Entrepreneurs’ Relief – too good to last?
Entrepreneurs’ Relief (ER) may be under threat in the budget following the manifesto promise by the Conservatives to ‘review and reform’ ER.
What is entrepreneurs’ relief?
Entrepreneurs’ Relief reduces the rate of capital...
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Digital is the transformative force leading businesses toward the future. This transformation is profoundly accelerating the renovation of business activities, processes, competencies, and models. The aim is to fully leverage the...
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Computational Thinking Will Be Vital For The Future Job Market
Computational Thinking is running fast through every avenue of modern business. Jean-Marc Tassetto looks at why this skill is crucial in today’s increasingly data driven organisations
Computational Thinking (CT) is used...
Taylorism 4.0: How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Knowledge Work
In 1909, the American mechanical engineer Frederick Winslow Taylor helped to usher in the era of manufacturing automation when he published “The Principles of Scientific Management.”
Also known as Taylorism, scientific management...
Cognitive Machines and the Future of Work
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Why you have to treat all your customers equally under GDPR
GDPR has been here for a month. Since it came into force in May 2018, GDPR’s rules on data privacy and security should have become “business as usual” for all organisations...
Dealing with insider threats
There are constantly evolving threats to enterprise cyber security with many coming from external threat actors. Likewise insider threats also pose a growing problem. Security professionals are constantly being warned about...
When security measures add barriers to doing business
Data breaches are still happening so another approach is needed.
Unfortunately, most security measures add barriers to doing business. Bigger and better firewalls aren’t helping either.
The weakest link
Staff are the weakest link...
The state of financial services M&A in the UK
Despite Brexit and some concerns about global trade Angus Grierson, Managing Director, LGB Corporate Finance says the outlook for M&A activity in the UK financial services sector in 2019 and beyond...
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