The UK housing market is still on hold, pending election results, with the November 2019 RICS Residential Market Survey continuing to show a cautious approach from buyers and sellers. Demand from prospective buyers, new instructions to sell, and sales, all remain in negative territory, as the latest set of results indicates that persistent economic and […]
Boomi™, a Dell Technologies business, has announced the results of its research on banks’ engagement with their customers. The research finds almost one in three (30%) UK adults consider the search for a better customer experience in digital interactions the main driver for changing banks. The research quizzed 6,000 adults across the UK and Europe […]
Thailand is poised to enter the new decade steered by strong business fundamentals and the government’s business-friendly agenda — the Thailand 4.0 drive. This initiative is anticipated to move Thailand up the economic value chain and usher in further investments across a variety of industries including Artificial Intelligence, agritech, infrastructure, manufacturing and automation. Details from […]
Alternative Business Funding (ABF) and leading insurance broker, Jelf, has announced a new strategic collaboration, providing Jelf’s 250,000 commercial clients with greater access to a wide range of business funding products. The collaboration will see Jelf, who recently announced it will be rebranding as Marsh Commercial in January 2020, introduce its clients to the innovative […]
The DHL Global Trade Barometer, an early indicator of global trade developments calculated using Artificial Intelligence and Big Data, predicts that Japan’s trade levels will contract in near term, with the country’s index value decreasing by five points to 48 points — below the no-growth threshold of 50 points on the Index. The negative growth […]
Ada Ventures today announces that it has raised a $34m (£27m) fund. At present, 92 in every 100 dollars invested in Europe goes to all male teams, 83% founders are white, 82% are university educated. In the UK, a quarter of investment committees saw no female founders in 201 and 72% of Venture Capital funding […]
Metro Bank has removed product fees for its existing customer residential mortgage products. These products continue to match new business rates and are available for loans up to a maximum property value of £2m. Customers can switch up to three months early with no early repayment charge. In addition buy-to-let re-mortgage customers can also benefit […]
There are 7 commercial banks operating in Lithuania in 2019. With a recently proposed tax that targets banks and other lenders, talks of ensuring the banking stability have led to musings about creating a state-owned commercial bank. Considering the fact that the Bank of Lithuania has recently made significant strides in fostering fintech sector that […]
Wyelands Bank, set up to help medium-sized businesses, has appointed Stephen Rose as deputy chief executive officer and Rachelle Frewer as chief financial officer. Stephen will focus on the bank’s operations to help it grow. He will ensure that the bank continues to meet the needs of both its depositors and business finance customers. Rachelle […]
Despite an intense political climate and uncertain economic ground over the third quarter of this year, business confidence is stable. This is reflected in the latest SME Health Check Index, which shows a bounce back from the lowest ever recorded score in Q2. The report from Virgin Money UK, owner of Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank […]
