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Back to the land: Lebanese family turns to farming to survive crises

Back to the land: Lebanese family turns to farming to survive crises

By Maya Gebeily and Aziz Taher HOULA, Lebanon (Reuters) – In a remote village in southern Lebanon, Qassem Shreim crouched low to..

Britain to defy EU with ‘relatively trivial’ N.Ireland law

Britain to defy EU with ‘relatively trivial’ N.Ireland law

By Elizabeth Piper and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) – Britain published plans on Monday to override some of the post-Brexit trad..

Oil rises on tight supplies; trade choppy on demand worries

Oil rises on tight supplies; trade choppy on demand worries

By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Monday in a session of volatile trade, as tight global supplies outwe..

Technology Unlocking The World For Digital Nomads

Technology Unlocking The World For Digital Nomads

By Avi Cohen, General Manager, Hola The global pandemic’s impact on our daily lives will still be felt for the foreseeable..

Inflation fears grip markets as bonds, stocks plunge

Inflation fears grip markets as bonds, stocks plunge

By Saikat Chatterjee LONDON (Reuters) – Global stocks and government bonds extended a bruising sell-off on Monday and the dollar..

Security trumps obesity in Britain’s first food strategy

Security trumps obesity in Britain’s first food strategy

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain set out its first national food strategy on Monday, focused on increasing domestic output of some produce to..

France’s Cristal Union lures farmers to secure sugar beet supplies

France’s Cristal Union lures farmers to secure sugar beet supplies

PARIS (Reuters) -French sugar and ethanol maker Cristal Union promised farmers high prices for their 2023 sugar beet harvest in a bid ..

94% of UK Employees Frustrated by Workplace Tech: 49% Considering Changing Jobs

94% of UK Employees Frustrated by Workplace Tech: 49% Considering Changing Jobs

  Workplace technology key differentiator in the war for talent; as the majority (56%) of employees say poor tech causes them to ..

Pay and benefits demand surges among three-quarters of SMEs

Pay and benefits demand surges among three-quarters of SMEs

  –    Three-quarters (73%) of SMEs are experiencing higher demand in regard to pay and benefits  – Just under a fift..

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Wealth Dynamix partners with Unblu putting clients at the centre of digital strategy

Wealth Dynamix partners with Unblu putting clients at the centre of digital strategy

  LONDON, May 26, 2022 . Wealth Dynamix today announces they have partnered with Unblu to integrate their secured conversational multi-channel pl..

LEVELLING UP HITS STUMBLING BLOCK AS JUST 15% OF COUNCILLORS BELIEVE THEIR LOCAL AUTHORITY HAS ENOUGH CONNECTIVITY FUNDING

LEVELLING UP HITS STUMBLING BLOCK AS JUST 15% OF COUNCILLORS BELIEVE THEIR LOCAL AUTHORITY HAS ENOUGH CONNECTIVITY FUNDING

  UK, May 2022 – One of the key points in the Government’s roadmap to Levelling Up is in danger of hitting a major stumbling bloc..

How AI will help combat ransomware and leaky cloud security

How AI will help combat ransomware and leaky cloud security

  By Willem Hendrickx, SVP International at Vectra Every year the world of cybersecurity encounters new challenges and obstacles ..

MULTINATIONAL MUTARES ACQUIRES SHEFFIELD BASED FIRM, ATI,  WITH SUPPORT FROM CYNERGY BUSINESS FINANCE 

MULTINATIONAL MUTARES ACQUIRES SHEFFIELD BASED FIRM, ATI,  WITH SUPPORT FROM CYNERGY BUSINESS FINANCE 

08 June 2022: Cynergy Business Finance has provided an £18m funding line to support Mutares with the acquisition of the Sheffield oper..

Railsr launches Rewards-as-a-Service product that enables brands to build their own branded rewards programmes

Railsr launches Rewards-as-a-Service product that enables brands to build their own branded rewards programmes

  ‘Embedded rewards’ linked to Railsr’s existing card, bank and wallet products and empowers brands to build finance experiences..

Revealed: The employee benefits on the rise since the start of the pandemic!

Revealed: The employee benefits on the rise since the start of the pandemic!

  Eight in ten employee’s feel more motivated by a good company benefits package, and according to a new study, these benefits ar..

UK’s largest business group signs Menopause Workplace Pledge as employers count the cost of losing talent

UK’s largest business group signs Menopause Workplace Pledge as employers count the cost of losing talent

  7 June 2022:The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has become the latest employer to sign the Menopause Workplace Pledge. The..

HMRC targeting supply chain VAT fraud; company directors at high risk of The Kittel Principle

HMRC targeting supply chain VAT fraud; company directors at high risk of The Kittel Principle

Company directors who either commit VAT fraud or fail to demonstrate procedures to prevent VAT fraud in the supply chain are being target..

Allianz Trade wins Global Banking & Finance Review’s Best Trade Credit Insurance Company Asia Pacific 2022

Allianz Trade wins Global Banking & Finance Review’s Best Trade Credit Insurance Company Asia Pacific 2022

Leading credit insurer formerly known as Euler Hermes wins award for sixth consecutive year Allianz Trade, the world leader in trade c..

Ukraine grants citizenship to top Russian journalist who denounced war

Ukraine grants citizenship to top Russian journalist who denounced war

(Reuters) – Ukraine has granted citizenship to prominent Russian journalist Alexander Nevzorov who fled Russia with his wife aft..

Instant View: US May payrolls rise up than expected

Instant View: US May payrolls rise up than expected

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. employment increased more than expected in May, while the unemployment rate held steady at 3.6%, signs..

Living the One Spirit

Living the One Spirit

By Thomas Schaffner, senior partner and country head in Synpulse’s UK office; and Lars Sorstrom, senior partner in Germany office. The..

Xceptor strengthens executive leadership team with key senior appointments

Xceptor strengthens executive leadership team with key senior appointments

May 24, 2002, London: Xceptor, the financial sector’s leading no-code software platform for data automation, today announced the appoi..

Capital.com survey: global retail investors still neutral or bullish on market and tech stocks for the rest of 2022

Capital.com survey: global retail investors still neutral or bullish on market and tech stocks for the rest of 2022

Global traders and investors seem reluctant to consider the prospect of a bear market despite rising global risk in the year ahead LON..

KPMG launches new business ‘KPMG Products’

KPMG launches new business ‘KPMG Products’

The new business will see the firm’s technologists build a portfolio of digital solutions to help organisations address their most co..

Worldline enters the Metaverse to bridge the gap between virtual and real worlds for commerce scenarios

Worldline enters the Metaverse to bridge the gap between virtual and real worlds for commerce scenarios

Paris La Défense, 31 May 2022—Worldline [Euronext: WLN], a global leader in payment services, is proud to announce it is one of the fi..

Yolt collaborates with October to ease and speed up loan application processes

Yolt collaborates with October to ease and speed up loan application processes

London, 31 May 2022 – Yolt, Europe’s leading independent and data driven open banking provider, announces today a collaboration ..

1 in 5 consider quitting work for good due to childcare costs!

1 in 5 consider quitting work for good due to childcare costs!

The ever-rising cost of living and childcare is making many people have to make the difficult decision on whether to continue working,..

In Shanghai, lockdown blues make way for COVID testing gripes

In Shanghai, lockdown blues make way for COVID testing gripes

By Brenda Goh and Andrew Galbraith SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Shanghai residents’ relief over the easing of a two-month COVID-19 lockdo..

Watchdog’s new chief says high prices can support greener palm oil

Watchdog’s new chief says high prices can support greener palm oil

By Michael Taylor KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Palm oil producers profiting from a global price boom should use t..

Beaming Queen Elizabeth waves to crowds as Platinum Jubilee celebrations begin

Beaming Queen Elizabeth waves to crowds as Platinum Jubilee celebrations begin

By Michael Holden and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) – A beaming Queen Elizabeth waved to cheering crowds massed outside Buckingha..

UK rapper Knucks shares one Bitcoin with two fans in a UK first in a groundbreaking new event at KOKO London

UK rapper Knucks shares one Bitcoin with two fans in a UK first in a groundbreaking new event at KOKO London

For more images from the night please download from here credit David Levene Further images here credit Nicky J Sims/Getty London, Thu..

FEATURE-Africa’s mobile money taxes risk driving poor out of digital economy

FEATURE-Africa’s mobile money taxes risk driving poor out of digital economy

• Mobile money helps Africa’s poor access financial services • Continent accounts for 70% of transactions by value • Taxes seen ..

FEATURE-South Africa flooding leaves survivors traumatised, homeless

FEATURE-South Africa flooding leaves survivors traumatised, homeless

• Floods leave more than 6,000 people homeless • Many victims traumatised, unable to look for work • Counselling vital to recovery eff..

FEATURE-As U.S. flooding worsens, South Carolina redraws risk maps

FEATURE-As U.S. flooding worsens, South Carolina redraws risk maps

• Climate change fueling more intense storms, floods • Homes outside federal floods zones deluged • Local officials create their own f..

New Zealand PM meets Biden to discuss U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy

New Zealand PM meets Biden to discuss U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy

By Jeff Mason and Lucy Craymer WASHINGTON/WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern met U.S. President J..

Dollar stronger as inflation worries dampen risk sentiment

Dollar stronger as inflation worries dampen risk sentiment

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar rose across the board on Tuesday as Treasury yields climbed and worrie..

Ukraine’s giant seed bank at risk of being lost as war rages

Ukraine’s giant seed bank at risk of being lost as war rages

By Maytaal Angel LONDON (Reuters) – In underground vaults near Ukraine’s battlefields, the genetic code for nearly 2,000 c..