In September of this year, the S&P 500 closed at its lowest level in 2022, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average officially entered a bear market. This has left stockholders wondering how long it will be until we get out of the woods. As a result, many investors have turned their attention to alternative assets — including cryptocurrency. “The best reason to invest in crypto,” says Josh Peck, founder of TrueCode Capital, is “growth, growth, growth.” Peck explains that most investors consider crypto for diversification. However, since crypto is highly correlated with other growth assets, it’s not a good diversification…
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Big Issue Invest (BII) has launched its 2021-2022 Impact Report. The report revealed that the social investment arm of The Big Issue supported 138 social enterprises across the UK and had £37.5 million Assets Under Management (AUM) as of March 2022*. The report detailed how, in turn, those 138 social enterprises were able to support over 2 million customers across the UK in the same period. 92% of investments made by BII contribute to core solutions to poverty. Investees supported by BII have an average turnover of £5.59m and employ on average 72 employees. The organisation also reported that, of…
The economy has hit many Americans hard this year. People are looking to simplify their gift-giving, to make it affordable yet meaningful, and to reduce unnecessary clutter. Through the Medical Teams International Gift Catalog, you can give life-saving medical care to people in crisis around the world from the comfort and convenience of home. For every gift you give in honor of a friend, co-worker, or loved one, you’ll receive a beautiful card to give to him or her. Medical Teams is pleased to offer the following life-changing gifts that empower and provide hope to refugees, disaster survivors, and others…
Climate-conscious companies are increasingly feeling the pressure to step up the pace in the Race to Net Zero. But for some that will be a tough exercise. No matter how great their intentions and practical efforts to cut emissions, they will continue to produce carbon that impacts the climate. That goal of net zero – putting no more carbon into the atmosphere than you’re taking out of it – can seem unattainable to a small business. But, instead of striving for the impossible, the solution is to offset the carbon that absolutely can’t be reduced, says JustCarbon, a blockchaincarbon credit…
Jean-Bernard Mas began his career at the Crédit Agricole Group in 1989 as an organiser at the Var Regional Bank. He was appointed head of the Management Control department in 1994. In 2002, he became head of Banking Services for the Provence Côte d’Azur Regional Bank, and then head of Banking and IT in 2003. In 2009, he was named Chief Executive Officer of the AMT EIG and, as such, was one of the key architects of the NICE programme – a plan to implement project management and a common IT system at all 39 Crédit Agricole Regional Banks. One…
After two years of double-digit growth, the app market started slowing down. In 2022, global app revenues are expected to hit $430.9bn, 8.3% more than a year ago, and in-app advertising will make up more than half of that value. However, app developers will see revenues from in-app purchases outpace advertising this year. According to data presented by SafeBettingSites.com, users will spend around $205bn on in-app purchases in 2022, 10% more than a year ago, while in-app revenues are expected to grow by 6% year-over-year to $220.8bn. IAP Revenues to Jump by $20B in a Year Although in-app advertising has…
According to TradingPlatforms.com, PayPal had approximately 429 million users in the second quarter of 2022, a 6.5% growth from the previous year. The amount of daily active users can vary depending on the country. For example, PayPal use is higher in the UK than in Germany but significantly higher than the daily active users in 19 other European countries. According to Edith Reads, Tradingplatform’s financial analyst,” PayPal’s main problem is that it has become a victim of its own success. The company has been so successful in recent years that it now has a very large customer base, which makes…
Zilico’s innovative diagnostic IED technology, ZedScan has been recognised for it’s notable social impacts. The company was recently awarded the prestigious Institute of Physics Business Innovation Award which recognises Zilico’s brilliance in innovation and delivery of significant societal impact through the application of physics. The Institute of Physics (IOP) is the professional body and learned society for physics, and the leading body for practising physicists, in the UK and Ireland. With a rich history of supporting business innovation and growth, it is committed to working with ‘physics-based’ businesses, and companies that apply and employ physics and physicists. The IOP’s prestigious…
Policy Expert, one of the UK’s most successful personal lines Insurtechs, has announced its partnership with comparison pioneers Quotezone.co.uk, adding its car insurance product to the panel of insurance experts. Harnessing proprietary technology and advanced data analytics, Policy Expert provides simple, transparent and fair home and car insurance for over 1.2 million customers, achieving 26% growth in policyholders in the last 12 months alone. The company continues to maintain its strong customer service performance as it grows, being recognised as the UK’s number one home insurance provider on Review Centre since 2013 – with over 50,000 independent reviews and an ‘excellent’ Trustpilot rating of…
British premium drinks company Gunner Cocktails Ltd has announced the launch of its first alcoholic canned beverage – the Gunner Sinner. This follows the successful launch of the Gunner non-alcoholic ‘Saint’ ready-to-drink, whose sales have doubled over the past twelve months, with over 750,000 cans expected to sell in 2023. Having started as a cocktail unfamiliar to many, Gunner’s availability across the hospitality sector has tripled since July 2021 and is now stocked in over half of The Open rota golf courses. The Gunner Saint was also selected as a “drink of choice” as the Rod Laver Cup pre-event dinner.…
