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Financing under the EBRD Women in Business programme now exceeds 500 million
Financing under the EBRD’s pioneering Women in Business programme has now topped the 500 million mark. Less than four year since its launch in 2015, the initiative has provided a total of 506 million in credit...2019-07-23 1651 0 -
New text messaging service to help residents with bills
Sandwell Council is launching a text messaging service to help people keep on top of their council tax bills and get the welfare support they need. The service will also reduce the number of paper messages...2019-07-22 1325 0 -
ICT-enabled flexible working – All plain sailing?
Imagine you’re at work and something happens: you have to leave to visit a client, you have to go home to let in the plumber, or you have to collect the kids from school as the...2019-07-18 1390 0 -
David Cameron Hired by Pakistani-owned Company
Tech company Afiniti hires former Prime Minister David Cameron, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has been employed by a Pakistani businessman, Zia Chishti, to now work for a Washington-based artificial intelligence company (AI),...2019-07-04 2016 0 -
FCA CALLS ON CONSUMERS TO ‘ACT NOW’ AS PPI COMPLAINTS DEADLINE GETS CLOSER
There is just over a month to go until the 29 August 2019, the PPI complaints deadline. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) which regulates the financial services sector and protects UK consumers is urging people to...2019-07-01 1786 0 -
Four out of five companies plan to reduce their legal spend
Eighty-two percent of companies plan to reduce their legal function costs over the next two years, with 42% of respondents planning on doing so by more than 10%, according to a new report released today by...2019-06-26 2292 0 -
New Acas report reveals that two thirds of UK workers have felt stressed or anxious about work
A new report from workplace experts, Acas, has revealed that two thirds of workers (66%) have felt stressed or anxious about work over the past year. Acas commissioned YouGov to ask employees in Great Britain about...2019-06-11 2704 0 -
More than one million homes and businesses can now order full fibre broadband via the Openreach network
Dad of eight Shaun Duffield and his family enjoying his new ultrafast broadband connection. Engineers Danny Parkin and Dave Scargill (back row) helped connect up Shaun’s Leeds home are at the back of the shot. More...2019-06-06 2677 0 -
Virgin Trains flies the flag for Coventry
Image caption: BBC Coventry & Warwickshire’s Lorna Bailey and Pete Waterman celebrate the naming of Lady Godiva Virgin Trains has named one of its trains after one of Coventry’s most famous historic icons in celebration of...2019-05-14 2649 0 -
Wolverhampton station artwork celebrates city landmarks and history
An impressive new piece of artwork can now be found in the waiting room on platform one at Wolverhampton station. The large mural, which measures over 10 metres wide and 3 metres tall, has been produced...2019-05-12 1923 0