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Trawick International Expands Global Accident & Health Division with Three Key UK Hires

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Claire Hargreaves serves as Managing Director, overseeing strategy and business development for Trawick International's UK Accident & Health division.

Key Points: 
  • Claire Hargreaves serves as Managing Director, overseeing strategy and business development for Trawick International's UK Accident & Health division.
  • Prior to joining Trawick International, she spent 10 years at AXA Global Healthcare as Assistant Head of Corporate Development, 11 years at Bupa International as Head of Corporate Sales UK & Europe, and most recently, four years at Global Benefits Group as Managing Director UK, Europe, CIS.
  • The Trawick International UK Accident & Health division will bring Life, Disability, Health, and Travel insurance offerings and the best-in-class service Trawick is known for, to an even greater market and audience.
  • The addition of Hargreaves, Fletcher, and Slabon-Adams to the UK-based team further strengthens the company’s global presence and foothold in the Accident & Health insurance space.

Conduit Tech Receives Powered by Manual J® Approval from Air Conditioning Contractors of America

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Conduit Tech, Inc. (Conduit Tech), a start-up building tools to generate sales and reduce unbillable work for Residential HVAC Pros, today announced that it has received a Powered by ACCA Manual J® Approval from the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA).

Key Points: 
  • Conduit Tech, Inc. (Conduit Tech), a start-up building tools to generate sales and reduce unbillable work for Residential HVAC Pros, today announced that it has received a Powered by ACCA Manual J® Approval from the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA).
  • Shelby Breger and Marisa Reddy founded Conduit Tech in 2022 to make it easier for all HVAC Pros to quickly and profitably design, sell, and install high-efficiency and comfortable HVAC systems.
  • Conduit’s receipt of the Powered by ACCA Manual J® Approval is the latest milestone enabling Conduit to accelerate its mission to empower thousands of HVAC Pros to install the most efficient and comfortable equipment in millions of homes.
  • We’re pleased that Conduit Tech has put the effort in to earn ACCA approval for their software.”

Shop On Fire owner to show contractors how to grow their business at Orlando ACCA expo breakout session in March

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

SARASOTA, Fla., Feb. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Business coach Jeremiah Webb, owner of Shop on Fire, a professional training and coaching firm that includes business, professional and personal development training, will present, "Turn Complete Opposition into Sales" at the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) conference in Orlando, Florida, on March 12.

Key Points: 
  • I want to show contractors how to turn this opposition into rocket fuel to overcome objections and close the sale."
  • The ACCA is teaming up with the Florida Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractors Association (FRACCA) to present the expo, which will be held at the Loews Sapphire Falls Resort at Universal Orlando from March 11–14.
  • I want them to feel like they just had an injection of caffeine for their soul after a training session.
  • For more information about Webb and Shop on Fire, visit Shop on Fire .

Risk cultures can make or break banks

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

NEW YORK, Feb. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report released today by ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) examines the impact of risk cultures in the banking industry and how financial institutions can learn from the failures of the likes of Credit Suisse and SVB.

Key Points: 
  • Part of ACCA's ongoing series of publications exploring what drives risk governance and cultures across different industries, the report "Risk cultures in banking: Where next?"
  • sheds new light on the pressing need for the banking sector to adapt and innovate risk governance and culture.
  • A strong risk culture supports this, ensuring trust in information for resilience and prudent risk taking."
  • By sharing stories, they can raise risk awareness, promote new insights, and influence organisational performance, which is what effective risk cultures are all about," she adds.

Employers warned that strong diversity and inclusion culture is critical as they face continuing talent crunch

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

NEW YORK, Feb. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The biggest global talent survey across the accountancy profession, released today by ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), provides a wake-up call for employers on diversity and inclusion, hybrid work, and the cost of living. The latest annual Global Talent Trends Survey 2024 provides a unique and vital view of how people feel about their life at work.

Key Points: 
  • The latest annual Global Talent Trends Survey 2024 provides a unique and vital view of how people feel about their life at work.
  • Six key themes emerged from the survey this year:
    71% of those surveyed in North America believe that a strong diversity and inclusion culture would be a key factor in deciding to work at an organization.
  • Employers have more to do on diversity though as 38% of employees believe their organization focuses more on certain aspects of diversity than others.
  • Employers are excited by the opportunity AI offers with 75% believing it will enable finance professionals to add more value.

Global economy set for slow growth and high uncertainty in 2024

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

NEW YORK, Jan. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A new annual economic outlook report, released today by ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), looks at the prospects and major risks for the global economy and key countries. The report, '2024 Global Economic Outlook: Slow Growth, High Uncertainty,' sets out the key events to watch in a year packed with elections; examines three trends to watch closely; and interviews chief financial officers from across the globe.

Key Points: 
  • The report, ' 2024 Global Economic Outlook: Slow Growth, High Uncertainty ,' sets out the key events to watch in a year packed with elections; examines three trends to watch closely; and interviews chief financial officers from across the globe.
  • Jonathan Ashworth, Chief Economist at ACCA and author of the report, said: 'The global economy looks set to grow slowly once again in 2024, and the risks are skewed to the downside.
  • The lagged impact of past monetary tightening could lead to an even more pronounced slowing in growth, and geopolitical risks remain very heightened.
  • Meanwhile, caution was the watch word from CFOs given the challenging global economic backdrop and the geopolitical developments and elections in many countries.

Sharp Increase in Economic Confidence across North America; Global Outlook Falls Again

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Thursday, January 18, 2024

NEW YORK and MONTVALE, N.J., Jan. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The ACCA and IMA®  (Institute of Management Accountants) Global Economic Conditions Survey (GECS) shows confidence rebounded sharply in North America in Q4 in 2023, after a large fall in Q3. Confidence declined among accountants globally for the third consecutive quarter, consistent with a further moderation in global growth. The survey doesn't suggest that a major downturn is on the cards though.

Key Points: 
  • Confidence declined among accountants globally for the third consecutive quarter, consistent with a further moderation in global growth.
  • The survey recorded divergent changes in confidence at regional levels with improvements in South Asia and the Middle East, in addition to North America.
  • Global accountancy professionals ranked economic risks, talent retention, and regulatory change as their top three risks, according to the risks section of the survey.
  • Regulatory change, cybersecurity, and economic risks were listed as the top three risks reported in the survey twelve months ago.

Institute for Real Growth and Oxford Saïd FOMI Publish First Global C-Suite Study on Stakeholder Impact

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Wednesday, January 10, 2024

NEW YORK, Jan. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Institute for Real Growth (IRG) today released the findings from the first global study to identify best practices on businesses' pivot from shareholder primacy to value creation for all stakeholders. Known as 'Humanized Growth,' this model seeks to benefit employees, consumers, the community, the environment, and investors. The study is unprecedented in scope and builds on the expertise and experience of hundreds of global experts, academics, and cross-functional C-suite practitioners.

Key Points: 
  • Known as 'Humanized Growth,' this model seeks to benefit employees, consumers, the community, the environment, and investors.
  • The study is unprecedented in scope and builds on the expertise and experience of hundreds of global experts, academics, and cross-functional C-suite practitioners.
  • The IRG Impact Study findings build on 450 in-depth vision interviews conducted with C-suite executives, experts, and academics and a survey of global business leaders.
  • The study findings also identify the characteristics that C-suite leaders need to possess to lead their companies to more Humanized Growth.

New AMD Radeon PRO Workstation Graphics Card to Power Next-Generation Professional Content Creation, CAD and AI Applications

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Monday, November 13, 2023

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMD (NASDAQ:AMD)  today announced the AMD Radeon™ PRO W7700, the most powerful professional workstation graphics card under $1,0001, offering an ideal combination of reliability, stability and extraordinary price/performance for content creation, CAD and AI applications.

Key Points: 
  • SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMD (NASDAQ:AMD)  today announced the AMD Radeon™ PRO W7700, the most powerful professional workstation graphics card under $1,0001, offering an ideal combination of reliability, stability and extraordinary price/performance for content creation, CAD and AI applications.
  • The AMD Radeon PRO W7700 graphics card unleashes professionals’ creativity through exceptional performance, stunning visuals and future-ready capabilities.
  • “We built and optimized the AMD Radeon PRO W7700 graphics cards to create premium workstation graphics experiences, enabling our customers to boost innovation and productivity,” said Dan Wood, corporate vice president, Radeon product management at AMD.
  • The AMD Radeon PRO W7700 workstation graphics card is ideal for the growing demands of creative industries, including Media & Entertainment, Design & Manufacturing, and Architecture, Engineering & Construction.

ECI Software Solutions to Host "Profitability in Dispatching" Webinar for Contracting and Service Management Professionals

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Wednesday, December 13, 2023

FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- 

Key Points: 
  • JG van Graan, director of ThermoGrid at ECI, will present, "Drive Profitability and Increase Productivity with Service Dispatch Technology," helping small- and medium-sized HVAC businesses to uncover the potential profit and business efficiencies of their service dispatch.
  • Today, JG is director for ThermoGrid at ECI Software Solutions, where he helps HVAC companies implement business management software to simplify business processes by streamlining functions like dispatching, invoicing and inventory management.
  • For information about ECI's ThermoGrid, its all-in-one contractor dispatching software, please visit the product page .
  • Stay up to date on the latest industry insights, expert guidance and promotions on ECI's ThermoGrid LinkedIn page .