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Digital Currency Trading - The Hottest Market Right Now

The foreign exchange (forex) market is the largest financial market in the world. This is where fiat currencies are publicly traded like the US Dollar and the Japanese Yen with an average value of $4 trillion being traded daily.

Forex trading has become a popular choice among retail speculators and traders for a number of reasons. The forex market is open 24 hours a day, 5 days a week, and you can trade it with a relatively small amount of capital. It's also extremely liquid, allowing traders to utilise a range of different strategies including day trading, swing trading and longer-term investing.

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Virgin Media launches new kids app with giant trampoline bed in London

Virgin Media launched its brand new kids app with – of course – a giant trampoline bed in Kings Cross, London, off the back of research that said kids love to, erm, jump on beds.

Designed to look like an adult’s bed, the 15 square foot trampoline was put in London to celebrate ‘what it means to be a kid at any age’ and launch the new Virgin TV Kids App.

If I sound miserable, it’s because it’s getting late on a Friday and my to-do list is getting no shorter, and I’m gutted to have missed the chance to jump on the bloody thing.

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Household cost-cutting hits two-year high

Household cost-cutting hits two-year high

Buying cheaper grocery brands is most popular way to save money
 

The number of Britons changing their spending habits to cut down on household expenses has hit its highest level for two years, according to Nielsen’s latest Global Survey of Consumer Confidence and Spending Intentions.
 
Over half of Britons (53%) admitted to taking cost-cutting measures in the second quarter of this year, the highest level since 56% did so in Q2 2015. This is in stark contrast to last year when household cost-cutting activity hit its lowest level on record (40%), two months after the Brexit vote.
 
Nearly half of Britons (45%) think the country is in a recession. Fifty-five percent of these people think it will last for at least another year. 

If you get this right, your customers will experience a pleasant, enjoyable, and comfortable dining experience. The wrong furniture, however, could affect the ultimate success of your restaurant, even if you get all the other things right.

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Only half of online ad campaigns targeted at women in the UK actually reach them,- Research by Nielsen

FMCG sector struggles most to reach targets

Mobile tends to be better than desktop at hitting target audiences 
  
Only half of UK online ad campaigns targeted at women actually reached them, according to a study of 60,000 campaigns across 20+ countries by measurement company Nielsen.

Only 50% of ad impressions served in the UK that were meant for women were served to women, compared to the 62% success hit rate when targeting men. This discrepancy was even more pronounced when targeting 18-34 year olds, with just 22% successfully hitting women but 33% for men.

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Surprise double win for PromoVeritas at the FSB London Awards

Surprise double win for PromoVeritas at the FSB London Awards

The tables were turned for PromoVeritas at the recent FSB London Business Awards at the Emirates Stadium in Highbury. The company provide independent promotional verification services to hundreds of brands and oversee TV voting for shows such as ITV’s National Television Awards. As such they usually know the result of major events before they are published. So, there was a role reversal when they found themselves on the receiving end of not one, but two awards – and one of them was a creative award – a feature PromoVeritas are not well known for.

The company won Creative and Media Business of the Year because of their pioneering approach to navigating complex marketing laws and liberating brands to run highly imaginative and engaging campaigns all over the world without clashing with local laws, language and cultural barriers. The second award went to Managing Director Jeremy Stern for Entrepreneur of the Year, in recognition of his vision for creating a ‘one-stop’ shop for brands and agencies to turn to and ensure that their promotion is run completely compliantly and will be free from abuse, fines, negative publicity.  When Jeremy founded the company the service simply didn’t exist and brands had to resort to using costly lawyers or running risky, uncompliant or dull promotions.

Jeremy commented ‘It was a new and nerve wracking experience to be this side of the black curtain and to be waiting for the results. I am delighted that our work with major clients such as Cadbury, Pepsi and ASOS has been recognised by the wider business community and I can’t wait to celebrate with the team back in the office.’

To find out more about how we help some of the world’s best brands run effective and compliant promotions contact us on +44 203 325 6000 or info@promoveritas.com.

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Team members Gemma Cutting, Joe Faine and Danielle Raperport at the award ceremony