UK homeowners that took to improving their gardens during the pandemic lockdown periods have invested wisely as they see property values increase greater than building an extension, or fitting a new kitchen, experts reveal. 
According to the 2019 Post Office Money Survey, landscaping your garden could potentially increase the value of your property by a whopping 77%. This means garden landscaping provides a greater return on investment than building an extension, adding a swimming pool, or fitting a new kitchen. 

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Watch the video for the key trading levels for the week ahead for AUDJPY, AUDUSD, EURJPY, EURUSD, GBPJPY, and GBPUSD.

Last week we saw a very volatile market driven by Ukraine war news. AUDJPY, AUDUSD, and GBPUSD just held positive gains for the week. EURJPY, EURUSD, and GBPJPY finished down for the week. Expect more volatility this week as Ukraine tensions escalate.

Mphasis (BSE: 526299; NSE: MPHASIS), an information technology (IT) solutions provider specializing in cloud and cognitive services, has been ranked #1 in the NET (net) Inc. Top 10 India Based IT Services Companies 2022 Report.

GoldenSource, the leading independent provider of Enterprise Data Management (EDM) and Master Data Management (MDM) solutions, today announced that it has integrated FactSet content into their ‘GoldenSource ESG Impact” product and will be listed on the Open:FactSet Marketplace, the platform for premier data applications and workflow solutions tailored for investment professionals.

Leading payment and financial services platform added to Twitter’s “Tips” feature in Nigeria

New feature increases economic participation, supports Paga’s mission to help small business owners and the creative community access, use money, and enables their financial empowerment

Paga, the African payment company and market leader in Nigeria, is delighted to announce it has been added as a payment provider by Twitter for its Tips feature in Nigeria. 

Global credit and risk platform DirectID announces seven new hires to their commercial team as they eye expansion into new markets. The move follows the completion of a $3M bridge funding round led by Hong Kong based venture capital firm QBN Capital.  

“A year ago, the Kalifa report revealed that the UK was at risk of losing its trailblazing position in the FinTech world. Fast forward twelve months and the UK has held firmly onto its crown. Indeed, KPMG’s recent ‘Pulse of FinTech’ report showed investment topped an impressive £27.5bn. This is a massive win for not just the UK, but Europe and the rest of the world, as this sort of investment drives competition and innovation forward. 

 Nivaura, a London based fintech, announced today the launch of the General-purpose Legal Markup Language (GLML) plug-in for Microsoft Word. This follows the launch last summer of a not-for-profit foundation (the GLML Foundation) to promote and develop GLML for use by lawyers and other non-programmers to make legal documentation machine readable and executable in debt capital markets.

Atom bank has increased the rates on its range of Instant and fixed rate savings products for the second time this year, as it leads the drive to put value back into the UK savings market.

Atom’s Instant Saver now offers 75x times more reward than Lloyds, HSBC and Barclays’ equivalent products*.

Atom is also offering table topping fixed saver rates, making sure savings are working hard as cost pressures pile on to households.