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• FinTech Connect arrives in Canada May 2020

  21-11-2019 13:00 via Business- general feed from realwire
  
  Expansion of UK event brings Lloyds Banking Group, Barclays, Nordea and more to Canada London and Toronto, 21 November 2019 – IQPC Ltd the organiser of FinTech Connect, the UK’s biggest fintech event, is launching a new show in Toronto, Canada, next year following five successful years in London.Fintech Connect Toronto will take place from 20-21 May 2020, featuring some of the biggest brands in financial services. The likes of JP Morgan, Barclays, Monzo, Lloyds...Source: RealWire
  
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• creditshelf continues to expand its platform business in Q3 2019

  21-11-2019 09:40 via Business-management feed from realwire
  
  Revenue up 59.0% to EUR 2,460.3 thousandEBIT improves year-on-year to EUR minus 4,188.6 thousand despite investments in expanding the platformFurther milestones in implementation of growth strategy achievedManagement adjusts outlook for fiscal year 2019 Frankfurt am Main, November 21, 2019 – creditshelf Aktiengesellschaft, a pioneer in the area of digital SME finance in Germany, published its figures for Q3 2019 today. The company continued to invest in the creditshelf platform in the firs
  
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• CEO retires on a high as 25 Years of the London Internet Exchange is celebrated

  21-11-2019 09:30 via Business- general feed from realwire
  
  The London Internet Exchange, known as LINX, celebrated its 25th anniversary in style in front of a record 300 members, partners and special guests at its quarterly member conference in London this November. LINX was established in November 1994 using a donated piece of equipment no bigger than a digital TV set top box and without any legal contracts, with the goal of keeping traffic local and avoiding costly transatlantic fees. The five founding members...Source: RealWire
  
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• Builder Now Enables Businesses to Bring App Ideas to Life in Minutes

  20-11-2019 17:23 via Business- general feed from realwire
  
  Businesses can now prototype a tailor-made app for free in as little as 10 minutesFast, affordable app prototyping takes the pain away from software development and speeds up go-to-market for new business ideas.20th November - Builder.ai, the platform that lets people build apps without coding, today announced Builder Now, an instant prototyping tool that helps anyone take their first step in designing an app and making their business idea a reality in as little as...Source: RealWire
  
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• New Report Reveals Less Than Half of Businesses Are Prepared to Comply with the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA)

  20-11-2019 14:00 via Business- general feed from realwire
  Results Indicate Compliance Measures are Lagging as Enforcement Begins January 2020London, UK – 20th November 2019 – Egress, the leading provider of people-centric data security solutions, today announced the results of a comprehensive survey on the “Key Steps in Satisfying Your CCPA and Other Privacy Obligations”. The survey, conducted by Osterman Research, Inc., revealed the current state of security team preparedness and critical gaps in compliance with the California
  
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• Salesforce companies Precursive and Taskfeed merge to unify onboarding and resource management and accelerate customer success

  20-11-2019 12:25 via Business- general feed from realwire
  
  London, 20 November, 2019: Precursive and Taskfeed today announced their merger to become the leading Customer Onboarding and Capacity Management platform on Salesforce.The unified company will be known as Precursive with a mission to help companies see success faster.Now with Precursive, companies can identify the right people for work and provide playbooks for smoother onboarding experiences. Organisations of differing sizes and sectors use Precursive to help scale and grow their business incl
  
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• TravelPerk's FlexiPerk becomes available to 4 major markets after successful Beta, making business travel more flexible than ever

  20-11-2019 10:14 via Business- general feed from realwire
  
  TravelPerk’s first-of-its-kind service, FlexiPerk gives companies and travelers unprecedented flexibility by making any booking (flight, hotel, car, train) refundable, no matter the fareFlexiPerk has been successfully used by Sumup, Picnic, and other customers, with average savings at 50%, and some seeing savings of as much as 60%. New product delivers on TravelPerk’s mission to bring about a new age of flexibility for the business travelerLondon, 20th November 2019: TravelPerk, Euro
  
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• American Airlines admits 'soap spill' did not divert flight

  19-11-2019 18:01
  
  The airline initially made the claim after a flight was diverted because two crew members fell unconscious.
  
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• General election 2019: Workers under Labour 'will take back control'

  19-11-2019 17:51
  
  John McDonnell also says there would be a cap on chief executives' pay in the public sector.
  
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• Manchester City post record £535.2m revenue in 2018-19 annual report

  19-11-2019 15:14
  
  Manchester City brought in a record £535.2m last season, the club's 2018-19 annual report says.
  
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• EasyJet relaunches package holiday business

  19-11-2019 13:39
  
  The airline is seeking to move into the gap in the industry left by the demise of Thomas Cook.
  
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• TSB lacked common sense before IT meltdown, says report

  19-11-2019 13:24
  
  Some customers were left without online banking access for several weeks after the problems last year.
  
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• Jamie Oliver to expand restaurants abroad after UK collapse

  19-11-2019 13:05
  
  The celebrity chef's group says franchisees plan to open 21 restaurants by the end of 2020.
  
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• US state department official quits amid 'inflated CV' claims

  19-11-2019 12:29
  
  But Mina Chang denies US media claims that she faked a university degree and a Time magazine cover.
  
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• Zylpha Unveils High-Performance Pay As You Bundle Option For iManage

  19-11-2019 11:21 via Business-project management feed from realwire
  
  The UK’s leading legal systems innovator, Zylpha (www.zylpha.com), has announced an integration of its widely acclaimed legal document bundling software for the popular iManage 9 platform. Of particular note is the all new Pay As You Bundle functionality, enabling users to pay only for what they use. A traditional enterprise integration is also available for organisations with high user counts.By incorporating Zylpha’s digital document bundling, users can produce legal and other docu
  
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• Boeing gets 737 Max vote of confidence

  19-11-2019 10:51
  
  Airlines have expressed interest in buying the troubled aircraft once it is cleared to fly again.
  
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• OKI Europe Appoints New Managing Director

  19-11-2019 09:30 via Business-management feed from realwire
  
  OKI Group Director and Former Banking Chief takes up European Leadership role Egham, 19 November 2019 – OKI Europe Ltd has announced that Tsukasa Takasawa has been appointed as its new Managing Director. Bringing 30 years’ experience in the corporate and investment banking sectors to the role, Takasawa replaces Dennie K. Kawahara who is moving back to OKI Data Corporation, to assume responsibility for the organisation’s global transformation. Takasawa first joined the OKI Group
  
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• Chick-fil-A drops charities after LGBT protests

  19-11-2019 08:57
  
  The US fast-food firm has drawn fire for its owner's stance on same-sex marriage.
  
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• General election 2019: How much tax do British people pay?

  19-11-2019 01:19
  
  There are important choices to be made, no matter who wins the election on 12 December.
  
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• 'Why economists get things wrong'

  19-11-2019 01:05
  
  Economists seek to explain our world but they often get things wrong, argue two Nobel prize winners.
  
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• Did a 'soap spill' really divert a flight?

  19-11-2019 01:02
  
  Evidence seen by the BBC casts doubt on American Airlines' reason for two crew members falling unconscious.
  
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• Should workers be allowed to nap at work?

  18-11-2019 22:25
  
  The US government has issued a directive banning sleeping at work. But sleep experts say they should reconsider.
  
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• Tata Steel to cut 3,000 jobs in 'severe' market

  18-11-2019 21:53
  
  Tata Steel says 3,000 jobs will go in its European business, which includes the UK and Netherlands.
  
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• Should we be worried by ever more CCTV cameras?

  18-11-2019 01:11
  
  The global surveillance market continues to grow at a fast pace, led by Chinese technology.
  
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• 'I spend 250 days a year away from home'

  18-11-2019 01:09
  
  Federico González runs the Radisson Hotel Group, and refuses to name his favourite place to stay.
  
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• Are our financial lives controlled by biased algorithms?

  18-11-2019 01:07
  
  Amid probes into Apple's "sexist" credit card, questions are being asked of IT-based financial decisions.
  
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• Dubai Air Show: The man putting a jolt into electric air racing

  18-11-2019 01:06
  
  An Airbus-backed competition to race electric aircraft hopes to revolutionise engine technology.
  
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• General election 2019: Leaders woo business with tax and apprenticeship vows

  17-11-2019 23:47
  
  Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn and Jo Swinson are all set to make speeches to UK business leaders.
  
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• Saudi Aramco flotation values oil giant at $1.7tn

  17-11-2019 11:55
  
  The Saudi Arabian state oil firm says 1.5% of its shares will be put up for sale.
  
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• Xbox's boss: Years before game streaming is mainstream

  17-11-2019 10:35
  
  BBC Click's Marc Cieslak talks to Xbox's Phil Spencer about the future of gaming.
  
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• The growing importance of the night-time economy

  17-11-2019 02:47
  
  The UK's night-time economy is now said to be the UK's fifth-biggest industry with annual revenues of £66bn.
  
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• Why US tech giants are putting billions into housing

  17-11-2019 01:28
  
  The booming tech industry has pushed San Francisco house prices out of the reach of ordinary workers.
  
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• Uber's paradox: Gig work app traps and frees its drivers

  16-11-2019 12:54
  
  Ride pick-up app's algorithm offers drivers freedom while trapping them at the same time, experts say.
  
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• Christmas adverts - do they really work?

  15-11-2019 23:02
  
  Big budget ads are already gracing our screens but do they actually benefit the big brands behind them?
  
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• Hong Kong: 'I was tear gassed getting my lunch'

  15-11-2019 23:00
  
  The increasing unrest in Hong Kong is affecting businesses in one of the world's biggest commercial hubs.
  
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• Cladding puts flat owners' lives on hold

  15-11-2019 22:58
  
  People in UK tower blocks are unable to re-mortgage or sell their homes because of cladding.
  
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• Dubai Air Show: Aerospace industry meets for deals and displays

  15-11-2019 22:53
  
  About 1,300 exhibitors are expected at the biggest aerospace and defence event of the year.
  
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• Lloyds shareholders lose legal fight over HBOS

  15-11-2019 13:59
  
  Lloyds TSB shareholders claim they were "mugged" when Lloyds took over the lender.
  
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• General election 2019: What are nationalisation and privatisation?

  15-11-2019 13:47
  
  The two topics are a big discussion point in the general election, but how do they work?
  
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• BT Sport retains exclusive Champions League rights in £1.2bn deal from 2021-24

  15-11-2019 11:48
  
  BT Sport wins the exclusive rights to show the Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League from 2021-24 in a £1.2bn deal.
  
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• Hong Kong in first recession for a decade amid protests

  15-11-2019 11:44
  
  Months of anti-government protests have taken their toll on the territory's economy.
  
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• General election 2019: Labour pledges free broadband for all

  15-11-2019 09:12
  
  Labour would part-nationalise BT to deliver the policy and tax tech giants to help cover the £20bn cost.
  
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• Alibaba backs Hong Kong's 'bright' future with huge listing

  15-11-2019 03:15
  
  The $13bn listing would be the world's largest this year and comes amid growing unrest in Hong Kong.
  
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• How trainers became a million dollar idea

  15-11-2019 01:36
  
  The BBC's Aaron Heslehurst explains how trainers became a million dollar idea.
  
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• How the government raises money from you to pay for the services you use.

  15-11-2019 01:33
  
  Steph McGovern explains how the government raises money from you to pay for the services you use.
  
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• Life-like Russian androids and other news

  15-11-2019 01:07
  
  BBC Click's Paul Carter looks at some of the week's best technology stories.
  
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• Party plans would ‘boost minimum pay for millions’

  15-11-2019 01:06
  
  The plans would double or treble the number whose wages are set by government, a think tank says.
  
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• HS2: Five other giant projects facing big delays

  15-11-2019 01:05
  
  The rail scheme faces huge cost overruns, but it's not the only big project behind schedule and over budget.
  
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• Australia and others ask for Brexit trade compensation

  15-11-2019 01:02
  
  A number of World Trade Organization countries have asked for compensation over Brexit.
  
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• General election 2019: Tories promise help for 'left-behind' towns

  15-11-2019 00:59
  
  A reduction in business rates for small firms is among a raft of measures pledged by the Conservatives.
  
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