Lexmark International, a global imaging leader, today announced it has been awarded the 2017 Colour Printer/MFP Line of the Year from Buyers Laboratory (BLI).Based on the lab’s product testing in 2016, BLI honoured Lexmark as offering the best and most complete colour printer/MFP line in terms of excellent reliability, consistently superb colour output, intuitive design and outstanding value.

The Government’s support of older workers, announced by Damian Green, is crucial as we all come to terms with the fact that we will be working longer than past generations. Too many firms focus their attention on the younger generations coming in to the business, often at the expense of older workers.

Minister for Small Business, Margot James MP met with businesses in Barclays’ Notting Hill Eagle Lab on Thursday to discuss the challenges and opportunities faced by growing SMEs and entrepreneurs.

The Barclays’ Eagle Lab is one of nine sites across the UK focussed on supporting businesses through co-working space and providing tools such as 3D printers and laser cutters- aimed to help small businesses with their prototyping and digital skills.

Payment Cloud Technologies (PCT), the London-based FinTech business, and FEXCO, Ireland’s most successful multi-national financial and business solutions provider, have today announced the official launch of their new No.1 Currency Prepaid Mastercard Travel Card.

Following the publication of further details about the government’s Making Tax Digital (MTD) initiative this week, a survey from FreeAgent reveals that many micro-business owners also said they had no knowledge of the plans.

Despite HMRC launching an eight month public consultation on MTD, a fifth of (20%) respondents in the FreeAgent survey said that they did not know what MTD actually was. The MTD initiative would see small businesses having to keep digital financial records and provide quarterly updates about their tax to HMRC by 2020.

The UK’s micro-business sector has been calling out for more information about how the UK will leave the EU, so the publication of today’s whitepaper is a welcome step. However, I believe that the government still needs to go much further if it wants to allay the fears that people who run their own businesses have about Brexit. 

The fear that banks are attempting to water down PSD2 is hypothetical at this stage – the standards expected later this month will give us a full picture of the fine print. However, whilst the banks are rightly hypersensitive to security and data breaches, a watered down version of the regulation just wouldn’t make sense.

HCL Technologies (HCL), has been recognized as a Leader by Everest Group in its recently published report, “Retail Banking BPO – State of the Market with PEAK Matrix™ Assessment 2016”. According to the report, HCL has witnessed best-in-class revenue growth in retail banking BPO, supported by its strong capability in regulatory and risk management support services. It also highlights HCL’s balanced shoring mix with a strong presence in both onshore and offshore delivery locations.

Instinet Incorporated announced today that it has added two new tools to its award-winning Plazma online account management platform: Vendor Search and Credit Tracker.