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BlackRock - The Biggest Corporate Acquisition of All Time
Barry Ritholtz is BlackRock’s head of Global Client Business. Mark Wiedman: We have a lot of big competitors in low-cost indexing and ETFs. How do you help clients navigate market environments like we’ve seen? We’ve just gone through the biggest rate shock of our professional careers. We’ll work with them on asset allocations, we’ll give them what they’re looking for.
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Winning the World Champion Cheese Contest
Tim Omer from Emmi Roth Cheese knows that firsthand. He says U.S. cheesemakers are getting better and more innovative. Omer says the future is really bright.
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Read more at brownfieldagnews.com
Sunlounger Wins Fenland Business Awards Business of the Year
Sunlounger, which has a branch in Wisbech, won the prestigious award at the black-tie ceremony. Managing director Iain Kirkbright attended the ceremony to collect his award.
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Read more at Fenland Citizen
Unilever to Launch Productivity Programme and Separation of Ice Cream
Unilever has revealed steps to accelerate its Growth Action Plan (GAP). The business has five of the top 10 selling global ice cream brands including Wall’s, Magnum and Ben & Jerry’s. It comes as unilever looks to create a portfolio of brands with more complementary operating models.
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Read more at Food & Drink International
Alasdair Hobbs and Andy Powell to Provide Leadership and Development Coaching
Alasdair Hobbs has joined forces with Andy Powell, an executive, leadership and team coach, to provide coaching to clients across the region. The pair, who are old school friends, have collaborated before and Andy has now joined Human Results to expand the firm’s leadership and development offering.
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Read more at Shropshire Star
Worth AI Launches a New Risk Management Platform
Worth AI’s patent-pending platform promises to redefine how financial credit worthiness of SMBs is assessed. It processes thousands of traditional and non-traditional data sources to quickly generate a unified WorthScoreTM, while constructing comprehensive business profiles within minutes. The platform’s capabilities are extensive, offering features such as onboarding acceleration, accurate and efficient underwriting and predictive risk monitoring. This features collectively streamline approval process for business loans, financial services, and lines of credit.
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Read more at FinTech Global
Golborne: Transformation Through Transport Business Case
Submission of the Golborne: Transformation Through Transport outline business case is an important step towards approval of the £31.8 million investment earmarked for the project. Proposals, which would provide a key public transport link for people in the town and broader borough of Wigan, are being delivered by Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Wigan Council.
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Scotland's Financial Services Sector is 'Confident' of Business Growth in Q2
43% of firms in Scotland are ‘quite confident’ of growth prospects during the next quarter (April to June) geopolitical risks and regulatory pressures were identified as the biggest challenges to face businesses. survey also showed that important policies for Scottish firms included green economy ambitions.
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Read more at Scottish Business News
Ashford Town Centre Business Grants Scheme Returns to Support Businesses
The Ashford Town Centre Support Grant (ATCSG) has continued to provide support each year. There are two grant schemes: the Shop Improvement Grant and the Empty Premises Grant. Both provide up to 60% of the cost of works.
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Read more at Ashford Borough Council
The Hilton Honors American Express Business Card - What You Need to Know
The Hilton Honors American Express Business Card offers great rewards rates on select business expenses, making it easy to rack up free nights and perks at Hilton properties. The card offers a decent welcome bonus and a great rewards rate on a variety of common business expenses. It offers 10 complimentary lounge visits to more than 1,200 airport lounges around the world in the Priority Pass network each year, which most cardholders don’t offer.
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Read more at Fortune