By Alex Painter, Senior Web Performance Consultant at NCC Group Speed matters. People don’t like waiting, whether they’re standing in a queue or waiting for a web page to load. And companies are waking up to the fact that a slow website can harm their business. This is partly thanks to a growing body of […]
Cadence Capital Management is a boutique-style investment firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. Mike Skillman, who joined Cadence in 1994, now serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director on their investment team. Here, he tells CEO Today about the history of the company, its business strategy and overcoming the inevitable hurdles involved in delivering […]
For our monthly Completing the Deal feature, CEO Today reached out to David Lamb – Hong Kong-based Partner and global Co-Chairman of leading international law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman. The company’s impressive client base includes FTSE 100/Fortune 500 companies and other major corporations, international banks and financial institutions. The firm advises on Bermuda, British Virgin […]
Russell Smith, of Russell Smith Chartered Accountants, discusses for CEO Today the results of a poll run by his firm, and questions the current focus on Brexit politics. I have always argued that Brexit was an economic decision fought on political grounds. While the majority locked their gaze on immigration and changes in governing policy, […]
By Cici Wang, Co-founder of VisionMe How to attract investment from China, and then make sure it stays, is a pressing ambition for many UK companies, but often goes unrealised through avoidable errors in presentation and preparation. My experience from running a company helping firms link between the two business cultures is that golden […]
According to the latest Salary Trends Report by ECA International (ECA), UK employees in the private sector are expected to see a real salary increase of just 0.2% in 2018, the equivalent of approximately £4.41 a month (£53 pa) for the average worker¹ before tax. This keeps the UK at the bottom of the salary […]
Karoli Hindriks is the Founder of Jobbatical, a marketplace that connects globally minded companies with a community of ready-to-relocate business, technology and creative professionals. Karoli is also the youngest Estonian inventor that had a registered patent, the youngest CEO MTV has ever had, she’s a mother and the definition of a tirelessly and passionately driven […]
New research from American Express has found that globalisation has brought about a significant shift in attitudes to business travel. Despite today’s digitally connected global marketplace, the new research shows that business travel is important to the success of UK businesses, with just over three quarters (76%) of the UK business travellers surveyed believing […]
Meet Geeta Sidhu-Robb, Founder of the innovative and multi award-winning company Nosh Detox, the UK's first ever home detoxification and weight-loss delivery service. The company produce freshly made, non-pasteurised Juice Diets, Detox and Nutritional Plans, delivered across Europe & UK. Clients include Gwyneth Paltrow, Georgia May Jagger and Poppy Delevigne. Can you tell us about your career so far? How did you come to […]
Payments may represent the final interaction point between retailer and consumer for a given transaction, but businesses need to think of it as the start of the customer’s next purchase journey. When money exchanges hands in-store or card payments are completed offline or online, it represents the first opportunity to ensure a customer wants to […]
By Adam Ewart, CEO of Send My Bag My company is set up to save travellers time, money and hassle, so I am often called upon for advice on how to generally save money when travelling. I work internationally – we have offices in Northern Ireland and NYC – and with seven years in the […]
This month CEO Today spoke to Bespoke Risk Solutions about their new a facility, together with Purbeck Insurance Services that might provide Company Directors with insurance cover in the event of a call on their personal guarantee by a lender. In July this year, the Independent reported that the ‘whole EU finance system faces a tipping point’. With financial institutions quitting the City of […]
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