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Rethinking business: Tactical lessons for the post-pandemic era

To emerge from the COVID-19 crisis, businesses should focus on the fundamentals of agility, technology, innovation, and resilient and visionary leadership.

A new frontier for art sales?

Galleries and auction houses are examining whether nonfungible token (NFT) artwork represents a new business model for them.

Digital transformation: 8 lessons from the pandemic

Strategies that helped finance leaders guide their organisations through the coronavirus crisis will continue to pay dividends in the future.

The pros and cons of using employee monitoring technology

There has been a boom in demand for productivity monitoring software since the COVID-19 pandemic began, but the popular programs come with risks as well as rewards.

Sea change: Global freight ramps up digitisation

Disruptions to global supply chains including the Suez blockage have accelerated digitisation of freight tracking on startup-developed platforms.

Highlighting chart data in Excel

A series approach can produce conditional formatting that changes dynamically.

North American companies buying more robots to keep up with demand

Orders for industrial robots grew 20% in Q1 this year with metal producers showing the strongest growth in demand.

Ericsson to launch subscription service for remote office

To meet the demand for easy work-at-home set-ups, Ericsson is collaborating with software companies in a diversification move.

How are finance teams keeping up with digitalisation?

Drawing from his new book Accounting Disrupted, Alnoor Bhimani, professor of management accounting at the London School of Economics, shares what digital business models mean for accountants.

An Excel way to calculate key depreciation component

Try this approach to determine the optimised economic life of a noncurrent asset held for continuing use in a business.

How nonfungible tokens work and where they get their value

A cryptocurrency expert explains the basics of NFTs and the business and buzz behind them.

CFOs step up to face their new enemy: Poor data

Data quality is now one of the biggest threats to reputation, say finance leaders.

Digital transformation: 8 lessons from European finance leaders

Leaders shared at a recent event what they had learned from the pandemic — from the benefits of automation to the need for bold decisions.

FCA prioritises consumer harm reduction as fintech app usage climbs

A report by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority highlights a lack of awareness and belief in investment risks amongst consumers.

Chocolate-makers use social media data to get ahead on Easter sales

Data from social media platforms such as Pinterest are used by chocolatiers to predict how and where consumers will shop.

Working with ME to test Excel’s new LAMBDA function

Our Excel MVP Liam Bastick, FCMA, CGMA, plays with triangle numbers to illustrate how to address a recursion problem.

How 5G could drive ‘inclusive growth’ across Africa

The expansion of 5G technology is set to transform business in Africa, though 3G is likely to remain the dominant mobile technology for some years.

Cyberattacks stemming from software on the rise

CFOs need to understand how software supply chains can expose a company and customers to attacks.

How CFOs are fine-tuning their approach to remote work

Finance leaders at Siemens, an online education company, and a travel agency are using live data to prioritise workflows and boost team performance.

Insights from a bottom-up sales and price variance analysis

Follow step by step how a comprehensive sales and price variance analysis can help management improve business performance across currencies.

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