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The £8.5B small-business opportunity for UK banks

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UK banks could make an extra £1.6 billion ($2.3 billion) in revenue a year, or £8.5 billion ($12.3 billion) by 2020, by offering value-added services to small-businesses, according to a report published this week by Accenture. 

Value-added services help small-businesses increase efficiency, improve customer service and/or increase sales. Читать дальше...

The Black Eyed Peas have played together for the first time in five years at a free show in London's Royal Albert Hall, but singer Fergie did not attend.

Donald Trump told The Associated Press this week "there's nothing to learn" from all those income tax returns he won't release until an ongoing audit wraps up. … Click to Continue »

Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan are sitting down face-to-face for the first time, a week after Ryan stunned Republicans by refusing to back the mercurial billionaire for president. … Click to Continue »

French prosecutors have launched an inquiry after a young woman appeared to record her suicide on Periscope.

The Baird government has created 19 new councils across Sydney and NSW.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan are sitting down face-to-face for the first time, a week after Ryan stunned Republicans by refusing to back the mercurial billionaire for president.

The much-anticipated meeting Thursday morning will play out as polls suggest Republican voters are getting behind Trump, who effectively clinched the nomination last week. GOP lawmakers are increasingly calling for the party to end its embarrassing bout of infighting and unite to beat likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in November, and many want to see Ryan get on board. [...] a broader swath of Republican voters appears to be moving behind Trump, despite big-name holdouts such as Ryan,... Читать дальше...

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov denied claims that the country had turned away from Europe to work closer with nations of the Asia-Pacific Region, in an interview with a Russian news agency.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is watching petrol prices at Coles Express amid claims the retailer is subsidising grocery discounts by charging higher prices at the pump.

Sanders is running lower on cash than expected and replaced his top official in California Wednesday, as the June 7 primary looms.

HENGELO - De koopzondag in Hengelo is een feit. Waarbij de maximale openingstijden gelden: ondernemers kunnen, mochten ze dat willen, hun winkeldeur van 6.00 uur ’s morgens tot 22.00 uur ’s avonds van de knip doen. Dat biedt ook de warme bakkers de gelegenheid hun verse broodjes aan hongerige klanten te verkopen.

A legal showdown looms between public protector Thuli Madonsela and eThekwini city manager S’bu Sithole.

The main border gate between Afghanistan and Pakistan remained close for second day as tensions persist among the Afghan and Pakistani border guards, reportedly on the issue of fencing the border by Pakistani forces. According to the reports, hundreds of vehicles have remained stranded on both side of the border as well as thousands of Read the full article...

DUBLIN - World Rugby announced Wednesday the draw for the 2019 World Cup in Japan will be held in the country...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump told The Associated Press this week "there's nothing to learn" from all those income tax returns he won't release until an ongoing audit wraps up. Tax experts say the feet-high stack of returns that he's posed with for photos could provide significant insights about the presumptive GOP nominee — new details on his income and wealth, how much he gives to charity, the health of his businesses and, overall, how Trump plays the tax game. On a press release with his financial disclosure form released last year... Читать дальше...

News outlets breathlessly reported a Canadian teenager's discovery of a lost Mayan city yesterday.

Deepika Padukone will soon be seen endorsing Lodha`s premium weekend home development property around a riverside Greg Norman golf course.

YACHT, the Los Angeles-based electro duo of Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans, have faced a 48-hour firestorm of criticism after their claim...

Forget your glad rags – this Saturday night, those in the front rows at Singin' in the Rain will be needing another, less stylish accoutrement - a raincoat.

Verslaggevers Stefan Raatgever en Suzanne Borgdorff dompelen zich onder in de gekte van het Eurovisie Songfestival. Wat valt hen op in Stockholm?

– Senator Magnus Abe has decried the politicisation of crime in Rivers state – Magnus Abe said crime in the state was festering because Nyesom Wike and PDP in the State were playing politics with crime in the state As killing continue to be order of the day in Rivers state, the All Progressives Congress […]

Het zoontje Kim Kötter en zanger Jaap Reesema is geboren en heet Muck. De blondine beviel dinsdag in het Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis in Utrecht.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's government said Thursday that two more pieces of debris, discovered in South Africa and Rodrigues Island off Mauritius, were "almost certainly" from Flight 370, bringing the total number of pieces believed to have come…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's government said Thursday that two more pieces of debris, discovered in South Africa and Rodrigues Island off Mauritius, were "almost certainly" from Flight 370, bringing the total number of pieces believed to have come…