Between 1999 and 2014, 47% of brands fell off the top 100 “leader brands,” according to a PwC US study. The number jumps even higher to 72% when the leader brand set is expanded to include product brands. While the list used to be led by media companies, today, electronics and technology companies are flourishing. […]
Neil Williams, Group Chief Economist Welcome to ‘divergence December’. The fact that euro-zone and US monetary policy will be taking different routes – the ECB loosening, the Fed tightening – was always a given. So, what markets needed today was guidance on how fast they’ll be travelling and how far they’ll end up going. The […]
Deloitte, the business advisory firm, has today announced the winners of the 2015 Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50. The awards, now in their eighteenth year, recognise and rank the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the UK, based on the last four years of revenue growth. Supporting Deloitte’s initiative for the UK’s fastest-growing technology companies […]
Santa Rally December is historically the best month for the UK stock market, making a positive return 86% of the time. The average return for the FTSE All-Share in December is 2.6%, compared to the average return across all months of 0.9% (based on returns over the last 30 years). £10,000 invested in the UK […]
The Government is launching a joint campaign with the legal and accountancy industries to raise awareness of the warning signs of money laundering. The campaign, ‘Flag it Up’, has been developed with the Accountancy Affinity Group (AAG), Law Society and Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to help accountants and solicitors spot the ‘red flags’ which could […]
The long process of compiling nominees, receiving votes and making short lists is over, and Finance Monthly magazine's 2015 CFO Awards supplementary magazine is now live. The role of a CFO is essential to any business, and yet CFOs often go unrecognised for the critical role they play and the vital contribution they make to the […]
The UK is set to spend the most on Christmas gifts this year compared to the rest of Europe, the USA and Australia. The ING Special Report on Christmas and New Year, which surveyed more than 13,000 people about their Christmas spending, reveals that Brits are planning to part with €420 (£294) on average this […]
Financial services companies are increasing their use of Big Data initiatives to combat fraud according to a recent study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Xerox. During the next 12 months, nearly half (48%) of IT and business decision-makers surveyed in the financial sector said they will analyse historical customer data to identify and […]
While more than two thirds (68%) of online users would immediately stop using a bank or retailer if the site suffered a security attack or data breach, a quarter would continue using the site. This is according to a survey conducted for global information security and risk management company, NTT Com Security. The poll of […]
A new study from Juniper Research finds that the global number of banking apps accessed via smartwatches will reach the 10 million mark in 2017, rising to more than 100 million by 2020. The research found that the use of smartwatches to access ‘push’ banking information services has been steadily gaining traction over the past […]
Professional recruitment firms now have 6% more vacancies on their books than this time last year according to new survey data from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo). This is in line with the latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which reveals that overall employment levels increased by 177,000 in the […]
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