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Xero unveils 2025 app Power Lists spotlighting top tools
Customer Relationship Management

Xero unveils 2025 app Power Lists spotlighting top tools

Xero unveils its 2025 Power Lists, spotlighting the most‑connected apps across accounting, payments, retail, trades and professional services.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Thu, 22nd Jan 2026
AI & tax intelligence set to transform business compliance by 2026
Data Analytics

AI & tax intelligence set to transform business compliance by 2026

By 2026, AI and tax intelligence will revolutionise business compliance, driving real-time reporting and transforming finance, trade, retail, and hospitality sectors globally.

By Melvin Hipolito • 5 min read • Thu, 13th Nov 2025
Port of Dover streamlines with Oracle cloud to boost efficiency
Digital Transformation

Port of Dover streamlines with Oracle cloud to boost efficiency

Port of Dover adopts Oracle Fusion Cloud to streamline finance, HR, and supply chain, boosting efficiency as it handles GBP £144 billion in trade annually.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 4 min read • Wed, 1st Oct 2025
UK imports from China climb to GBP £70.8b despite tariffs
Supply Chain

UK imports from China climb to GBP £70.8b despite tariffs

UK imports from China surged 5.4% to GBP £70.8 billion in the year to Q1 2025, highlighting trade resilience despite ongoing tariffs and market challenges.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 3 min read • Sat, 16th Aug 2025
UK & Canada sign deal to boost semiconductor innovation
Semiconductors

UK & Canada sign deal to boost semiconductor innovation

The UK and Canada have signed an MoU to boost semiconductor innovation, focusing on R&D, talent development, and supply chain resilience across emerging technologies.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 20th Jun 2025

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Australia map shows AI risk for clerks & telemarketers
Unified Communications

Australia map shows AI risk for clerks & telemarketers

Clerks and telemarketers are among 417,000 workers facing the highest AI displacement risk, according to a new Australian occupations map.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month
Canada passes Budget 2025 with stablecoin, defence changes
Crypto

Canada passes Budget 2025 with stablecoin, defence changes

Consumers will soon get faster access to deposited funds, while banks face new fraud rules and stablecoins enter a regulated Canadian framework.

By Jake MacAndrew • 3 min read • Wed, 1st Apr 2026
Australian SMEs keep hiring despite tougher conditions
Agricultural Technology

Australian SMEs keep hiring despite tougher conditions

Higher rates and softer confidence have not stopped smaller firms recruiting, with casual hiring outpacing full-time roles by a wide margin.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 27th Mar 2026
Software developers top AI job-loss fears, study finds
Digital Transformation

Software developers top AI job-loss fears, study finds

Software developers top a new list of jobs workers fear AI will wipe out, as Reddit users fret over shrinking entry-level career paths.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
Canada & Japan unveil new partnership: AI, energy, cyber
Semiconductors

Canada & Japan unveil new partnership: AI, energy, cyber

Canada and Japan launch a wide-ranging Indo-Pacific pact spanning defence, clean energy, critical minerals, trade and advanced technology.

By Jake MacAndrew • 3 min read • Tue, 10th Mar 2026
Canada boosts financial intelligence to fight extortion
Risk & Compliance

Canada boosts financial intelligence to fight extortion

Canada is boosting financial intelligence and policing ties to track money trails and crack down on organised-crime extortion schemes.

By Jake MacAndrew • 3 min read • Fri, 20th Feb 2026
David Owasi on turning missed calls into an AI business
Software-as-a-Service

David Owasi on turning missed calls into an AI business

After losing his job, David Owasi grew OutreachGenius into an AI call-handler for trades - and now has his sights set on space technology.

By Jake MacAndrew • 4 min read • Thu, 5th Feb 2026
Zetifi & Icom launch UHF CB pack for remote drivers
Agricultural Technology

Zetifi & Icom launch UHF CB pack for remote drivers

Zetifi and Icom have launched a rugged UHF CB radio and antenna pack, targeting safer comms for remote drivers and fleet operators.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Wed, 17th Dec 2025
Standards Australia unveils flexible online training for trades
Identity and Access Management

Standards Australia unveils flexible online training for trades

Standards Australia launches flexible online training platform offering certified courses to help trades and technical professionals meet compliance and safety standards.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 28th Nov 2025
KPay launches in Australia to boost SME payments & operations
Digital Transformation

KPay launches in Australia to boost SME payments & operations

KPay has launched in Sydney, aiming to enhance payments and operations for Australian SMEs with a USD $55 million fundraise backing its expansion.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 10th Oct 2025
FedEx launches new Asia routes to boost trade & cut delivery times
Agricultural Technology

FedEx launches new Asia routes to boost trade & cut delivery times

FedEx has launched new weekly air routes linking South Korea, Vietnam, China, and Taiwan to speed up deliveries and boost regional trade efficiency across Asia.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Sun, 5th Oct 2025
Now VAT's what I call custom clearance
Financial Systems

Now VAT's what I call custom clearance

With new VAT developments emerging across Europe, 2025 is shaping up to be a year of simplification for UK businesses navigating post-Brexit trade.

By Jo Cloherty • 4 min read • Mon, 11th Aug 2025