As cloud-based sensing and actuation along with compiling of data expands, we need to realise the lack of commonality in our understanding. Sometimes it’s just the words we use, sometimes it’s semantics, and still other times it’s our confusion of expected outcomes. In machinery we talk about RPM revolutions per minute or SPM Strokes per […]
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Why even this experienced small business owner saw the value of our franchise.
One year in as owner of First Class Accounts Balgownie, NSW, Deepak Vallabh, knew the extra marketing and technical support would make the difference for his business. Even as an experienced business owner of a retail store and a café, now owner of First Class Accounts Balgownie, NSW, Deepak Vallabh, knew he still needed the […]
How to speed up invoice approvals and better protect your business
First Class Accounts partners with ApprovalMax an innovative new digital solution to approve business spending. Digital technology is innovating at phenomenal pace with huge opportunity for Australian small to medium sized business to improve their processes, but it can be difficult for most to keep up. That’s why First Class Accounts hosts a partnership program, […]
FCA drops second advice review due to pandemic
The FCA has dropped it second advice suitability review due to probe retirement advice after reviewing its post-pandemic workload, the regulator confirmed today. The Assessing Suitability Review (ASR 2) was placed on hold in April 2020 as the pandemic forced a rethink on workloads and has now been dropped indefinitely. The FCA said: “We have decided […]
Leverage private networks to accelerate business development
The concept of private networks has been there for quite some time. Private networks are usually preferred by businesses and various types of private organisations to protect the data and information that they store and handle. Though the underlying technology and infrastructure for private and public networks remain the same, says Yash Mehta, an IoT and […]
Embark platform to recruit 50 new staff in Dundee
Retirement and platform provider Embark is to hire more than 50 people in Dundee over the next few months to boost its platform operations in the city. The new employees will work on the Embark Platform and will be based at Embark’s HQ in Dundee, expanding its current Scottish workforce of 200 by a quarter to […]
Free ‘prospecting’ function added to Truth cashflow tool
Cashflow modelling tool provider Truth is adding extra functionality from today allowing Financial Planners to white label their own free cashflow onboarding site for consumers. Truth says the new facility will provide a “taster” of what Financial Planning can do for consumers. Truth software has been the preserve of Financial Planners but last month Truth […]
Merrill Lynch eyes affluent Florida, as wealth management buffers parent BofA’s disappointing quarter
Wealth management is a silver lining at Bank of America. The Wall Street behemothreported earnings of $9.2 billion in the second quarter, up from $3.5 billion a year earlier. The huge increase was due in part to the bank’s release of more than $2 billion it stashed away in anticipation of covering soured loans from […]
Government Bond Purchase – How to open Gilt Account?
Retail investor can purchase Government Bond now. New facility of Retail Direct Gilt Account is launched. Gilt account is required in order to buy and sell bonds. All government securities are available centrally on this site. Earlier the facility of buying bond and government securities were available only to banks and mutual funds. Gilt account […]
Death toll rises to 97 in Surfside condo collapse; judge approves sale of site
A worker waits to load his truck with debris from the rubble of the Champlain Towers South building, as removal and recovery work continues at the site of the partially collapsed condo building, Wednesday, July 14, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. Lynne Sladky | AP The number of confirmed deaths in the collapse of a condominium […]