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Contactless drives 10% rise in card payments
Low-value transactions drove a 10 per cent rise in purchases made on a card in 2014 compared with a year earlier.
Thursday 5 November 2026
Low-value transactions drove a 10 per cent rise in purchases made on a card in 2014 compared with a year earlier.
Banker on trial told Serious Fraud Office that Libor manipulation was an open secret
London-based ClickMechanic, the online marketplace for car repairs, has today announced the closure of a financing round of £320,000 from angel investors led by former Just…
The price of Bitcoin is down, yet professional investors are flocking to Bitcoin businesses.
Almost two thirds of small and medium sized businesses in the UK lack the essential visibility and understanding to run an effective business.
As a business grows, managing information, processes and operations inevitably becomes more complex.
Sugru, the world’s first mouldable ‘glue’, has proved a hit with the crowd; 1314 investors put in amounts ranging from £10 to £40,000, enabling the company…
Regardless of organisation size, the vast majority of employees want to work for a firm that has a ‘family feel’ and is ‘held together by loyalty…
Ultra-productive people achieve more because they think differently.
We talk to Sharleen Cobourne about her inspirations in business and ask if she would have done anything differently given the chance.
The value of Britain’s thriving entertainment sector will soar over the next four years as electronic books, streamed music and online advertising fuel growth in the…
May’s drop in shop prices reinforces view that UK inflation will be low for rest of year
Living with high debt may be the "optimal policy" for countries such as the UK, Germany and the US, according to IMF economists
Nearly 90 per cent of UK job seekers plagiarise other people’s CVs to hide their own poor writing skills, new research reveals.
Gary Cattermole, Director of award-winning employee research consultancy, The Survey Initiative, offers his advice on how to alleviate boredom at work.