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How local communities are helping local businesses succeed

How local communities are helping local businesses succeed

Having the support of a local community can be hugely beneficial to the success of a business. When first starting a business, it is o..

Everything CFOs need to know about workforce planning

Everything CFOs need to know about workforce planning

By Nick Felton, Senior Vice President at MHR Analytics In around 95% of organisations, people will always be the biggest business cost..

Why hoteliers need the tools to think like asset managers

Why hoteliers need the tools to think like asset managers

By Jonathan Humphries is course leader of the MSc in Finance, Real Estate and Hotel Development and Head of International Hotel Develo..

Top 10 ways to make your business workplace more sustainable

Top 10 ways to make your business workplace more sustainable

The smallest of improvements can have a substantial impact on carbon footprint, but for many businesses, the challenge for big change ..

How Analytics Can Keep Your Cost Base Low Plus Deliver Improved CX

How Analytics Can Keep Your Cost Base Low Plus Deliver Improved CX

By Richard Mill, Managing Director of Business Systems (UK) Ltd, a specialist in providing call recording and workforce optimisation s..

Tribe celebrate third birthday with launch of new website

Tribe celebrate third birthday with launch of new website

Since their inception in 2016, furniture specialists, Tribe, who have completed projects with global brands like Revolut and Formula-E..

Where to now for financial marketers?

Where to now for financial marketers?

by Peter Matthews of https://www.nucleus.co.uk It looks like Google and Facebook’s data-by-stealth model is in the spotlight.  GDPR ha..

Havensrock Thrive App launched by Punter Southall Health and Protection to address workplace mental health issues

Havensrock Thrive App launched by Punter Southall Health and Protection to address workplace mental health issues

13 May 2019 – To mark Mental Health Awareness Week (13-17 May 2019), Punter Southall Health and Protection is launching ‘Havensr..

High Street Crisis: Why Retailers Need to Focus on In-Store UX

High Street Crisis: Why Retailers Need to Focus on In-Store UX

From brunch cafes to country hotels and city spas, every sector in hospitality (and beyond) has a main goal – to grow their cust..

How Barclaycard scored big by setting customers a challenge

How Barclaycard scored big by setting customers a challenge

By David Black, MD, Financial Services, Google UK It’s not always easy for financial brands to have fun. Money is usually serious busi..

Property bonds now three times more profitable than buy-to-let

Property bonds now three times more profitable than buy-to-let

By Reece Mennie, CEO of Hunter Jones New research by investment introducing firm, Hunter Jones, has revealed that individuals could ha..

Businesses unaware of operational risk caused by spreadsheets

Businesses unaware of operational risk caused by spreadsheets

Businesses are facing serious operational risk, including extensive financial and reputational loss, due to a lack of control over the..

Market Harborough Building Society announces MHR Analytics partnership

Market Harborough Building Society announces MHR Analytics partnership

Market Harborough Building Society(MHBS) has announced a partnership that will see its manual spreadsheet reporting replaced by cuttin..

Why collaboration with senior management is vital for a CFO

Why collaboration with senior management is vital for a CFO

By Lewis Miller, Chief Financial Officer at Frank Recruitment Group When I made my first forays into the finance sector almost twenty ..

ABB dispels industrial gloom to raise full-year outlook

ABB dispels industrial gloom to raise full-year outlook

By Adam Bamford, Expedite Services Director at Selenity Managing cash flow is an extremely critical aspect of financial planning for m..

Tiffany, now owned by LVMH, reopens on a Fifth Avenue in flux

Tiffany, now owned by LVMH, reopens on a Fifth Avenue in flux

Data has become a modern-day asset to organisations. Using analytics to take full advantage of data is becoming an increasing priority..

Fighting back against invoice fraud

Fighting back against invoice fraud

By Neil Robertson, CEO of Compleat Software The effect of invoice fraud on SMEs is rarely discussed – but collectively, it costs these..

How to make your manufacturing processes more eco-friendly

How to make your manufacturing processes more eco-friendly

Barry Crackett is a product designer at Brushtec. Here, he outlines how the company has adopted greener manufacturing processes and ex..

The last mile of statutory reporting is absolutely crucial. Here’s how one global company does it with ONESOURCE

The last mile of statutory reporting is absolutely crucial. Here’s how one global company does it with ONESOURCE

For finance teams, the last mile of statutory compliance is to generate and submit local company financial statements to local regulat..

Adopting a Centralised Strategy – the Holy Grail of Statutory Reporting

Adopting a Centralised Strategy – the Holy Grail of Statutory Reporting

Briony Kempton, senior proposition manager, ONESOURCE Statutory Reporting, EMEA at Thomson Reuters discusses how with a shared service..

PGE signs wind turbine supply deal for Baltica 2

PGE signs wind turbine supply deal for Baltica 2

By Oletta Stewart, marketing specialist at MHR Analytics With all of the talk about the importance of analytics for finance profession..

German automakers fight to defend their turf from Chinese rivals

German automakers fight to defend their turf from Chinese rivals

ThirdWay Group continues its commitment to helping tackle poverty in developing countries and the UK with the announcement of a new pa..

Compare By Review Launch Niche Comparison Site In The UK

Compare By Review Launch Niche Comparison Site In The UK

Compare By Review is the first and only comparison site which ranks providers based upon customer experience and product quality, not..

Boardroom Attention to Tax Compliance Up 76%, Thanks in Part to Making Tax Digital for VAT

Boardroom Attention to Tax Compliance Up 76%, Thanks in Part to Making Tax Digital for VAT

Thomson Reuters annual Tax Technology Report also found 20% year-on-year growth in businesses investigating new technologies to addres..

The changing focus for CFO’s

The changing focus for CFO’s

By Nick Swarbrick, Finance Director at Datel There was a time when finance was seen as a functional necessity to a business rather tha..

Analysis-Rocket startups face adapt-or-die moment amid investment drought

Analysis-Rocket startups face adapt-or-die moment amid investment drought

By Paul Prendergast, managing director for the Consulting practice in the products industry at Accenture. The rules of the game are ch..

Safe and secure payments for customers – what businesses need to know

Safe and secure payments for customers – what businesses need to know

By Pete Bettles, Chief Operating Office at Global Payments The sheer amount of data created and held by businesses is staggering. We c..

US Senate leader Schumer calls for AI rules as ChatGPT surges in popularity

US Senate leader Schumer calls for AI rules as ChatGPT surges in popularity

Author: Shannon Simpson, Cyber Security and Compliance Director at Six Degrees Financial services firms have become enthusiastic adopt..

Nine key factors to maintaining payment security compliance

Nine key factors to maintaining payment security compliance

By Gabriel Schild, Executive Director Digital Business Transformation at Verizon Consumers and suppliers both trust brands to effectiv..

DEATH OF FAIR PROBATE FEES?

DEATH OF FAIR PROBATE FEES?

By James Beresford, Private Wealth Partner, Commercial law firm BLM James Beresford, Private Wealth Partner, Commercial la..

Increasing regulatory red tape prompts a new approach to trading data management among FS firms

Increasing regulatory red tape prompts a new approach to trading data management among FS firms

By Jordan Ambrose is CEO at Inforalgo Jordan Ambrose is CEO at Inforalgo The latest wave of financial services reporting ..

Four Corporate Email Oversights That Put Your Organization at Risk

Four Corporate Email Oversights That Put Your Organization at Risk

Author: Morey Haber, CTO, BeyondTrust As part of onboarding,new hires typically sign an employee handbook which includes policies and ..

Are British innovators ready to overcome post-Brexit hurdles?

Are British innovators ready to overcome post-Brexit hurdles?

By Antoine Baschiera, CEO and Co-founder at Early Metrics When it comes to the UK’s departure from the EU, all the cards are still on ..

Bank of England still needs to ‘see the job through’ on inflation: Pill

Bank of England still needs to ‘see the job through’ on inflation: Pill

By Robert Douglas, European planning director at Adaptive Insights, a Workday company The old, static model of planning and execution ..

Completing the eCommerce payment circle

Completing the eCommerce payment circle

By Ralf Gladis, CEO, Computop An order arrives: the best thing that can happen to an online retailer. However, if they manage their ac..

5 steps to hiring top talent when you’re just a start-up 

5 steps to hiring top talent when you’re just a start-up 

Tae HaeNahm, Co-founding Managing Director of Storm Ventures Finding a candidate who understands your market and mission and who fits ..

What small businesses can learn from the Brexit negotiations

What small businesses can learn from the Brexit negotiations

Tony Hughes, CEO at Huthwaite International, talks negotiation skills, the Brexit approach and what businesses can learn from negotiat..