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How to Navigate the ERP Purchase Decision-Making Process

How to Navigate the ERP Purchase Decision-Making Process

Monzer Tohme, regional vice president, sales, Middle East & Africa, Epicor Software When purchasing a strategic software solution ..

A third of all business owners are not taking measures to make their office eco-friendly

A third of all business owners are not taking measures to make their office eco-friendly

1 in 5 business owners don’t consider how energy efficient equipment is when purchasing it A fifth of UK business owners don’t know ..

In the driving seat: Reshaping the CFO role in 2017

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..

Financial management is the biggest concern for small businesses

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 ..

UK Firms Adapt to ‘New Normal’ of International Trade

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..

Make it a Budget for Businesses: Abolish Stamp Duty on Private Share Transactions

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..

Can the market’s optimism survive a mad March?

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 ..

Arlington Creates Strategic Partnership With Pensions Infrastructure Platform

Arlington Creates Strategic Partnership With Pensions Infrastructure Platform

Exclusive new partnership for the student accommodation sector aimed at the On Campus University Concession Market Arlington Advisors,..

Fixmart Provides VitalAdvice To Keep Customers Compliant

Fixmart Provides VitalAdvice To Keep Customers Compliant

Fixmart, a leading supplier to the construction, M&E and HVAC sectors, is providing vital advice to its customers to ensure they r..

UK Power Networks Awards Five-Year Deal to Cordant Services

UK Power Networks Awards Five-Year Deal to Cordant Services

 Cordant Services, part of Cordant Group, has secured a 5 year, multi-million pound contract to deliver a range of services for UK Pow..

Rossano Ferretti Takes ‘The Method’ To Monaco With New Hairspa Opening May 2017

Rossano Ferretti Takes ‘The Method’ To Monaco With New Hairspa Opening May 2017

Super-stylist Rossano Ferretti, creator of the revolutionary hair-cutting technique, ‘Il Metodo’ (The Method), brings his famous hairs..

Synapse makes it even easier for time-poor FDs to benefit from Cloud CFO with new managed service

Synapse makes it even easier for time-poor FDs to benefit from Cloud CFO with new managed service

“New service will release capacity in the finance function so the focus can be on higher level activities”  Synapse Information today ..

Becoming makers of better

Becoming makers of better

  Bell ID and Ecebs officially start an exciting new chapter as ‘Rambus Security’. In this blog, Dr. Martin Scott, senior vice pr..

Senior decision makers reveal people skills are an employee’s most valuable asset

Senior decision makers reveal people skills are an employee’s most valuable asset

Over two-thirds of business leaders in Britain (71%) consider people skills to be the most valuable asset for employees, according to ..

Survey Finds 1 in 4 SMEs Frequently Face Business Process Errors

Survey Finds 1 in 4 SMEs Frequently Face Business Process Errors

Businesses that are carrying out operations manually are frequently facing errors which is affects their reputation, employees and rev..

Does the US economy need fiscal stimulus?

Does the US economy need fiscal stimulus?

By David Absolon, Investment Director at Heartwood Investment Management The US economy is healing and plans for significant tax cuts ..

Beyond Bitcoin – IOHK and University of Edinburgh establish Blockchain Technology Laboratory 

Beyond Bitcoin – IOHK and University of Edinburgh establish Blockchain Technology Laboratory 

IOHK, a leading blockchain research and development company and the University of Edinburgh, today announced the establishment of a Bl..

Chain of Points Announces Start of POINTS Token Crowdsale with 21 Million POINTS Available

Chain of Points Announces Start of POINTS Token Crowdsale with 21 Million POINTS Available

The blockchain-based platform’s token offering will run from February 26 to March 30, 2017 Chain of Points, creators of a ground break..

Rambus Accelerates Mobile Wallet Adoption with Unified Payment Platform

Rambus Accelerates Mobile Wallet Adoption with Unified Payment Platform

Allows retailers to digitize credit cards, gift cards, loyalty points and coupons into a secure retail wallet for a seamless shopping ..

NFC, IoT and Security – the big three at MWC

NFC, IoT and Security – the big three at MWC

Oleg Kosine, Market Manager- Vendors, FIME Mobile World Congress brings together the biggest names in mobile, and the build up to Barc..

Trumping the markets – what impact has the new US President had in his first month in office?

Trumping the markets – what impact has the new US President had in his first month in office?

Gold trading at an impressive $1,235.60 OZ (easyMarkets) SP500 trading at an all-time high US Dollar Index performing strongly at 101..

“EU Ready to Leave?”: Brexit and the Essex SME

“EU Ready to Leave?”: Brexit and the Essex SME

Steve Collins of the FD Centre talks to Finance Digest about the impact of Brexit on Essex’s 70,000 small businesses Essex is the Coun..

Allpay’s cards fly through VISA physical audit

Allpay’s cards fly through VISA physical audit

allpay Limited has recently passed the annual physical audit of its card manufacturing bureau. The audit, carried out by Visa towards ..

MyFirmsApp Is Named As Best New Online App For 2017

MyFirmsApp Is Named As Best New Online App For 2017

MyFirmsApp is featured in Accounting Today’s 2017 spotlight on the top new products for accountants  MyFirmsApp, the global FinTech co..

Heartwood Investment Management sees continued growth as its assets increase by 19% in 2016

Heartwood Investment Management sees continued growth as its assets increase by 19% in 2016

Heartwood Investment Management (“Heartwood”) today announces that total assets under management and administration (AUMA) increased b..

Us Weather Losses Exceed $1bn In January For Insurers, According To Aon Catastrophe Report

Us Weather Losses Exceed $1bn In January For Insurers, According To Aon Catastrophe Report

Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and Florida all heavily impacted Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model ..

Lyceum Capital announces £50m deal with Timico

Lyceum Capital announces £50m deal with Timico

Lyceum Capital, the leading investor in B2B services and technology companies, is pleased to announce that it has acquired a majority ..

94% of Financial Services Executives Believe Boards have bought into Blockchain, Synechron survey shows

94% of Financial Services Executives Believe Boards have bought into Blockchain, Synechron survey shows

Synechron surveyed over 200 senior-level, global financial services business and IT decision-makers across the U.S. U.K. and Europe ..

The high street is dead – long live online shopping! 

The high street is dead – long live online shopping! 

Online retailing took highest share of retail spend on record in last quarter (BRC-KPMG) £1 in every £4 of non-food spending now cons..

Uncertainty ‘Driving Job Security And Financial Security Worries’

Uncertainty ‘Driving Job Security And Financial Security Worries’

Rising uncertainty is driving worries about job and financial security and damaging employees’ performance at work, research for MetLi..

Thames Water Reduces Bad Debt 11% in a Year with FICO System

Thames Water Reduces Bad Debt 11% in a Year with FICO System

UK’s largest water services provider wins FICO Decisions Award for Debt Management Highlights: Thames Water reduced bad debt fr..

Over three-quarters of new UK payment firms have passported services

Over three-quarters of new UK payment firms have passported services

Over 75% of new payment firms authorised in the UK since 2009 have used the EU passporting regime to export their services across the ..

Trump’s travel ban: Investors seek opportunities in spooked markets

Trump’s travel ban: Investors seek opportunities in spooked markets

By Nigel Green, founder and CEO of deVere Group  President Trump’s Muslim travel ban has spooked markets, but savvy investors won’t lo..

The best and brightest cities of 2017 – who’s ready for Brexit? 

The best and brightest cities of 2017 – who’s ready for Brexit? 

Trade and investment top the priority list (Properties of the World) North/South divide showing strongly for goods and services (Cent..

China: Rebalancing continues but near term headwinds

China: Rebalancing continues but near term headwinds

By Jade Fu, Investment Manager at Heartwood Investment Management Questions persist around the validity of official data releases and ..

Folio Caters To The Rental Rise At Coral Court

Folio Caters To The Rental Rise At Coral Court

By 2025, the number of people in the Private Rental Sector is set to rise by 1.8 million according to RICS[1], as homeownership levels..

Praxity Global Alliance reports record combined global revenues of its participant firms

Praxity Global Alliance reports record combined global revenues of its participant firms

Growth underlines Praxity’s leading position in the accounting sector. FY16 global revenues up nearly 8% to US$4.75 billion Sharp gro..