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Georges Haour, Professor of Technology and Innovation Management at IMD business school: China has the world’s largest market for digital shopping, mobile payments, and Internet-enabled financial services. Close to 400 million people in China do most of their payments using their smartphones. China’s overall business in information technology is a market of well above $300 […]
Fears of an economic slowdown and the future of Europe are the main issues keeping global compliance professionals awake at night. These are the findings of new research from The Risk Advisory Group, which surveyed more than 150 compliance professionals across a range of global businesses to uncover their main concerns and priorities for the […]
A landmark court judgment in favour of a firm of solicitors in a case of professional negligence, could have significant implications for future commercial property disputes. Simon Hough, partner of solicitors Rosling King LLP said: "Although this is a first instance decision, it could influence settlement techniques and tactics in many commercial disputes in future." According […]
The majority of the UK’s small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) have no plans to formalise a cloud computing strategy, according to the findings from Close Brothers’ quarterly survey of UK SME owners and senior management from a range of sectors. Of the 906 businesses that took part in the survey, 464 (51%) answered ‘no’ […]
Misconceptions regarding the ‘typical’ victims of domestic violence are leaving thousands of people in a dangerous situation vulnerable to abuse, legal specialist Percy Hughes & Roberts has warned. In a survey of over 600 people, Percy Hughes & Roberts asked respondents who they believe to be the most commonly affected by domestic violence, with 79% […]
Organisations representing and providing services for older and vulnerable people have rallied together to raise serious concerns around the Government’s online tool for creating Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs). An LPA is a powerful legal document that allows a person to appoint trusted individuals to make important decisions about care and finances on their behalf, […]
The average lawyer is at risk of receiving almost £10,000 less annual income than they want in retirement due to a failure to save enough throughout their working lives, according to research by Wesleyan*. Although lawyers expect to need a retirement income of £36,852 a year to live comfortably in retirement, lawyers are, on average, […]
Michael Hodgson, Employment Law Solicitor at Thorntons, comments on the attempt by Deliveroo couriers to gain union recognition. A number of Deliveroo couriers have announced they are seeking legal action in the hope to achieve trade union recognition and other workers’ rights. This marks the first serious union attempt to challenge the so-called gig economy […]
Given that the US is often seen as a barometer for trends in the UK and much of the rest of the world, the US presidential election is of massive interest to our business community. The UK200Group – the UK’s leading membership association of chartered accountancy and law firms – has asked its members, who […]
PwC comments ahead of 'Equal Pay Day' in the UK - which marks the date designated by the Fawcett Society that women are effectively working for free from 10th November to the end of the calendar year due to the gender pay gap. Laura Hinton, executive board member and head of people at PwC, said: […]
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