Accounting firms have been operating in an increasingly competitive market for some time now, leading firms to search for new ways to attract business and offer more value to their current clients. Clients’ expectations are constantly shifting, and that’s never been truer than in recent months with the COVID-19 pandemic sending businesses into a state […]
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What slowdown? Amazon seeks to hire 33,000 people
Amazon is on a hiring spree. In the latest sign of how it’s prospering while others are faltering during the pandemic, Amazon said Wednesday it is seeking to bring aboard 33,000 people for corporate and tech roles in the next few months. It’s the largest number of job openings it’s had at one time, and […]
What slowdown? Amazon seeks to hire 33,000 people
Amazon is on a hiring spree. In the latest sign of how it’s prospering while others are faltering during the pandemic, Amazon said Wednesday it is seeking to bring aboard 33,000 people for corporate and tech roles in the next few months. It’s the largest number of job openings it’s had at one time, and […]
Copia Wealth Management goes into liquidation
Copia Wealth Management Ltd in Denton, Manchester, has gone into liquidation soon after a Financial Ombudsman ruling against the company over a pension transfer. The FCA has said that anyone with potential claims against the company can contact the FSCS. The FCA said that Floyd Paterson, the sole director of Copia Wealth Management Limited, a […]
Improving Advisor Team Efficacy By Overcoming The Many Minds Problem Of Group Conversation
Executive Summary Many advisory firms are building advisory teams with the hopes of sharing the workload and increasing client satisfaction. However, there are inherent challenges faced by teams, which consist of a group of “Many Minds” whose conversational mechanics are increasingly complicated by the growing number of participants, specifically when it comes to effective team […]
Efforts on for big restaurant-type online delivery platform for street vendors: PM Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said efforts are being made to provide an online delivery platform to street food vendors on the lines of big restaurants. After a virtual interaction with beneficiaries of the PM Street Vendors‘ Aatmanirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) scheme from Madhya Pradesh, Modi praised the state government for ensuring the scheme’s […]
Efforts on for big restaurant-type online delivery platform for street vendors: PM Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said efforts are being made to provide an online delivery platform to street food vendors on the lines of big restaurants. After a virtual interaction with beneficiaries of the PM Street Vendors‘ Aatmanirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) scheme from Madhya Pradesh, Modi praised the state government for ensuring the scheme’s […]
COVID-19 Business Update – 9 September 2020
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are safe and doing well. Read on for this week’s update. Australia To Extend Bankruptcy Protection Rules Until End of 2020 Australia will extend its temporary insolvency and bankruptcy protection rules until the end of this year, providing businesses a lifeline to recover […]
Ex-Xerox CEO Ursula Burns says companies must ‘change the criteria’ to create diverse boards
Ursula Burns, CEO of Xerox speaking at the 2105 CGI Annual Meeting in New York. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Ursula Burns, who was CEO of Xerox from 2009 to 2016 and the first Black woman to run a Fortune 500 company, says corporations have to “change the criteria” for directors to create more diverse board rooms. […]
The six biggest tech stocks have lost more than $1 trillion in value in three days
The six biggest tech stocks have lost more than $1 trillion over the last three days alone, but it’s really just a dent coming off a huge rally that peaked last week. Apple, which hit a $2 trillion market cap on Aug. 19, is down about $325 billion in that time period. Microsoft‘s down $219 […]