, FS (Financial Services) ..
BANKING
New ISLA Standards Provide the Foundation for Resource Optimisation, Efficiency and Risk Mitigation
Modernising the management of contracts is long overdue. While many market participants in the securities lending market have reaped s..
FINANCE
How can pension schemes align with ESG goals?
By Tracy Walsh, partner in the pensions team at law firm Womble Bond Dickinson Pension schemes and the industry as a whole are respond..
LIFESTYLE
The key trends in payment authentication
By Stephanie El Rhomri, VP Testing Services, Fime Across both in-person and online payments, consumer demands have significantly incre..
BUSINESS
The State of Chatbots
By James Penfold, Head of Strategy & Experience Design at creative technology agency Rehab. There’s a chatbot for ever..
BUSINESS
How application management can help tackle the finance industry’s carbon emissions
With ambitious net-zero targets being pledged, there is growing pressure on the ‘high carbon’ finance industry to reduce emissions as ..
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