PBSA demand at all-time high in “structurally undersupplied student market” – Plymouth
£3.1 billion invested in the UK PBSA market in 2016 (Knight Frank) Student accommodation from Plymouth University caters for just 12%..
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Early start to severe weather season takes its toll on US economy in February
Insurers face USD1.0+ billion toll from severe weather events in Australia and the US Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastr..
INSURANCE
In the driving seat: Reshaping the CFO role in 2017
Matt Weston, Director, at Robert Half, looks at how digital transformation and automation are shaping the mandate of the CFO and the r..
BUSINESS
Stroock’s Tax Practice Adds Noted Transactional Advisor Michelle M. Jewett as Partner in New York
Adding a prominent transactional advisor to its tax practice, Stroock announced the arrival of Michelle M. Jewett, an attorney with su..
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McDermott Further Expands its Private Equity Practice in Chicago
McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce the arrival of Gregory Metz as a partner in the Firm’s Chicago office. Mr. Metz has..
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Cigna Appoints Alison Meckiffe as Chief Marketing Officer for Global IPMI
Cigna have appointed Alison Meckiffe as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) for their Global Individual Private Medical Insurance business (..
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Max Verstappen and Exact prolong their partnership
Exact and Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen today announced the extension of the partnership between the two through to the end of 2019...
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Niu Solutions partners with the BBA to help UK banks solve their compliance challenges
Niu Solutions, the leading provider of IT consultancy and infrastructure services, today announces a new partnership with the British ..
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Westminster City Council and 4C launch joint venture to help public sector organisations address financial squeeze
Westminster City Council delivered year-on-year savings of more than £120m New consultancy will help public sector organisations to b..
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HAMMOND’S BUDGET PUNISHES AMBITION, UNDERMINES ASPIRATION AND WILL BACKFIRE ON BREXIT BRITAIN
The Chancellor’s Budget punishes ambition, undermines aspiration and will backfire on Brexit Britain, affirms the CEO of one of the wo..
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Accountagility unveils the latest edition to its ORYX Solutions Suite, ORYX HR
Innovative solution will help bridge the gap between the finance and HR departments Accountagility, the leading solutions provider fo..
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Picture Perfect Thatched Show Home Opening InGaydon
Quintessential thatched country cottages are perennially popular, with a recent survey by Curtains.com revealing them to be the most c..
LIFESTYLE
Bucket list on a budget: Scuba dive in Thailand for the price of your daily Diet Coke
Brits are used to the rising cost of leisure activities, but new research shows your spare cash could buy you something a little more ..
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Auriga urges banks to exploit strong UK public support for their ATM banking services spelled out in new industry research
New revenue streams & customer loyalty key advantages of transforming the ATM experience Auriga, a leading European software solut..
BANKING
Raiffeisen chooses iGTB to provide digital trade finance platform
iGTB to implement advanced front-to-back platform for the European bank’s trade finance services iGTB, the Global Transaction Banking ..
BANKING
Financial management is the biggest concern for small businesses
A quarter of small businesses (23%) admit that day to day financial management is one of their biggest concerns. In a recent study of ..
BUSINESS
UK Firms Adapt to ‘New Normal’ of International Trade
35% of SMEs have increased prices as a response to post-Brexit Sterling slump 54% of firms rank currency risk as biggest challenge to..
BUSINESS
SAVING For Retirement, For the Future
By Peter Askew, Fund Manager and CEO at T. Bailey Asset Management Limited That Time of Year As we are in the two month ‘sweet spot’ o..
INVESTING
Nearly two-thirds (64%) of CISOs see security governance and compliance management as their biggest investment priority, data from Network Group Events shows
Survey conducted at the Financial Services Information Security Network event highlights the top security concerns amongst CISOs in t..
INVESTING
AI will power 95% of customer interactions by 2025
Businesses must begin adapting to technologies including AI, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Holograms or face failure Busines..
TECHNOLOGY
Intec presents measurement solutions for Super Vectoring and G.fast at CeBIT 2017
Intec, the leading European provider of xDSL, Ethernet and IP measurement technology, is presenting its high-end ARGUS® multifunction ..
TECHNOLOGY
Investors often ignore capital gains tax, but should consider selling now to avoid a higher future tax
Phil Cook, Private Client Partner at Thomas Miller Investment, comments on the potential increase in capital gains tax “With the Chanc..
INVESTING
New survey finds cloud analytics now mainstream and riding a wave of governed self-service
EMA State of Cloud Analytics 2016 report reveals 70 per cent of companies now consider cloud a key part of analytics strategy Informa..
TECHNOLOGY
Make it a Budget for Businesses: Abolish Stamp Duty on Private Share Transactions
Stuart Lucas, Co-CEO of Asset Match, for Finance Digest The Spring Budget is always one of the standout events on the financial and po..
BUSINESS
Families Flock To Prospect East
According to Zoopla[1], the average asking price for a four-bedroom house in the East London boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Hackney is ..
LIFESTYLE
Otter-Ly Loveable – Making Their Home At Great Kneighton
Otters are one of the UK’s most playful animals – they love having fun and will happily create water slides just for their own amuseme..
LIFESTYLE
First New Nine Elms Homes Launched In 2017 Are Snapped Up At Event
The first apartments of Nine Elms to be launched this year went on sale with great success last week. Bellway Homes’ flagship developm..
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Dun & Bradstreet Helps Sales and Marketers Speed Path from Prospect to Profitable Customer with Launch of D&B Hoovers
New Sales Acceleration Solution Advances Company’s Leadership in Emergent B2B Market Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE: DNB) today announced..
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Chain of Points Adds American Internet Entrepreneur Jeff Pulver to Board of Advisors
Prominent tech entrepreneur Pulver co-founded Free World Dialup, Vonage, and Zula Chain of Points, creators of the groundbreaking o bl..
NEWS
Can the market’s optimism survive a mad March?
By Jaisal Pastakia, Investment Manager at Heartwood Investment Management Risk asset markets have begun the year firmly, underpinned ..
BUSINESS
Meet The Women Working Hard In House Building
A recent NHBC Foundation report[1] has revealed 12% of the UK’s house building workforce is female, with the majority in secretarial o..
LIFESTYLE
Gender balance getting better in the housing sector
Q&A with Chief Executive of East Thames With International Women’s Day taking place next week, 8th March, Yvonne Arrowsmith, Chie..
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TA Associates Announces Minority Investment in Interswitch
TA Associates, a leading global growth private equity firm, today announced it has acquired a minority equity interest in Interswitch,..
NEWS
Buy Now To Invest In The Future During Exciting Decade For Norwich
Of the 65,890, 30-somethings who left the capital last year in search of better value housing, 64% moved into the South East and the E..
INVESTING
Buy-to-let makes way for buy-to-NET as April tax changes approach
“Buy cheap and buy smart” to lessen impact of tax changes (Properties of the World) 440,000 landlords could move up a t..
INVESTING
City Workers Make A Smart Choice At East City Point
According to analysis from the Trades Union Congress, the number of employees with daily commutes of two hours or more has increased b..
NEWS
Med tech innovators pitch for the chance to raise funding to save lives
16 entrepreneurs were given the platform to realise their ambitions by exhibiting and pitching for significant investment to develop t..
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