Giulio D'Ali

Transformation to simpler times for financial processes Mark Lake, Head of Business Systems at Travers Smith, explains how Aderant Expert’s PMS and a planned move to the cloud are creating opportunities for greater efficiency and streamlined financial workflows. Explore more 👉 https://lnkd.in/e2mt7Stp #Briefing #BriefingLegal #15YearsOfBriefing

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Are your Operations Directors running strategy, or are they acting as high-paid compliance admins? A new project lands. You need 10 senior contractors for the next 6 months. That means 10 separate IR35 Status Determinations. So, what happens? Your Ops Director stops being a strategist. They scour contracts for substitution clauses, dig through messy email threads for working conditions, and manually click through the government's tax assessment tool. Every time you force leadership into manual data entry, you pay a tax. --> It burns half a day of director-level salary on a spreadsheet exercise. --> It stalls your sales cycle while you chase hiring managers for vague details. --> It introduces human error into a highly sensitive HMRC compliance check. This is the copy-and-paste tax. We're turning our most expensive assets into data entry clerks. In our latest Digital Workforce spotlight, we look at IR35 Determinations. A Digital Employee handles the complex compliance loop autonomously: ☑️ 1. The Intake: The moment a Statement of Work is signed, it reads the deliverables and working conditions perfectly, ignoring the noise. ☑️ 2. The Assessment: It hunts down the exact substitution clauses and populates the status determination tool in milliseconds. ☑️ 3. The Action: It generates the final statement instantly, only alerting your Ops Director if a marginal result requires professional human judgment. The result? Time-to-compliance drops to under 60 seconds. HMRC non-compliance risk is mitigated by design, not by effort. Your Ops Director stops chasing emails and goes back to doing what matters: scaling the business and managing client relationships. It's time to stop paying humans to act like software. Let them do human work. Watch the workflow in action. 👇 #DigitalWorkforce #IR35 #Compliance #Automation #Enbros

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Pleased to share the write-up, and survey data, from our B2B Software roundtable in April - covering three key themes - performance, dealmaking and AI. #B2BSoftware #PrivateEquity #Leadership #AI #MergersAndAcquisitions #SaaS #TechLeadership #OdgersInterim

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Think your integrations are under control? Think again. 💸 Behind every DIY or poorly managed integration lies a web of hidden costs, missed deadlines, spiralling budgets, technical debt, and frustrated teams. Our latest blog shines a light on the true cost of integration. Not just in pounds, but in time, trust, and opportunity. If your digital transformation feels more expensive (and slower) than expected… this might be why. 📉👇 Discover the common pitfalls and what to do instead. Read the full blog to uncover what’s really draining your digital budget: https://lnkd.in/eC243WvT

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2026 is about confidence at scale. As Jira Cloud environments grow, so does complexity - and without visibility, governance becomes reactive. Our goal this year is simple: help more organisations understand, govern, and confidently evolve their Jira Cloud environments.

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Upgrading your legacy system isn’t just about buying new software — it’s about understanding the full journey. From discovery and testing, through to downtime cost and ongoing operating difference, our guide outlines the cost model UK businesses need for successful data migration. Take the guess-work out of your budget. Read the article now 👇 https://lnkd.in/eSekJwya #TechUpgrade #SystemMigration #UKBusiness #DigitalTransformation #DataStrategy #LegacyIT #UKSME

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Last week marked a significant milestone in our journey at Embridge Consulting. I’m incredibly proud to announce our strategic partnership as an exclusive Unit4 reseller for the UK #PublicSector. This is more than a partnership, it’s a shared commitment to redefining how transformation is delivered. At a time when only a small proportion of transformation programmes truly succeed, organisations are telling us they need something different: ✔️ Less complexity ✔️ More certainty of outcomes ✔️ A partner who understands both the technology and the human journey of change Together with Unit4, we are uniquely positioned to deliver just that. By combining world-class ERP technology with our people-powered #ElasticChange transformation approach, we will help public sector organisations accelerate digital maturity, reduce risk, and unlock real, measurable value. This partnership also strengthens our vision to become the UK’s leading provider of continuous, people-led business transformation, scaling long-term impact through solutions like BTaaS, Leo from Embridge and industry-specific accelerators. Most importantly, this is about our clients. It’s about helping them navigate complexity with confidence, modernise critical services, and ultimately deliver better outcomes for the communities they serve. Thank you to Simon Paris Johan Reventberg Mark Gibbison Vera Batyalova and James Arvin for your partnership. But the big thank you has to go to our combined teams across Embridge and UNIT4 who have made this possible. This is just the beginning! Read more about the partnership: https://lnkd.in/ezZzPFTF Lucy Fox Alex Ashley-Roberts Faye O'Connell Daniel Chilton Jane Dobson ACMA #BusinessTransformation #ERP #PublicSector #DigitalTransformation #Leadership #Partnership #UNIT4 #ElasticChange

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Many Enterprise Vault customers are staying on the platform simply because migrating their data is presumed to be too costly or too difficult. But with Arctera starting to charge for leaver data, large organizations will be surprised how much business sense a migration makes. Download our Enterprise Vault Migration Prep Guide today to start thinking about life after EV. https://hubs.li/Q03glBLx0

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Top tip for dealing with relentless “virtual bench” cold calls: If a cold calling resource comapny is overly pushy, simply state that your end clients operate on a strict 180-day invoicing term. You’ll be surprised how quickly the conversation cools down and your left in peace.

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Many SMEs know they need senior technology leadership – but can’t justify a full-time CTO. In our latest SME News feature, we profile RJJ Software, named Best Strategic SME Tech Consultancy 2025, and its founder Jamie Taylor. Who explains how a fractional CTO model helps growing businesses 👉 https://aigm.to/HVEom0

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Project success hinges on having the right IT experts. Our latest blog explains how we can help secure the tech talent your projects demand. #Fairdinkum #ProjectManagement #IT #Tech Read more: https://lnkd.in/e6GSQmpQ

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Developer buying and building habits have changed: they want a sample, not a sales call. Today, Art Anthony reviews Derric Gilling's recent presentation on how API providers can adapt to self-serve expectations and unlock developer-led growth.

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Excited to share more on the Iress x PlannerPal partnership – and the impact it’s already having for advisers. This isn’t just another integration. It’s a smarter, more collaborative way to enhance how advice gets delivered – with AI embedded directly into the adviser’s daily workflow. We’ve worked closely with Iress to unlock: ✅ Access to 1,000+ Xplan data fields ✅ Meeting notes and reports – automated in minutes and powered by intelligent Xplan data links ✅ CRM updates – intelligent auto-suggested updates to Xplan from meetings and client documents ✅ Richer, more compliant outputs with less admin and more consistency Crucially, this also enables firms to align their AI strategy with their data strategy – improving data quality, not creating another disconnected data problem. Every action feeds back into a stronger, more unified foundation for advice. Firms are already telling us they’re saving up to an hour per client – freeing up time for deeper conversations and better service. And this is just the beginning. By working side-by-side with Iress Product, Engineering and Support teams, we’re delivering features that advisers have asked for – faster, smarter, and at scale. Grateful to the Iress team and the firms shaping this roadmap with us. We're building the future of advice – together. Alex Hore Jamie Grant Laura King Gareth Williams CITP FBCS Carys Watkins Alistair Morgan Cameron Wood Natalie Jesudason Wendy Dines Christine Cormack Wood Shoomon Perry Rob Tedder Jonathan Read

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SECR and Scope 3 reporting are designed to help. But right now? They mostly just measure pain — they don’t solve it. Lessr isn’t a reporting tool. It’s a visibility layer — for ops teams that want to take action, not just fill in a spreadsheet. If we do our job right, your next SECR submission becomes a side-effect — not a scramble. #SECR #Scope3Ready #ActionableData

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