The accountancy profession is changing with new technology such as artificial intelligence (AI) and regulation such as Making Tax Digital (MTD) having their impact. These may transform the traditional accountancy role, but the fundamental needs of an SME in 2019 remain the same. In business, ‘cash is king’, where cash flow is the life-blood…
FDI e-commerce rule: Amazon’s food business, Future Retail stake acquisition in limbo
In December 2018, the Centre released new guidelines for online retail majors such as Flipkart and Amazon, barring them from selling items of companies where they hold stakes Amazon | Photo Credit: BCCL New Delhi: The government’s revised foreign direct investment (FDI) policy for the e-commerce sector poses a serious challenge…
Video Marketing Trends and Forecasts for 2019
In 2019, we expect Video Marketing to continue to grow by leaps and bounds. As more companies realize just how accessible this marketing channel is; the sky is truly the limit for every business owner and marketer. Will a new technology emerge? A new platform? Probably both. In any case,…
Small Business Ideas to Do at Home in 2019
No one likes to work from the office; in fact, we all hate that 9:00 to 17:00 jobs. These jobs sometimes become very hectic and quite torturing for those who don’t like sitting for these much hours pretty constantly. Hence, the majority of the people generally would wish to opt…
LIC posts profit of Rs 26,147.52 crore in financial year 2017-18
State-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has reported a growth of 29 per cent in its net profit at Rs 26,147.52 crore in FY18, said Shiv Pratap Shukla, Union Minister of State for Finance, in Lok Sabha today. Shukla, while giving a written reply to a question in Lok…
Playing catch-up in the digital economy
The increasing diffusion of ICT in developing countries including India and the greater ICT-led convergence across sectors that we are witnessing now follows the emergence of the inter-related digital technology systems driven by Big Data, the Internet of Things (IoT), robotics (or computation-intensive automation), online platforms, and what is being…