The fintech industry will continue to play a crucial role in the UK economy, despite recent challenges such as the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse, according to industry chiefs.

Global tax reform, ineffective use of technology and economic uncertainty are putting significant strain on business’ transfer pricing (TP) capabilities. TP is a critical tax function for ...

In the latest of a series of articles on the changing roles of finance professionals, Brian Montgomery looks at the importance of metrics Amid economic turbulence, it often falls on CFOs to steer the ...

UK businesses encountered more than 753,341 malicious attempts each to breach their online and IT systems last year – four per cent higher than in 2023. A new report suggests businesses encountered an ...

More than half of small businesses are already using AI in some form, while a quarter plan to do so in the near future. They were the findings of a survey of 1,000 firms across various sectors and ...

A young entrepreneur who rejected an offer of cash in the Dragon’s Den has officially closed its first round of fundraising via Seedrs, having secured more than £220,000 from 271 investors. James ...

Organisations must avoid poor recruitment at all costs. Hiring the wrong person can have serious consequences for the business. It will compromise the team’s morale and affect the engagement of ...

The Financial Conduct Authority was targeted by nearly a quarter of a million malicious and unsolicited emails over the final three months of 2020 – an average of around 80,000 per month. This is ...

More than 300,000 small business owners are planning to cut jobs in response to the Government’s planned rise in employer National Insurance contributions due to come into effect in April. A survey of ...

As many as 38 per cent of UK businesses have deliberately abandoned an application for banking services in the past year due to “slow due diligence processes”. The findings followed a poll of 200 ...

London Stock Exchange (LSE), which can trace its heritage to the coffee houses of the 17th century, is failing. The volume of shares traded is sharply declining, and some UK companies are swiftly ...

One of the UK’s largest software and services providers has appointed Richard Kerr as its new Chief Financial Officer to lead the company’s transition to an international cloud software and services ...