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Price comparison is driving AI shopping adoption, but consumers still select merchant brands they know
Price is the single most influential factor in AI-assisted shopping, with almost a third of consumers (32%) citing it as their primary…
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The hybrid shift: where workloads are headed and how to move them
Businesses migrating from a single, public cloud provider has been the direction of travel of UK digital infrastructure for years. As far…
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Why you’re much better off playing the lottery than trying to select individual investments
Reckon you can pick the best-performing individual company on the stock market? You’ll think again when you consider the odds of even…
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What ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’ teaches us about inflation
The UK recently crowned only its 7th ever winner of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? – Roman Dubowski, who walked away with the show’s iconic…
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Families forced to “battle” tech companies to access loved ones’ digital assets
Families are still having to “battle” tech companies to access the digital assets of loved ones after death, warns TWM Solicitors, a…
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Just one in ten parents are investing for their child’s future
Only one in ten (11%) parents are currently investing on behalf of their children, according to new research from Alliance Witan. The…
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Broadstone: Over 1/4 of girls born in 2049 expected to reach 100 years of age
The latest expectations of life expectancy published by the ONS reflect the growing future improvements in mortality. Over a quarter (26.3%) of…
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How ‘boring’ UK shares and bonds could make you a millionaire
Over the past 20 years, markets have been happy to provide ‘excitement’: dotcoms, crypto, meme stocks and AI hype cycles are just…
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UK students win first‑ever AI investment challenge with tool that flags financial red flags
CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals, has announced the winner of its inaugural AI Investment Challenge, with the top prize awarded…
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More Londoners declared underpaid tax to HMRC last year than all other top ten biggest UK cities combined
London dominates the UK for the number of individuals coming forward to HMRC to admit that they have underpaid tax, says accountants…
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1 in 5 employers will reduce the generosity of their benefits in response to government salary sacrifice changes
Twenty-three per cent of employers say they plan to reduce the generosity of employer pension contributions in response to changes to salary…
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59% of HRs fully understand the employee benefits they offer
59% of HR professionals have told the employee benefits experts at Everywhen they believe they personally have a full understanding of the…
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What small businesses need to know about social media to go viral, according to industry experts
With platforms like TikTok and Instagram increasingly shaping consumer behaviour, small businesses now have the potential to reach mass audiences without traditional…
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New research calls for a rethink of financial services for young people in a digital age
A new report, Shaping Young People’s Financial Futures Together, from the Compassion in Financial Services Hub at the University of Edinburgh’s Futures…
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Landmark Information Group appointed to provide geospatial data processing services to Ordnance Survey
Landmark Information Group has announced that it has been appointed as one of three suppliers to deliver geospatial data processing services under…
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PIMCO: GDP, PCE, and the Fed
Thursday’s U.S. economic data most reflects the condition of the economy before the Iran conflict. Tiffany Wilding, Economist, PIMCO, shares her insights.…
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Interactive Brokers on best month for stocks since 2020
José Torres, Senior Economist at Interactive Brokers, comments on the Best Month for Stocks Since 2020. José discusses how stocks are poised…
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deVere Group: At best oil drops to $80, but that’s still a different world
At best oil drops to $80, but that’s “a different world” to what we had before the US-Iran war, predicts the CEO…
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Expert reveals how to spot ticket fraud as World Cup tickets resale prices soar
Google Searches for “England Scotland World Cup Tickets” have soared by 1000% in the last week. However, with this high demand, experts…
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90% of TikTok fin-fluencer advice ‘mislead investors’
90% of TikTok fin-fluencer advice ‘mislead investors’ – study finds as 7.7M Brits act on social media advice. The findings come amid growing…
