The winds of change for financial services have been a digital blessing October 14, 2022 Crypto AM columnist Jonny Fry examines how the financial services sector has embraced digital change in recent years.
Exclusive: The pandemic sped up the pace of change in retail, says Manhattan’s CEO October 11, 2022 Ever since Covid became a household name and the pandemic creeped into businesses’ operations, global supply chains have been under more pressure than ever. It is one of the reasons urgent supply chain commerce transformation has been at the top of the agenda of retail giants, industry leaders, product experts and agents of change. One [...]
3 Great Tech Roles To Apply For This Week October 10, 2022 Looking for a new job in tech? The UK is expected to add nearly 15,000 technology-related jobs this year, according to a recent report from the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), a nonprofit association for the information technology (IT) industry and workforce. The report also states that there are already two million tech workers across [...]
Tax credit experts Adsum: Firms can’t wait for Truss to solve problems – pursuing digital transformation is key October 7, 2022 With Liz Truss’ government looking to kickstart the economy through low taxes and deregulation, City A.M. sat down with the head of a fintech tax credit specialist, to find out how businesses can overcome challenges. Co-Founder and Director at Adsum, Freddie Digby, spoke at length about the challenges facing UK businesses at present, and while [...]
We need up-to-date skills to bolster financial services October 4, 2022 As the government prioritises growth in pursuit of a “big bang 2.0”, it’s worth considering what it takes to grow one of our most critical sectors: financial services. Last week Multiverse launched a new research report looking at what the future of financial services in the UK looks like. The message from employees in every [...]
What are the key factors that can sink M&A? September 21, 2022 2021 saw booming markets and the release of capital from investors that had built up during the pandemic. It was a record-breaking year for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity. This year, circumstances are quite different. Economies are now dealing with geopolitical issues like the Russia-Ukraine war, rising inflation and interest rates, and declining company valuations, [...]
Liz Truss to jet off to New York for her first UN General Assembly September 19, 2022 Liz Truss will tonight fly to New York to attend her first United Nations General Assembly session as Prime Minister, just hours after attending the Queen’s committal service at Windsor Castle. Truss will hold a series of bilateral meetings with other world leaders at the diplomatic gathering, including with US President Joe Biden on Wednesday. [...]
How the Internet of Things is taking tech into the future September 13, 2022 IoT’s importance as a technology trend this year and into the future is the role it plays in the successes of other technologies.
Her Royal Majesty, Queen Elizabeth (1926-2022) September 11, 2022 Her Royal Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II - an enduring symbol of duty and leadership.
Letters: The robots won’t wait September 7, 2022 [Re: Artificial Intelligence: UK’s Supreme Court to rule on letting robots patent inventions, Sept 4] The permission to appeal to the Supreme Court to reconsider the case of whether artificial intelligence (AI) entities should be allowed to be named as inventors on UK patent applications is a clear indication of the public importance of this [...]