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New Healthcare Market Review reveals elderly personal care sector creating exciting investment opportunities and defying Brexit

New Healthcare Market Review reveals elderly personal care sector creating exciting investment opportunities and defying Brexit

Personal care sector occupancy at 91.7% in H1 2016 (Colliers International) Long-term stability and excellent prospects are a win wit..

Why it’s time to centralise public sector technology

Why it’s time to centralise public sector technology

Mark Hall, public sector director at Redcentric The UK is in a time of political change effecting businesses and citizens, which is wh..

Aon announces agreement to acquire risk management firm, creating a comprehensive cyber risk management advisory group

Aon announces agreement to acquire risk management firm, creating a comprehensive cyber risk management advisory group

Stroz Friedberg bolsters integrated approach to cyber risk, expands world-class leadership team As the complexity and severity of cybe..

REPLACEMENT COVERAGE FOR U.S. ORGANIZATIONS WITH FLOOD-RELATED CLAIMS

REPLACEMENT COVERAGE FOR U.S. ORGANIZATIONS WITH FLOOD-RELATED CLAIMS

Hurricane Matthew reminds organizations of the benefits of being prepared for the unpredictable Following the massive flooding in part..

Hotel hotspots for 2017 – what’s around the corner for the UK’s hotel sector?

Hotel hotspots for 2017 – what’s around the corner for the UK’s hotel sector?

Regional hotels to hit record-breaking 77% occupancy in 2017 (PwC) Brexit creating double boon for UK hotel sector (Properties of the..

The North heads South to MIPIM en masse to corner new real estate business opportunities

The North heads South to MIPIM en masse to corner new real estate business opportunities

Manchester offering strong returns on stylish homes (Surrenden Invest) Northern cities providing something ‘a cut above the ave..

Primayer case study: Relieving the pressure on water companies and opening global markets

Primayer case study: Relieving the pressure on water companies and opening global markets

Pressure Points In the UK more than 3.3 billion litres of water are lost through leaking pipes every day. That’s equivalent to 20 per ..

Aon data empowers Unica to offer flood insurance for $5.2bn Canadian peril

Aon data empowers Unica to offer flood insurance for $5.2bn Canadian peril

WATERtight™ provides a single-solution coverage for water damage losses Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model developme..

Brexit begins to bite Spanish holiday home budgets reports Kyero.com

Brexit begins to bite Spanish holiday home budgets reports Kyero.com

62% of enquiries in September were for properties costing €150k or less Interest in properties costing €250k or more is falling Top 5..

Georgia’s TBC Bank Slashes Loan Decision Time with FICO Solution

Georgia’s TBC Bank Slashes Loan Decision Time with FICO Solution

HIGHLIGHTS: TBC Bank has deployed FICO® Originations Manager to make lending decisions The time needed to make credit decisions and d..

The Real Reasons Why Winning Business Awards Is Good

The Real Reasons Why Winning Business Awards Is Good

With busy staff frequently pulled in all directions, you may not think that putting your business forward for business awards is a goo..

Praxity named Association of Year at IAB Awards

Praxity named Association of Year at IAB Awards

Praxity – the world’s largest alliance of independent accountancy firms – has been named Association of the Year at the 2016 Internati..

Red Box and Bloomberg Partner to Provide Comprehensive Record Keeping and Trade Reconstruction Services for Financial Compliance

Red Box and Bloomberg Partner to Provide Comprehensive Record Keeping and Trade Reconstruction Services for Financial Compliance

Red Box Recorders, a leader in voice recording technology and services, announced today a global partnership with Bloomberg Vault, Blo..

Host Analytics Appoints Chris LaBruna as Chief Revenue Officer

Host Analytics Appoints Chris LaBruna as Chief Revenue Officer

Enterprise Performance Management Veteran to Drive Continued Growth and Channel Expansion   Host Analytics, the leader in cloud-based ..

allpay signs with Eckoh to secure telephone payments

allpay signs with Eckoh to secure telephone payments

Public sector bill payment services provider, allpay has chosen Eckoh to secure customer payments made over the telephone. In addition..

Copa90 owner Bigballs Media lands stellar global business leaders to drive ambitious expansion plans

Copa90 owner Bigballs Media lands stellar global business leaders to drive ambitious expansion plans

FormerLiberty Global Content Investments President Niall Curran joins as Chairman and Silicon Valley veteran and sports team owner Je..

The challenge of keeping data secure: why in-house security isn’t enough

The challenge of keeping data secure: why in-house security isn’t enough

By Rob Garbutt, CEO of LDeX Group Rob Garbutt The landscape of the finance sector is changing and new technologies are dominating the..

Taylor Fay homes recruit Cordant Projects for innovative property initiative

Taylor Fay homes recruit Cordant Projects for innovative property initiative

Cordant Projects has been chosen as a preferred supplier by a property developer who is behind an initiative to create high-quality ho..

September tropical cyclones cost global economy more than $4bn, according to Aon catastrophe report

September tropical cyclones cost global economy more than $4bn, according to Aon catastrophe report

Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team, today launches the latest edition of its monthly Global ..

Ethical property investment: Can your money do more? 

Ethical property investment: Can your money do more? 

Green and ethical retail funds account for £15 billion of UK investment (EIRIS) Ethical investment accounts for around 1.2% of all fu..

Avoiding a big data car crash: How to organise your data to detect fraudulent claims

Avoiding a big data car crash: How to organise your data to detect fraudulent claims

By Frederic Valluet, Solutions Director, EMEA, Insurance & Healthcare at MarkLogic Frederic Valluet, MarkLogic Fraud is a perenni..

Why the Cloud is crucial for the CFO

Why the Cloud is crucial for the CFO

John Abel, Head of Technology and Cloud for UK, Ireland and Israel John Abel There has never been more pressure on the CFO to boost p..

Keeping an eye on company purse strings – where do businesses go wrong?

Keeping an eye on company purse strings – where do businesses go wrong?

Powwownow’s Finance Director, Andrew Johnson, takes a look at the areas where businesses are mistakenly ploughing funds in to and the ..

Service & The CFO: Why Context Is Worth 80 IQ Points

Service & The CFO: Why Context Is Worth 80 IQ Points

Rick Gustafson is Chief Financial Officer for field service management specialist, ServiceMax. How the ability to measure field servic..

Car sharing industry revs up with Wembley Park residents in the driving seat

Car sharing industry revs up with Wembley Park residents in the driving seat

Average car is parked 96.5% of the time (RAC) Europe boasts largest car share service per capita (World Economic Forum) Car sharing t..

Avaloq enlarges innovation ecosystem through launch of developer portal

Avaloq enlarges innovation ecosystem through launch of developer portal

The Avaloq group, an internationally leading fintech company, is opening up to developers to further enhance digital banking solutions..

Reckon introduces link to bank data to help small businesses streamline the reconciliation process 

Reckon introduces link to bank data to help small businesses streamline the reconciliation process 

Reckon Software, the UK arm of the Reckon Group and a leading global provider of software solutions for accountants, and small to medi..

EMVCo and PCI SSC Combine Expertise on 3-D Secure 2.0

EMVCo and PCI SSC Combine Expertise on 3-D Secure 2.0

Collaboration to ensure the wider payments environment for 3DS 2.0 is secure Technical body EMVCo and PCI Security Standards Council h..

Mohammad Siddiqi appointed COO of Redcentric PLC

Mohammad Siddiqi appointed COO of Redcentric PLC

Redcentric is today announcing the appointment of Mohammad Siddiqi as its chief operating officer (COO). Mo joins from IT infrastructu..

“Immediate lift” of Oxford property prices to result from new direct high speed rail connection with London

“Immediate lift” of Oxford property prices to result from new direct high speed rail connection with London

Direct high speed London-Oxford connection to launch on 12 December (Chiltern Railways) Journey time of 60 mins will “make Oxfo..

Axion Swiss Bank and Avaloq sign long-term contract for BPO services

Axion Swiss Bank and Avaloq sign long-term contract for BPO services

The specialised asset manager Axion Swiss Bank has signed a long-term contract with Avaloq for full Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)..

Procurement in European private equity investment – adding value to the boardroom.

Procurement in European private equity investment – adding value to the boardroom.

By Jeremy Smith, Client Director at 4C Associates, an award winning management consultancy specialising in procurement, savings delive..

MyHermes Boosts SMEs By Revising Cover Model And Excluded Items List

MyHermes Boosts SMEs By Revising Cover Model And Excluded Items List

myHermes has revamped its cover scheme to give sole traders, SME retailers and consumers greater control over how they protect their i..

The Midlands Engine meets the Northern Powerhouse

The Midlands Engine meets the Northern Powerhouse

Birmingham investing in the future and maximising the potential of HS2 (PM Theresa May) Midlands economy has expanded 30% since the r..

UK property market braced for influx of Chinese buyers as Golden Week approaches

UK property market braced for influx of Chinese buyers as Golden Week approaches

Golden Week ‘most exciting time of the year’ for working with Chinese property buyers (Investorist) Chinese passenger num..

Influx of ‘one-time’ investors swapping stocks for bricks and mortar reports agency

Influx of ‘one-time’ investors swapping stocks for bricks and mortar reports agency

Investors abandon institutional investment products for more favourable returns on capital (Surrenden Invest) We have seen an influx ..

Collegiate AC and Shuman Capital launch €300 million European Student Living Fund

Collegiate AC and Shuman Capital launch €300 million European Student Living Fund

Student accommodation market worth US$200 billion globally (JLL) New European Student Living Fund to support accommodation developmen..