The pound has surged to a four-month high against the US dollar as concerns over Donald Trump’s escalating trade war spark fears of an American recession. Sterling edged up by 0.1% on Tuesday, surpassing the…
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The world of banking and payments is evolving rapidly, with embedded finance and Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) reshaping how businesses interact with financial services. Barry O’Sullivan, Head of Banking and Payments Infrastructure at OpenPayd, recently spoke with…
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Kemi Badenoch has always prided herself on being the straight-talking, no-nonsense politician, unafraid to ruffle feathers and say the supposedly unsayable. A darling of the right, a would-be Thatcher 2.0, she has spent her political…
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A new study has revealed growing dissatisfaction with workplace policies and financial support for parents, with many employees feeling let down by both their employers and government schemes. The Beyond the Birth Rate report by…
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Former Liverpool footballer and Sky Sports pundit Phil Thompson has lost his IR35 appeal at the Upper Tier Tribunal, leaving him with a tax bill of nearly £300,000 after being deemed a ‘disguised employee’ of…
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Vouchsafe secures £1 million pre-seed funding to tackle ID poverty and transform identity verification
Vouchsafe, a next-generation identity verification platform committed to eradicating global ID poverty, has raised £1 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round. The investment was led by Bethnal Green Ventures (BGV) and backed by Biometric…
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The UK’s economic growth forecast has been downgraded by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which has urged global leaders to de-escalate rising trade tensions. According to the OECD’s latest projections, the UK’s…
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Link-building is a crucial SEO tactic when you’re trying to boost your visibility and see your website placed at the top of the results page on search engines. Good backlinks are obtained with intense marketing…
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Jean-Claude Bastos on the Importance of the ‘For Africa By Africa’ Movement for a New Generation of Thought Leaders
Why philanthropic entrepreneurial investor Jean-Claude Bastos believes a boot-strap mentality holds the key to socio-economic empowerment for Africa There’s an old African proverb that says: “Until the lion learns to write, every story will glorify…
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Enforcement of awards is a perennial issue in international investor arbitration, as legal frameworks for implementation can vary between courts and countries. The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes is the world’s leading institution…