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Automotive businesses will fall behind development without agile approach

Automotive businesses will fall behind development without agile approach

Black Pepper is today warning automotive businesses there is a serious risk of falling behind in the autonomous technology race if the..

This lady is running a family business with her father and brother. Here’s what she has learnt this year

This lady is running a family business with her father and brother. Here’s what she has learnt this year

By Claire Spillane, Finance Director, Westermans International This year, a special merit Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to ..

Office upgrade: 4signs you are ready to move offices

Office upgrade: 4signs you are ready to move offices

There comes a time for every business owner when they are faced with the decision to move office. Executing an office move requires a ..

Benefits Not Designed To Motivate Today’s Workforce

Benefits Not Designed To Motivate Today’s Workforce

Almost half of Gen Z think their companies’ benefits don’t appeal to their generation; a third of Gen Y believe the same Baby boomers..

Revealed: England’s Worst Roads 2016

Revealed: England’s Worst Roads 2016

Cottage Lane, Lancashire is the most complained about road in England Besigheim Way, Newton Abbot had the most spent on its upkeep in..

Reckon underscores commitment to securing Virtual Cabinet customer data with ISO 27001:2013 certification 

Reckon underscores commitment to securing Virtual Cabinet customer data with ISO 27001:2013 certification 

Reckon joins an elite group of leading organisations worldwide that are committed to information security  Reckon Software announced t..

Multinational Companies Trending Away From One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Global Long-Term Incentives

Multinational Companies Trending Away From One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Global Long-Term Incentives

Aon Hewitt survey shows global companies designing LTI awards that are increasingly performance-based and modified to impact local par..

5 Reasons Not to Ignore Content!

5 Reasons Not to Ignore Content!

SEO gave way to content marketing, and while to begin with, it may have been considered a buzzword – it became a mainstay. Content mar..

CEOs still don’t ‘get’ what their procurement teams do, finds research

CEOs still don’t ‘get’ what their procurement teams do, finds research

Nearly 50% of procurement professionals say their CEO or Managing Director still doesn’t understand the true purpose of the procuremen..

Increasing GRC Demands and Efficiency Imperatives Will Make End User Computing Risk Management an Important Consideration in 2017

Increasing GRC Demands and Efficiency Imperatives Will Make End User Computing Risk Management an Important Consideration in 2017

Henry Umney, Director, ClusterSeven, highlights his views on the technology trends in the banking and financial services sector in 201..

Could YOU pass modern GCSEs? Take this new test to find out!

Could YOU pass modern GCSEs? Take this new test to find out!

Many people say modern GCSE subjects are easier than the traditional Maths, English and Science papers sat by previous generations, bu..

Red Box Introduces New Functionality to Provide Additional Compliance Assurance. 

Red Box Introduces New Functionality to Provide Additional Compliance Assurance. 

Red Box Recorders, the leading compliance recording solutions provider, has introduced new functionality designed to provide an additi..

We need to talk about Brexit

We need to talk about Brexit

By Tal Orly, CEO and founder of Cogress Tal Orly The UK housing market has been bruised by both economic and political cha..

Why more companies are asking new employees to commence employment BEFORE Christmas.

Why more companies are asking new employees to commence employment BEFORE Christmas.

By Shaun Simmons, Managing Director, Cordant Technical Recruitment  There is a natural tendency at this time of year for companies to ..

Tech start-ups bid for over £25m at SETsquared’s Accelerating Growth showcase 

Tech start-ups bid for over £25m at SETsquared’s Accelerating Growth showcase 

High-growth tech entrepreneurs pitched for a share of more than £25m backing when they took part in SETsquared’s annual Accelerating G..

LzLabs teams up with SMA Solutions

LzLabs teams up with SMA Solutions

Collaboration enhances seamless legacy mainframe migration to open platforms and the Cloud LzLabs announced today that it is collabora..

Silicon Valley Analytics Firm FICO Achieves AWS Financial Services Competency Status

Silicon Valley Analytics Firm FICO Achieves AWS Financial Services Competency Status

Silicon Valley analytics software firm FICO announced today that it has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Financial Services Competen..

A picture is worth 1,000 words – or 54% more leads according to Kyero.com

A picture is worth 1,000 words – or 54% more leads according to Kyero.com

Top notch presentation generates 54% more leads Use a professional photograph to capture a property’s unique charm Use images t..

Fractional property isn’t quite as safe as houses!

Fractional property isn’t quite as safe as houses!

‘Fractional’ property sales that are really timeshare sales are illegal (Spanish supreme court) Requiring clients to sign..

Is the risk worth the reward?

Is the risk worth the reward?

By Carl Ghinn, Managing Director of Fixmart Ltd Every business in every sector that tenders for work has to weigh up the potential ris..

M&A deals: what tech startups need to know

M&A deals: what tech startups need to know

By-lined to Christina Wojcik, vice president of legal services at Seal Software Christina Wojcik, vice president of legal services at ..

Maximising Profits in 2017: 5 Top Tips for Developers from Investorist

Maximising Profits in 2017: 5 Top Tips for Developers from Investorist

Assemble a list of motivated, product-specific selling agents Building networks is essential in hot buyer markets such as the UAE, C..

How to Handle Cyber Security during Mergers and Acquisitions

How to Handle Cyber Security during Mergers and Acquisitions

By: Jonathan Sander, VP of product strategy for Lieberman Software Commencing a Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) deal, is like buyin..

Host Analytics Fall16 Release Improves User Productivity and Support

Host Analytics Fall16 Release Improves User Productivity and Support

Host Analytics recently introduced the Fall16 release of its enterprise performance management offering. The newest release includes e..

Over a third of UK people think Thomas Whitmore from Independence Day will be joined by Donald Trump in Disney’s Hall of Presidents

Over a third of UK people think Thomas Whitmore from Independence Day will be joined by Donald Trump in Disney’s Hall of Presidents

With Donald Trump’s victory in the US election, he will be the first reality television star to be created for the Hall of Presidents ..

SETsquared company’s maths system adds up to pitch-perfect palace success

SETsquared company’s maths system adds up to pitch-perfect palace success

SETsquared start-up DoodleMaths, a successful numeracy learning system for children, showcased its unique tech business at a high-prof..

Tips for Moving Office: How to Use Packing Boxes Efficiently

Tips for Moving Office: How to Use Packing Boxes Efficiently

Thinking about moving office? Changing the location of your work place can be stressful for both employers and employees. If you are l..

Navigating the post-Brexit debt landscape: opportunities for corporate funding

Navigating the post-Brexit debt landscape: opportunities for corporate funding

The UK’s vote to leave the EU rocked the world’s financial system: stock markets plummeted, currencies tumbled and business confidence..

Apple hostshigh-tech start-ups from world’s number one university business incubator

Apple hostshigh-tech start-ups from world’s number one university business incubator

Apple has been helping leading university business incubator, SETsquared, to showcase some of the most promising upcoming tech start-u..

Using agility to resist economic instability and level the playing field

Using agility to resist economic instability and level the playing field

By Gavin Fell, General Manager Exact Cloud Solutions in the UK In the aftermath of the 2008 economic crisis, there is no question that..

Green initiatives cut self-storage business Space Station’s energy costs by 75%

Green initiatives cut self-storage business Space Station’s energy costs by 75%

London ­based Space Station has successfully reduced its energy costs by 75% through a £550,000 investment in new green initiatives. ..

Small businesses and scams: What you need to know

Small businesses and scams: What you need to know

By Greg Thomas, Director at Mi Ventures Fraud affects 1 in 4 small businesses every year, and in 2015, fraud losses to SMEs were estim..

Should You Exhibit at a Business Event AGAIN?

Should You Exhibit at a Business Event AGAIN?

Unless you have previously experienced a wave of new business from exhibitions and trade shows, then deciding to take a booth yet agai..

The New Client-Adviser Experience in the Age of the Customer

The New Client-Adviser Experience in the Age of the Customer

By Gavin Mee, Senior Area Vice President for UK Enterprise at Salesforce If you think about the way we, as consumers, interact with br..

Lack of collaboration and skills shortage is limiting organisations’ ability to meet IFRS 9 requirements

Lack of collaboration and skills shortage is limiting organisations’ ability to meet IFRS 9 requirements

Lack of collaboration between teams working on IFRS 9 requirements and skills gap are cited as the biggest challenges to implementing..

Be the digital eyes and ears of your business – from anywhere in the world!

Be the digital eyes and ears of your business – from anywhere in the world!

By Raj Sond, General Manager at First Data Holidays; a chance to catch up with family and friends, visit new places and most of all to..

ID fraud is on the rise: can financial services do more to protect their customers?

ID fraud is on the rise: can financial services do more to protect their customers?

By Steve Parsons, vice president of international product development at Affinion A fraud incident takes place every 15 seconds in the..