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Who’s Afraid of $5 Branding? – The Future of the Creative Industry in the Age of Automation

Those of us in the branding industry have seen several emerging trends that appear destined to integrate permanently into the way we do business. These trends are as far-reaching and diverse as businesses embracing purposeful brand activism, to the ever-growing...

Seedrs & Nutmeg Partner with Fidor Bank on Fintech Marketplace

Seedrs has announced that it will be the sole equity finance provider in a new partnership with Fidor Bank, a challenger bank that launched in the UK back in 2015. Nutmeg, an online wealth manager, will also be joining Seedrs on Fidor’s new marketplace. The...

‘Not Just The Digital Czar’: How The Role of Chief Digital Officer Has Evolved

Two years ago, Charlie Cole became Tumi’s first chief digital officer, charged with bringing a digital mindset to the organisation and working with marketing, merchandising, creative and distribution on a comprehensive digital strategy. Cole now leads a digital team of over 20 people that reports to the CEO...

New £20M Government Investment in Smarter Transport And Energy

Money will help develop “electric vehicles capable of returning electricity to the grid”, promises the government The government plans to take a big step forward with its Industrial Strategy and create a smarter energy system with a number of so-called “vehicle-to-grid projects” to...

This Robo-advisor for Digital Mortgages Has Been Backed by GoCompare

Robo-advisors are all the rage at the moment and claim to be able to help you manage everything from your investments to your savings and cash flow. Now, a service that is touted as being the ‘world’s first’ digital mortgage robo-advisor,...

How to Grow Your Text Message Opt-Ins

While channels such as web and email remain popular, there’s one communication channel that continues to spectacularly outperform every other channel when it comes to driving retail traffic with immediate engagement. That channel is sending a mobile text message via...

Employees, HR Directors and Business Leaders to Benefit from ‘Disruptive Listening’

ENGAGE recommits to Confirmit Horizons to put data-driven advice at the heart of employee engagement strategies. Growing demand from business leaders and employees for a move away from once-a-year, one-way “listening” is at the heart of a new, integrated approach to employee...

DELOITTE: UK Finance Chiefs Have Never Been More Sceptical About Brexit

LONDON — More UK chief financial officers (CFOs) think that Brexit will leave the country’s business environment worse off than at any point since the referendum, according to a survey by accounting firm Deloitte. Only 8% of CFOs surveyed said Brexit would...

Deliveroo Will Pay Its 15,000 UK Riders Sickness And Injury Benefits If The Laws Change

Food delivery startup Deliveroo has pledged to pay sickness and injury benefits to its UK riders, provided the government changes the law around what they can offer flexible workers. In a submission to a government-commissioned review of the gig economy, Deliveroo...

Monzo’s Outage Shows How FinTech Upstarts Are Still at The Teething Stage

Payments to and from some of the buzziest names in UK FinTech were briefly down yesterday (Thursday) morning as the likes of Monzo, Starling Bank, Revolut, Loot and Curve suffered knock-on effects from an outage at one of their technology...