VenueScanner raises £800k to bring its e-commerce approach to the £40bn UK events industry
VenueScanner, the digital marketplace with the largest choice of venues in the UK, has raised £800k in its opening round of seed fundi..
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Hiring boom adds pressure to firms’ retention plans
New research revealed by recruitment specialist Robert Half Technology UK suggests that the IT and technology market is changing with ..
NEWS
StormX Establishes Strategic Partnership WithZenCash
StormX, Inc. has closed its seed round of financing StormX, Inc., the blockchainad tech and micro-task company previously known as Cak..
NEWS
Travel insurance lessons from the Ryanair cancellation issue
Thousands of tourists have been left with cancelled flights, or stranded in airports around the world after a staff holiday mix up by ..
INSURANCE
Ancoats, from industrial ghost town to hipster hotspot: Surrenden Invest reports
Ancoats named ‘hippest’ place to live in the UK (Travel Supermarket) Talented young professionals drawn to Ancoats by it..
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Neighbours Become Good Friends AtHorsted Park
Recent research from Aviva[1], found that six million adults in the UK do not know any of their neighbour’s names, with only a quarter..
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West London’s Newest Park Opens At Acton Gardens
The borough of Ealing has recently been awarded 21 green flags for its parks and open spaces, including Acton Green Common and Acton P..
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IMF and the National Bank of Belgium Sign SDR 350 million Borrowing Agreement to Support Lending to Low-Income Countries
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), as Trustee of the Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust (PRGT), and the National Bank of Belgium h..
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Colnvestor partners with leading cohort of fund managers ahead of peak tax season
CoInvestor, the alternative assets platform, has partnered with five major fund managers in the run-up to the height of the tax season..
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RavenPack Opens Its Big Data Analytics Platform to Fundamental Investors
New enhancements and functionality empowers wider investment community to construct trading signals from big data RavenPack, the leadi..
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New report by Synechron and Efma examines the bank branch of the future
Global banks look at changing model to improve customer experience through digitization Synechron, Inc, the global financial services..
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New Forex Comparison Site Aims To Stop UkSmes From Being Burned On International Transfers Fees
WhichFX, the first forex broker comparison site, launches SMEs will get the same deals as large corporates Focused on making the ex..
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Investor & CNBC Contributor BRIAN KELLY Joins Veridium Labs Board of Advisors
Kelly will advise and invest in cryptocurrency project creating corporate sustainability solutions and liquid markets for carbon credi..
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Final Salary Pension Transfers Explained – What’s all the fuss about?
You might well have seen in the media much talk about the option of transferring out of final salary pension schemes, otherwise known ..
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Bankart and Nets to deliver new payments infrastructure to Slovenian banks
Bankart and Nets A/S have signed an agreement where Nets will deploy and operate an instant payments solution for Bankart using the Re..
BANKING
Grant Thornton goes live with Workday Human Capital Management across Ireland
Grant Thornton, Ireland’s fastest growing professional services firm, has gone live in Ireland with Workday Human Capital Management (..
BUSINESS
Three Essentials to Thrive as a CFO
Mark Woodhams, Managing Director, EMEA for Oracle NetSuite In order to be successful in an ever-changing, digitally-disrupted business..
BUSINESS
Norway and New Zealand deliver latest big rate hikes
Jeremy C Bradley, Executive Director at InterActive, Jeremy C Bradley When it comes to learning we are guided by the misco..
BUSINESS
Striking Signature Collection Launches At Lavender Fields
Millwood Designer Homes has recently launched the Signature Collection at its popular Lavender Fields development in Isfield, East Sus..
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Be King Or Queen Of Your Own Castle At New Elizabeth Gate Apartments
According to research from Aldermore, 65 per cent of prospective first-time buyers believe that buying a home is currently unachievabl..
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Bellway Supports The Call For New Homes In Croydon
According to recent research by property portal Zoopla, Croydon has been ranked the second most in-demand town for property in Britain..
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Former SEC Enforcement Chief and Deutsche Bank General Counsel Richard H. Walker Joins King & Spalding in New York
King & Spalding announced that Richard H. Walker, former Director of Enforcement at the Securities and Exchange Commission who for..
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Stroock Expands Private Funds Group with Addition of Partner Eric Requenez
Mr.Requenez advises investment advisers, investment banks and other financial institutions in fund formation and related regulatory an..
NEWS
It’s time to address asset management’s image problem
By Mash Patel, CEO of Kurtosys It’s a tough time to be a fund manager. Forthcoming regulatory updates darken the horizon, necessitatin..
FINANCE
Why Exhibiting Is One of the Best Forms of Advertising
In a digital world, traditional forms of advertising can often be forgotten.However, to create a successful advertising strategy, a ra..
BUSINESS
GDPR: Bridging the Gap
By Harshini Carey ,Regional Director – Neupart UK Even though the GDPR deadline is looming, it’s important that organisations don’t n..
BUSINESS
To build a successful sales & marketing function you must become a(data) architect
By Rishi Dave, Chief Marketing Officer, Dun & Bradstreet @RishiPDave Rishi Dave In today’s digitally-driven world, sal..
BUSINESS
Waiting for an Uber – Adapting insurance for the digital age
By Tim Dimond-Brown, VP Sales and Operations at Quadient. After several years of, at best, stagnation, the insurance industry’s growth..
INSURANCE
Bitcoin – Desperately seeking Satoshi Nakamoto
By John Wyn-Evans, Head of Investment Strategy at Investec Wealth & Investment All the ingredients for life on earth were availabl..
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UK BANKING GROUP STRENGTHENS CUSTOMER DATA SECURITY AHEAD OF GDPR
Close Brothers Technology Services has partnered with DataRaze to expand its secure data destruction offering for customers UK mer..
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ID Finance grows footprint in Latin America with launch of Mexico operations
Alternative lender now issuing over 60,000 loans each month ID Finance, the emerging markets fintech company, has expanded its presenc..
NEWS
Atom bank teams up with Reevoo to improve customer engagement and service transparency
Atom, the UK’s first bank built exclusively for mobile, has partnered with user-generated content platform Reevoo to drive great..
NEWS
Varengold Bank AG to provide £45m to UK SMEs through MarketInvoice
German Bank Varengold enters strategic partnership with MarketInvoice MarketInvoice reaches landmark £1.5b funding milestone MarketIn..
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Over 8,500 New Jobs Created In Financial Services From Foreign Direct Investment In 2016-17
FDI made in financial services will provide 8,847 new jobs FDI projects in business and consumer services are set to create the hig..
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Phillips Nizer Adds Two New Partners, Litigator Craig Penn And Corporate Attorney Carl Kleidman, To New York Office
Penn represents clients in wide range of industries in litigation matters; Kleidman, a former managing partner of a private equity fir..
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Technological advancement in the workplace
By Tim Hall, Chief Technology Officer at Blue Logic Computers Tim Hall, Chief Technology Officer at Blue Logic Computers, explains the..
TECHNOLOGY
Lockeswood Tops The League For Choice Of Schools
According to recent research 1 in 4 parents with school age children have bought a home to secure a place at the desired school of the..
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