As major economies reopen across the globe and consumer confidence rises, Sage, provider of cloud business management solutions, has unveiled the true levels of resilience and optimism among SMEs across the UK, US and France. Sage’s recent sentiment survey shows that SMEs – the economic backbone of many countries – have reached a turning point and confidence has largely returned.
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Resilience, recovery and recruitment: SME optimism will result in millions of new jobs in 2021
May 17, 2021
Nearly 1 in 4 online shoppers admit using guest accounts over data privacy fears
May 17, 2021
Nearly one in four (22%) shoppers regularly use guest accounts to purchase online goods to avoid handing over personal data, according to a new report from Empathy.co, the global commerce search and discovery platform.
UK consumer spending up a third since pre-pandemic
May 17, 2021
Data released by UTP Merchant Services, provider of credit card machines to small and medium size businesses, reveals consumer spending is up on average by a third (32%) across the UK since Covid-19 restrictions eased, compared with an equivalent period pre-pandemic in April 2019.
Vertex acquires Taxamo to expand global commerce and compliance solutions
May 17, 2021
Vertex, Inc. (‘Vertex’), the global provider of tax technology solutions, has acquired Taxamo, a provider of cloud-based tax and payment automation solutions for global e-commerce and marketplaces.
