How Important Is Environmental, Social And Governance Strategy?
Businesses and consumers are now more likely to consider a company's ESG performance before deciding to buy their products or services. This means that an ESG strategy is vital for all...
The security outlook for 2023: Five trends
Standfirst: The industry has faced many challenges in 2022. They include coming out of pandemic lockdowns, unprecedented supply chain challenges and economic issues. These will continue to shape businesses over the...
Harnessing visual media to help weather unpredictable times
In 2020 a little-used acronym - VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) resurfaced to describe the unpredictability of the times. More recently, the anthropologist and futurist Jamais Cascio unleashed BANI (Brittle,...
How Economic Headwinds are Accelerating Shopify’s Rise in the Enterprise Ecommerce Market
Dan Partridge, CEO of leading eCommerce agency Swanky, shares how challenging macroeconomic conditions are leading enterprise brands to explore a new generation of eCommerce solutions.
For the last decade, Shopify has...
Three Top Tips on How to Align Your Finance and IT Teams
As finance teams look to digitally transform their operations, the advice and support of IT has become essential. For the full benefits of digital transformation to be realised, the two teams...
Strategies Professional Service firms Can Deploy to Curb Revenue Leakage and Margin Dilution
Visualize travelling in a boat that has tiny holes at the bottom. The holes may be unnoticeable, but the boat will slow down as it fills with water unless the passengers...
Quiet quitting and security – why you should pay just enough attention
Quiet quitting is one of those trendy discussions in the workplace that seem to come up frequently. It describes how employees can put in enough effort to fulfil their roles, but...
Telling signs that it is high time for automated reconciliations
Every company must reconcile their accounts. At the very least, no accounting department escapes bank reconciliation or period-end close. Despite the commonplace flaws, many are still manually performing transaction matching, account...
What are the Radical changes to Employment Law coming in 2023
Brexit has left us in the U.K. with various ‘retained EU law’ originally derived, which currently remains in place due to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. However, the UK Government...
Digital Transformation Isn’t Easy, But It Can Be If Done Right
The era of digital transformation is here. Companies of all sizes now use advanced technology to improve their productivity, operational efficiencies, and customer experiences. Most companies that undergo a digital transformation...