By Stuart Law
Back in 2007, disaster struck the financial services world, but it wasn’t the events of those dark nights in New York that caused it – it was years of change within financial services. Change was inevitable, but is change always good
Mark and Matthew Steer are the father and son duo behind Lancar, a Sheffield-based business that has scaled from IT service provider into pub acquisitions – a move which has now resulted in the launch of independent brewery Little Critters.
By Zehra Chudry
Challenger bank bosses currently challenging the traditional high street names need to overcome an enormous hurdle if they are to disrupt the banking market significantly; building consumer trust.
The recent furore around not only the free-fall of the Asian stock markets but also the continued drop in oil prices has prompted concerns about another global recession. Alongside changes in the structure of the UK Foreign Exchange market, bosses need to revise their recruitment strategies.
European bank share prices have been under significant pressure, with weak investor sentiment being accentuated by the Bank of Japan’s decision to apply negative interest rates on excess reserves.
Do you remember it was just three years ago that the FSA was minded to make VCTS unregulated collective investment schemes Many of us rode forth to do battle. My contribution was to go and see them in their lair at North Colonnade with a fellow VCT director.
By Staff writer
In the second of our series of interviews with Everline Future 50 alumni, we spoke to Conrad Ford, founder and CEO of Funding Options, a one-stop shop for alternative finance for small businesses.
It’s said that The Queen only carries cash on Sundays for the church collection basket. This was confirmed by an airport sniffer dog trained to sniff out wads of cash earlier in 2015 – her search of the Queen’s bag was decidedly unrewarding. However, even though The Queen does not carry cash this is not to suggest that society is ready to part with it.
Like buses, banks have been running behind the times for years and then suddenly a load of digital offerings all come along at once, promising to change the way retail banking is done. Sound familiar
By David Craik
The number of people setting up businesses in Scotland is levelling off as employment recovers.
