Financial News

Howse Jackson Marketing launches BeatThatQuote.com list

Leading data and affinity marketing specialist, Howse Jackson Marketing, has been appointed by BeatThatQuote.com to bring to market its opt-in list of postal and telephone addresses for the very first time.

With a volume of approximately 500,000 records, the BeatThatQuote.com list is a 'live' file with an anticipated addition of 100,000 new records per month. The data is available for rent by third-parties in smaller test quantities as well as larger file sizes....more

Homeserve Cuts Costs and Improves Efficiency with Version One's Document Imaging

Homeserve - provider of emergency call out and insured repair solutions for businesses and homeowners worldwide - has cut costs, streamlined its purchase-to-pay (P2P) processes and is phasing-out its storage facility thanks to Version One's document imaging technology, DbArchive. This technology, which is tightly integrated into Homeserve's Oracle Financials ERP system, electronically stores purchase invoices and supplier forms and enables the quick retrieval of these documents via Oracle or by using Version One's web browser. Looking ahead, Homeserve plans to further improve P2P efficiency by implementing Version One's data capture technology for the automated capture and verification of invoice information......more

Version One is Finalist in UK's Leading Accountancy Awards

Document management and imaging software author, Version One (www.versionone.co.uk), has beaten some of the UK’s largest enterprise software companies to reach the final of the Accountancy Age Awards for Excellence 2007. Version One is the only document management company to have ever reached the finals of these prestigious awards.

Celebrating success and achievement in UK accountancy and finance, the Accountancy Age Awards are judged by a panel of industry experts including financial directors from leading UK organisations. Version One is one of three finalists in the Enterprise Software Package of the Year category...more

FINANCIAL FIRMS TO BENEFIT FROM REUTERS AND TIBCO SPOTFIRE PARTNERSHIP

...Reuters to equip financial services clients with next generation business intelligence...

Spotfire, a division of TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX), recently announced that Reuters has entered into a global agreement to distribute TIBCO Spotfire enterprise analytics software for next generation business intelligence to its financial services customers. Under the agreement, Reuters will include TIBCO Spotfire enterprise analytics software and services as part of its existing information services product suite, supported by Spotfire financial services sales and services specialists...more

DBSG Appoints New Chairman

MAKE A RESOLUTION TO SECURE YOUR CAPITAL

“The security threat we face is not conventional. It is a challenge of a different nature from anything the world has faced before.” (MI5)

The City of London, as one of the world’s financial centres and host of the 2012 Olympic Games, is constantly under threat from a variety of hostile organisations intent on causing the maximum amount of disruption and damage. In addition, corporate fraud remains a genuine problem facing companies each and every day and, as methods become ever more sophisticated, it is crucial that companies stay constantly alert. During these uncertain times, one thing does remain certain:...more

One in four customers warn banks one slip up, and we're off

Two thirds of people in the UK now bank online. They love its speed and convenience but it takes only one bad experience for them to return to their High Street branch.

The 'one strike and you're out' study, commissioned by website experience management company Gomez, has found online consumers are demanding increasingly higher standards of their virtual banks...more

Co-operative Bank sponsors groundbreaking green housing initiative

Tackling climate change and providing affordable housing for first time buyers are the biggest challenges facing the British housing market today. With this is mind; the Co-operative Bank has teamed up with Living Space 21, a new housing developer, to offer homes that are not only eco-friendly but, also within reach of those starting out on the property ladder.

This exciting new partnership directly addresses the Government’s promise to increase the UK’s house-building programme by 20%, which would provide an additional 3 million homes by 2020. Furthermore, with the Housing Green Paper 2007 setting targets to reduce property carbon emissions by 25% by 2010, these new homes, which have inbuilt eco features will be well placed to help meet this objective.

The eco benefits of these homes include timber frames, sourced from sustainable forests, rain water capture and recycling, plus sloped roofs which maximise solar efficiency. However, these features do not in any way comprise the quality or design of the build...more

New integrated finance system delivering benefits for Hartlepool

Hartlepool Borough Council and its technology partner, Northgate  Information Solutions, today announce the successful implementation of a  new integrated finance system that is delivering benefits to both staff  and  citizens.
 

Working with Northgate, the council has replaced its separate and outdated  finance and purchasing systems with a new integrated system designed to deliver efficient and effective financial management...more

Codis and Version One Fulfil Demand for Automated Purchase-to-Pay Processes

29th June 2007 - A strategic agreement between Codis and Version One has today been announced, enabling Codis’ Sage Line 500 customers to benefit from Version One’s automated invoice processing, intelligent authorisation and electronic document storage technology. The agreement between software solutions provider, Codis, and document management author, Version One, is in response to demand for more automated purchase-to-pay processes from the Codis Sage user base...more

Equifax Survey Reveals Banking and Financial Services Sectors Are Missing Out On Online Customer Opportunities

Equifax, the leading risk and ID verification solutions provider has conducted a detailed survey* of how UK consumers transact with the financial services and banking sectors online.

Whilst the use of the internet to source financial services and banks online was commonplace, the survey revealed a number of barriers to consumers completing transactions online and communicating with their bank via the internet. It also showed some variations in usage by different age groups...more

Top Access Accounts Re-seller Adds Paperless Office Technology to its Portfolio

Holbrook IT Group, the top re-seller of Access Accounts software in the North of England, has partnered with document management software author, Version One (www.versionone.co.uk). This new partnership - in response to huge demand from Access Accounts customers for tightly integrated ‘paperless office’ technology - enables Holbrook’s Access Dimensions and Access Supply Chain customers to electronically store, retrieve, deliver and authorise business documents directly from their software system. In addition, customers can now automate the processing of their purchase invoices, reducing manual data entry by up to 80%.....more

Fair Finance Consortium, shows an honest Interest, in people, in business

The Fair Finance Consortium (FFC) is group of 11 alternative loan finance providers operating throughout the West Midlands region. Their primary aim is to provide loan finance to businesses that are unable to secure investment via mainstream providers.

FFC implemented an awareness drive at the beginning of 2006 with funding support provided by Advantage West Midlands, Barclays and European Funding (ERDF). Reaching out further to potential clients via the web and regional press has successfully achieved a 16% increase in the numbers of enquires who require business loans for less than 10K...more

Leading Sage Provider Rolls-Out Version One's Technologies across Africa

- Leading South African business solutions provider, Jera Consulting, has partnered with UK-based Version One (www.versionone.co.uk), to deliver electronic document storage and authorisation technologies to Jera's 300+ customers. Jera is the largest Sage provider south of the Sahara, selling a range of accounting systems including Sage Line 500 and Sage Line 1000...more

94% of Senior Finance Professionals Dissatisfied with Purchase Invoice Processing

Research by document management and imaging company, Version One (www.versionone.co.uk), has identified that an overwhelming 94% of senior finance professionals are dissatisfied with their organisation’s methods for processing purchase invoices (PIs). Version One surveyed 125 senior finance professionals (finance directors, financial controllers and finance managers) from a cross-section of UK organisations to determine whether their existing processes for handling purchase invoices could be improved.....more