It is surprising that Londoners register low number of financial searches and London is not the UK’s most financially-savvy city. When we think of financial literacy in the UK, our minds typically jump to London. So, we decided to take a closer look at just how financially-savvy different cities across the country are. Using Google’s […]
‘Smart antenna’ designer Sofant Technologies has completed a follow-on fundraise of £740,000 in an oversubscribed funding round led by venture capital investor EMV Capital. Business is expected to benefit from UK’s 5G rollout The fundraise builds on last year’s £2.3m pre-series A round for the Edinburgh-based 5G and satellite communications antenna developer. Participation in the […]
New whitepaper helps FSI businesses tackle change & help businesses achieve digital transformation A new free guide to digital transformation for Financial Services and Insurance businesses takes stock of digital preparedness in the FSI sector in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. As social distancing exposed significant lacunae, the Fincons Group’s white paper analyses the […]
The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Disability has called for a disability-inclusive COVID-19 response that improves the working lives of disabled people. It is feared that disabled workers will be among the hardest hit as a result of the coming recession, with the gap between the number of disabled and non-disabled workers in employment […]
The global travel and tourism industry is among the worst hit due to COVID-19 pandemic and deal activity in the sector is muted. Japan too is not an exception, though the country seems to be keen on reviving the industry by introducing new initiatives. However, with the resurgence of new COVID-19 cases and mixed response […]
Z/Yen today launched the first edition of the Smart Centres Index (SCI 1), which is designed to track the development of technology and financial centres across the world in their support for and readiness for new technology applications. Investors, entrepreneurs, scientists, media, academics, governments, and regulators can attune their cities to attract innovation and growth […]
Falling prey to 21 substantial cyber attacks, Germany ranks fourth Interestingly, France has seen 11 significant cyber attacks in the time period of May 2006 – June 2020 America has experienced the most cyber attacks classified as significant between May 2006 – June 2020, with an astonishing 156 incidents The United Kingdom is in […]
As businesses return to the workplace following encouragement from the Government, employment law and health and safety experts warn that employees must play their part in adhering to occupational safety measures to ensure, so far as possible, a safe return to work. Government guidance continues to be that if employees can work from home that […]