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The UK economy has continued to grow over 2017 whilst employment rates have remained high and unemployment is at its lowest rate since the 1970s. In 2017, the ONS estimated the economy expanded by about 1.8% compared with the previous year, higher than the OBR’s Autumn forecast of 1.5%, but down from a rate of…
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Scottish standards should interface with and influence UK and international data ethics frameworks, codes and standards. Businesses should put in place robust internal or external governance frameworks, codes of conduct, training, Key Performance Indicators, and active customer and social dialogue. Businesses should share and learn from best practice wherever it is to be found. The…
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Corporate VC investment in fintech for 2018 of $23.1 billion nearly doubled the previous high of $11.6 billion seen in 2016, with the number of corporate fintech deals growing for the eighth successive year. Increasing corporate participation highlights fintech going mainstream as well as a competitive response to the emerging threat of Fintech companies that…