BBC Will mortgage rates fall? Asks Melania Benincasa Of course, we don’t know the answer to this for sure, but the rates on new, fixed deals have been dropping in recent months. In fact, the best deals are now on a par or lower than they were before the mini-Budget when Liz Truss was PM….
Tax rises aimed at inherited wealth are at risk of backfiring, after the chancellor was accused of betraying small family businesses while letting private equity bosses off the hook. Labour’s first budget in 14 years included measures to close inheritance tax (IHT) loopholes and press ahead with scrapping the controversial non-dom tax status, as well…
As Halloween looms the markets appeared to take fright at Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first Budget as the cost of Government borrowing soared to the highest level in 12 months. Bond markets, where the Treasury raises money, appeared to get scared by new inflation and borrowing projections from the Office of Budget Responsibility. The OBR said…
If you haven’t assessed your organization’s marketing technology in the last year, you are likely overdue for a clean out. Just like cleaning out a closet, garage or shed, you should conduct an annual audit to prepare for the upcoming year. While assessing your martech stack may seem daunting, the maintenance becomes easier once you’ve…
PA Media Regulated train fares in England are to increase by 4.6% next year, while the price of most railcards will rise by £5, the government has announced. The increases were not mentioned by the chancellor in her Budget speech to the House of Commons earlier on Wednesday, but it was instead noted in the…
Dropbox announced it is laying off 528 people, or 20% of its workforce, CEO Drew Houston wrote in a staff memo published on the company website Wednesday. “As CEO, I take full responsibility for this decision and the circumstances that led to it, and I’m truly sorry to those impacted by this change,” Houston wrote,…
Far too many content marketing programs fail to connect the brand to customer problems before the customer starts looking for a solution. At this crucial and overlooked point in the customer journey, most brands provide content about the product and the industry, when they should address specific customer pain points. There’s “a gap that exists…
EPA Chancellor Rachel Reeves has told the BBC that she hopes Labour’s first Budget since taking power, which includes massive tax increases, would be a one-off. “This is not the sort of Budget we would want to repeat,” she told the BBC’s political editor Chris Mason. “But this is the Budget that is needed to…
Google software engineers have a new coworker: AI. Google released its third quarter 2024 earnings on Tuesday and emphasized the role that AI plays within the company. “Today, more than a quarter of all new code at Google is generated by AI, then reviewed and accepted by engineers,” Google CEO Sundar Pichai stated on the…
When Grammy-nominated artist and multi-platinum producer Ryan Leslie released his 2016 album MZRT, there were no billboards, bells, or whistles. Instead, he promoted it via an inbound SMS campaign, without a record label or intermediary. To do this, he used Superphone, a product powered by his platform Disruptive Multimedia. The product empowers artists and creators…
