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Aligned Energy: Flexible Solutions for an Economical Service

July 31, 2018

Andrew Schaap is the CEO of Aligned Energy, an infrastructure technology company that offers colocation and build-to-scale solutions to cloud, enterprise, and managed service providers. Their intelligent infrastructure allows them to deliver data centers like a utility—accessible and consumable as needed. By reducing the energy, water and space needed to operate, their data center solutions […]

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Church International: Leading with Transparency and the People Approach

July 31, 2018

Chriss Andrews is the Founder and Chief Executive of Church International, an IT recruitment and talent management company, and KA2, a technology consultancy firm. Her passions are family, people, business, rugby and the arts. In her interview with CEO Today, Chriss discusses Church’s development under her management, what brings it to the next level of […]

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Retiring Soon? 4 Tips to Reduce Tax on Your Retirement Benefits

July 31, 2018

Taxes never leave you. You have to pay them when you work and will continue paying them in retirement. Taxes in retirement are calculated on your income each year as you receive it, exactly the way it worked before you retired. Retirement and tax planning is critical to estimate the amount of taxes you would […]

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Making the Most of Data

July 31, 2018

By Gaurav Dhillon, CEO of Snaplogic, Inc Whether it’s customer, financial or employee data, structured or unstructured, from inside or outside the organisation, the modern enterprise increasingly runs on data. Thankfully for businesses, data is in no short supply, and they’re generating greater volumes of data than ever before. Business leaders rely on data […]

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Why Culture is the Key to a Company’s Long-term Success

July 31, 2018

It is undeniable that strong leadership, strategic focus and exceptional client service are critical to business success. However, a strong company culture is the backbone of any world-class organisation and should be the ultimate objective for every CEO. Particularly for a professional services organisation, which focuses on people and relationships, there is nothing more important than […]

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SMEs Struggling to Cope with Funding Shortfall

July 27, 2018

More than half (52%) of UK SMEs are finding it difficult to access funding from banks, while 28% believed the problem has worsened over the past five years according to a survey of business owners and senior decision-makers across a wide range of small to medium-sized organisations. The survey commissioned by FinTech provider Fraedom, found […]

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It’s Time to Get Cracking on the Chinese Market

July 27, 2018

It would be a mistake to assume that China is a straightforward or easy market to enter simply because of its huge population of 1.3 billion. But it’s not actually as simple as that. Below CEO Today benefits from expert insight from Dr. Johnny Hon, Chairman of The Global Group, on penetrating Chinese markets. The […]

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The Myth Behind SME Business Travel

July 26, 2018

SMEs have frequently been referred to as the ‘backbone of the UK economy’, according to many leading politicians and market reports. However, a recent YouGov survey, commissioned by LateRooms.com Business has revealed that these companies may not be operating at maximum levels of efficiency. Research recently released by the UK’s leading hotel specialist, has revealed […]

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Businesses Show Signs of Distress as Brexit Uncertainty Continues

July 23, 2018

The number of failures of UK companies has risen 30.0% to 4,827 in the second quarter of the year, compared to the same period a year ago, according to the latest figures from Creditsafe’s Watchdog Report. The quarterly Watchdog report, which analyses financial data across 12 UK business sectors, showed that high profile high street […]

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Here’s Why Brands Should Capitalise on Brexit

July 20, 2018

For most companies Brexit is an impending burden on business and operations, but Sven Hughes, CEO and Founder of Verbalisation, believes brands should have a positive outlook on what’s ahead and capitalise on the opportunities presented. Brexit is back on the agenda. The internal political turmoil in Theresa May’s cabinet has rocked the government. The […]

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Family Businesses: How to Grow Stronger & Greater

July 19, 2018

Homes have arguments and laughter, competition and teamwork, but love and care is usually at the foundation. Having a family-run business is similar, except not everyone is your family and there’s serious work to be done. Here CEO Today hears from Guy Perry, Managing Director at A Perry & Co., on family business growth and […]

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10 Ways Businesses Rode the World Cup Wave

July 18, 2018

Being one of the world’s biggest sporting events, on a par with the Olympics, the FIFA World Cup invites 32 nations to compete across the globe. This in turn leads to a global viewership that is targeted for mass marketing by thousands of companies worldwide. Some with big pots of money jump in to officially […]

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