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Even more businesses will use AI and data to boost sales and services in 2024
Artur Debat/Getty ImagesMore businesses will adopt modern customer data platforms (CDP) in 2024 because of greater awareness of the benefits of the technology beyond just marketing, according to a set of predictions from value-focused analyst firm Valoir. Valoir's forecast for 2024 is specific to the use of data in CRM. This approach is where CRM solution providers
Gisborne businesses begin to reopen
Navigation for News Categories (File photo) People queued at a Gisborne supermarket in the days after Cyclone Gabrielle struck. Photo: RNZ / Kate Green Businesses in Gisborne have been given clarity on which can open under the current post-Cyclone Gabrielle water restrictions, and what rules they must follow. Many have begun to open up, as
Some businesses can’t even tell if they’ve been hit by hackers
Home News Computing (Image credit: Shutterstock / Sashkin) Despite cybersecurity being a significant concern for the majority of companies, many still wouldn’t be able to tell if their endpoints (opens in new tab) had been compromised, or not. However this news may not be as bad as it sounds.Cybersecurity researchers from Nozomi Networks found over
Seattle Businesses Eligible for $1.2 Million in New Grant Money
Moms represent one of the largest groups that exited the workforce over the past few years. And many are interested in starting their own businesses instead of going back to traditional careers. A new program from ZenBusiness may help them cover some related costs. Read about this and other unique funding, grant, and business support
Women-led businesses need more visibility: Claudine Moore on the importance of PR for small businesses
Claudine Moore is a PR and communications expert with an impressive PR and communications career spanning Africa-focused start-ups, heritage brands, and African organizations in multiple international markets. A trip to Ghana in 2010 inspired her to use her PR experience to help African startups navigate marketing and media relations as well as shape public perceptions
7 Black-owned Businesses Challenging the Status Quo
While Covid restrictions are lifting across the country, the pandemic’s impact on Canadian businesses will be felt long after masks and social distancing rules loosen. According to government data, Black-owned businesses in particular have been hard-hit. In Scotiabank’s 2021 Path To Impact report, 47 per cent of BIPOC business owners said systemic barriers, including a…
IT TOOK MORE than 30 years for BP, a British energy firm, to build its Russian business. It took less than four days to decide to dismantle it. As Vladimir Putin’s forces invaded Ukraine early on February 24th, the logic of BP’s 20% stake in Rosneft, Russia’s state-owned oil giant, began to collapse. BP’s board…
Bam’s UK businesses see profit surges
Profit at Royal Bam’s two UK operations more than doubled in 2021. The adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) for Bam Construct jumped from €4.3m (£3.6m) to €30.9m (£25.8m). Its Netherlands-based parent company cited increased work levels and a favourable claim settlement for boosting its returns. Revenue was up from €894m (£747m)…
What Family Businesses Must Get Right to Scale
Published: Feb 14, 2022 by Small Business Radio Show In Small Business News 1I have worked with a lot of family businesses over the past 20 years and the dynamics they face fascinate me. While everyone is not quite like the Roy family on the hit TV show “Succession”, there are unique issues that every…
New Salesforce tool to help businesses manage their reopening strategies
Cloud-based software company Salesforce has announced the launch of Safety Cloud, a service that helps businesses better manage their entry protocols at events and/or in the workplace by streamlining COVID-19 testing and health status reporting on a single platform. For example, if first responders test positive through an integrated testing platform, they no longer need to…