Luke started his career in Sheffield, working as Finance Officer for Sheffield Union before moving to London to work for Tesco PLC. During his time at Tesco, Luke worked in Central Finance with responsibility for weekly management reporting and working capital, before moving to China with Tesco’s property business in Beijing. Luke’s next move was […]
Finance Monthly’s May CFO Insight section looks at the work of Dr Stephan Hardt – the Financial Director of one of Deutsche Telekom's subsidiaries and one of the largest IT service companies in Europe – T-Systems. Here Stephan, who’s been the company’s director of finance since 2012, talks about the finance function at the company, […]
Lack of trust and transparency as a result of ideological and military conflicts are undermining the international supply chains linking the world, according to the Q1 2017 CIPS Risk Index, powered by Dun & Bradstreet. Prolonged conflict is creating supply chain no-go areas, cutting off local businesses and consumers from global markets and potentially causing […]
There were increased signs of a slowdown in the UK property market last month, as the number of sales has fallen dramatically and even less are taking out mortgages. Analysis by data firm Equifax claims mortgage sales dropped by over 15% between March and April. But why is this happening? Here Mark Homer, Co-Founder of […]
While challenges face commercial real estate markets, realtors specializing in the sector should have confidence that growth will continue. That's according to speakers at a commercial economic issues and trends forum at the REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo. NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun led a panel discussion about the economic forces shaping commercial real […]
US real estate markets are increasingly becoming international, and changing demographics brought forth by immigration and growing interest from foreigners are positioned to bolster home sales activity and prices. That's according to speakers at an international real estate forum organized by the REALTOR University Richard J. Rosenthal Center for Real Estate Studies session here at […]
Executives from finance, marketing, sales, logistics, and other departments and business lines play an increasingly central role in the evaluation, purchase and use of technology solutions, according to a new report released by CompTIA, the world's leading technology association. "CIOs and information technology (IT) teams remain involved in the process, as their expertise and experience […]
The C-Suite landscape is changing. With the introduction of several new C-level executives to manage HR (CHRO), Marketing (CMO) and Strategy (CSO), it is not easy for each of these individuals to have a prominent, influential seat at the table. Here Robert Gothan, CEO and founder of Accountagility, talks to Finance Monthly about the importance […]
With more than 25,000 team members across North and Central America, Europe and Asia, TELUS International is a global business process outsourcing (BPO) provider that delivers contact center, information technology and advisory solutions across a range of industries. Marilyn Tyfting is TELUS International’s Chief Corporate Officer, where she is responsible for driving ambitious company growth […]
Mortgage sales for the UK fell by £2.62 billion in April, down 16.0% on the previous month, according to Equifax Touchstone analysis of the intermediary marketplace. Buy-to-let figures plunged 20.4% (£0.55 billion) to £2.15 billion and residential followed suit, dropping by 15.1% (£2.07 billion) to £11.60 billion. Overall, mortgage sales for the month dropped to […]
The financial services sector tops the table in deals between large organisations and UK SMEs. Since April 2016, there have been 452 deals, known to have exceeded £6.2bn. This accounts for 41% of the national total volume. Economic data, released today by national law firm Bond Dickinson, explores mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and minority […]
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