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“Brexit might impact our migrant pool.”-Magazine

“Brexit might impact our migrant pool.”-Magazine

Finance Digest meets Alan Connor, CFO at Cordant Group plc, one of the top 100 largest privately owned businesses in the UK. It has sa..

Local Markets Still In Season With Homebuyers

Local Markets Still In Season With Homebuyers

“Love your local market week” took place from Friday 26th to Wednesday 31st May, aiming to raise awareness, increase footfall and gene..

Trendy ‘Terrennials’ Take Their Trowels To Willow Grange

Trendy ‘Terrennials’ Take Their Trowels To Willow Grange

According to a recent survey by landscaping specialist, Marshalls[1], a third of millennials are taking an interest in gardening. The ..

Bellway Lifts Stamp Duty For Struggling Buyers

Bellway Lifts Stamp Duty For Struggling Buyers

Over one in 10 homeowners have tried to move house but decided against it due to high stamp duty costs or mortgage issues, according t..

The Outer Commuter Belt A Hit With Homebuyers

The Outer Commuter Belt A Hit With Homebuyers

The outer commuter belt has seen an annual price growth of 2.4%, and a 14% price growth since 2014, according to Savills[1]. Their fig..

StaycationIn Stratford This Summer With Genesis

StaycationIn Stratford This Summer With Genesis

According to a recent survey, 3.77 million people made UK-based tourist visits during August alone last year[1]. ‘Staycations..

SMEs move to the cloud new opportunities for bankers-Magazine

SMEs move to the cloud new opportunities for bankers-Magazine

Attributed to Alex Campbell, Managing Director of Xero Asia Alex Campbell, Managing Director of Xero Asia The financial se..

5 Challenges to Overcome in Governance, Risk and Compliance-Magazine

5 Challenges to Overcome in Governance, Risk and Compliance-Magazine

By David Northmore, VP of EMEA, MarkLogic  David Northmore There is a saying that trouble comes in threes. When it comes t..

A fleet purchasing model for finance directors-Magazine

A fleet purchasing model for finance directors-Magazine

The vehicle fleet can be a major source of cost for any business, especially as the supply chain is often full of ‘hidden’ margins. Ri..

Counter-terrorism Contingency in Business

Counter-terrorism Contingency in Business

Kunming. St Petersburg. Java. Jerusalem. Alexandria. Istanbul. Berlin. Paris. London. Ohio. From the Far East to the West, all these c..

Outdoor Space Without The Upkeep At Novo

Outdoor Space Without The Upkeep At Novo

With space at a premium in many cities and busy lifestyles leaving no time for maintaining large outdoor space, many house hunters are..

How to build a successful business

How to build a successful business

Carl Reader, author of The Start Up Coach, co-owner of dennisandturnbull.com  Google “how to get rich” or “how to build a successful b..

Checkout queues – soon to be a thing of the past?

Checkout queues – soon to be a thing of the past?

André Stoorvogel, Director, Product Marketing – Payments, Rambus European retailers need to maximize shopping experience as Amazon Go ..

What does GDPR mean for insurers?-Magazine

What does GDPR mean for insurers?-Magazine

By Andrew Bridges, Data Quality and Governance Manager at REaD Group Andrew Bridges It’s not often that data protect..

Why the financial services industry is banking on the database-Magazine

Why the financial services industry is banking on the database-Magazine

Perry Krug, Couchbase principal architect Perry Krug There’s no doubt about it, over recent years the financial services (..

Is your client data fully secure?-Magazine

Is your client data fully secure?-Magazine

Electronic documentation and e-signatures offer accountants and practices many benefits including time and cash savings. But how do yo..

IFS research reveals major differences in digital maturity across industries: aviation most progressive while oil and gas lags behind

IFS research reveals major differences in digital maturity across industries: aviation most progressive while oil and gas lags behind

Big Data, ERP and IoT noted as top investment areas for digital transformation, but one in three companies are unprepared due to talen..

Trump and interest rates not enough to shake investors’ confidence in SMEs-Magazine

Trump and interest rates not enough to shake investors’ confidence in SMEs-Magazine

Luke Davis, CEO of IW Capital, feature for Finance Digest What a difference a year makes: at the start of 2016, very few people would ..

Rambus Teams with Google, Interacon Android Pay in Canada

Rambus Teams with Google, Interacon Android Pay in Canada

Provider of tokenization software helps secure mobile payments for Interac debit card users  TodayRambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS) announced..

Manchester digital firm secures £900k with backing from Mercia Technologies PLC

Manchester digital firm secures £900k with backing from Mercia Technologies PLC

A Manchester digital company which helps businesses manage high and variable website traffic demands for customers such as ao.com and ..

Two 2016 trends that will impact on financial services in 2017-Magazine

Two 2016 trends that will impact on financial services in 2017-Magazine

By David Poole, Business Development Director, MYPINPAD David Poole 2016 was a year of significant change. It was also a y..

Fintech is changing the face of Asset Finance-Magazine

Fintech is changing the face of Asset Finance-Magazine

Rapid advances in financial technology over the past few years have changed the way we do business. Dave Chapman Getting t..

Top ten money-saving apps to boost your bank balance

Top ten money-saving apps to boost your bank balance

Without even noticing, 48 million* Brits have a money-saving device at their fingertips with the help of their smartphone. Thanks to t..

Spotlight on: Demonetization in India

Spotlight on: Demonetization in India

Sabapathy Narayanan, Field Marketing Manager, South-East Asia, FIME  In an unscheduled televised appearance on November 08, 2016, Indi..

One In Ten Brits Still Stash Cash Under Their Mattress 

One In Ten Brits Still Stash Cash Under Their Mattress 

£28 is the average amount of cash carried in the UK 77% of Brits proactively stash cash at home – the average sum is £110, though aro..

They think it’s all over, but is it now?

They think it’s all over, but is it now?

By James Trescothick, Senior Global Strategist, easyMarkets  James Trescothick Is the UK election a foregone conclusion an..

PAYDAY MILLIONAIRES: Brits spend nearly half (43%) of their disposable income within 24 hours of being paid

PAYDAY MILLIONAIRES: Brits spend nearly half (43%) of their disposable income within 24 hours of being paid

81% of our disposable income is spent within seven days of payday Belfast is revealed as the ‘payday millionaire’ capital of the UK, ..

How much automation can finance processes achieve?-Magazine

How much automation can finance processes achieve?-Magazine

Dr. Marlene Wolfgruber, product manager at ABBYY explains how data-driven and robotic software solutions can help accelerate enterpris..

Successfully turning the tide on a wave of fraud in 2017-Magazine

Successfully turning the tide on a wave of fraud in 2017-Magazine

Roberto Valerio, CEO of leading fraud prevention software company Risk Ident, outlines the threats that businesses will face and the s..

“Putting the human touch back into banking”-Magazine

“Putting the human touch back into banking”-Magazine

By Tanmaya Varma, Global Head of Industry Solutions, SugarCRM Tanmaya Varma The last decade has seen the financial service..

Bankless Banking Is Ready for Its Close-Up-Magazine

Bankless Banking Is Ready for Its Close-Up-Magazine

By Harold Montgomery Harold Montgomery More than a third of the global population has no access to traditional financial s..

Cloudbusting – how the cloud can help keep banks agile-Magazine

Cloudbusting – how the cloud can help keep banks agile-Magazine

Jay Hibbin, regional sales director – financial services EMEA, CenturyLink  Jay Hibbin Originally proposed by the European..

Overcoming the Data Avalanche to Make Better Business Decisions-Magazine

Overcoming the Data Avalanche to Make Better Business Decisions-Magazine

By Hesham El Komy, Senior Director, Epicor Software Hesham El Komy Business decision making has always been fuelled by fin..

AI in Business: It starts with the basics-Magazine

AI in Business: It starts with the basics-Magazine

By Kevin Gidney, Co-founder and CTO, Seal Software Kevin Gidney We encounter stories and predictions about how artificial ..

Roosters, CFOs and The Importance of The Asset-Centric View-Magazine

Roosters, CFOs and The Importance of The Asset-Centric View-Magazine

Rick Gustafson is CFO of field service management company, ServiceMax, a GE Digital company According to the Chinese Zodiac, 2017 is t..

The UK property market: with competition high, speed is everything-Magazine

The UK property market: with competition high, speed is everything-Magazine

Paresh Raja, CEO of Market Financial Solutions, for Finance Digest Paresh Raja The UK’s property market has long been hera..

The Urgency of Tax Reform-Magazine

The Urgency of Tax Reform-Magazine

By Philip Allan Philip Allan With the topic of tax reform in the headlines, the unending debate about the fairest and most..