MERJE News

Introducing our second installment of MERJE Meets….where we interview senior leaders across our core markets. This allows us to discover more about their personal and professional backgrounds and what motivates them. Here, we talk to Amex CCO Louise Johnston to find out about her experience and expertise, the challenges she has overcome and what advice she would give to othe...

The past decade has seen an explosion in the amount of data that is currently collected and analysed. This could be attributed to the rise in use of smartphones, tablets, sensors and connected vehicles and appliances, among other digital devices. Much of the technology that people work with now automatically generates data and new insights. This means that companies are able...

We would like to introduce MERJE Meets... a series of interviews with a selection of senior leaders across our core markets. Here, we will take the opportunity to have a candid catch up with these individuals with a view to learning more about their personal and professional stories and what makes them tick. First up in the spotlight is Briony Horvath, who joined British mot...

The national debate is shifting from how people can effectively work from home to how they will successfully return to the workplace and whether office environments will ever be the same again. As companies increasingly bring employees back into the workplace over the coming weeks, they will inevitably come under scrutiny around how they put in place measures to ensure staff...

MERJE have revealed a record annual turnover of £10.06m in 2019 as our business celebrates consistent year-on-year financial growth since it was founded eight years ago. The result, based on January to December 2019, marks MERJE’s best performance since the business was established in 2011. This represents a 21% increase in turnover from £8.6m in 2018, a figure we matched in...

The current economic climate is creating a challenging environment for many businesses in a multitude of unprecedented ways, not least in terms of impacting profit margins, bottom lines and company structures. Whatever the circumstances, cash flow is critical for organisations to survive and an overall decrease in operations during the COVID-19 outbreak has led to reduced re...

Working from home where possible continues to remain prevalent during this lockdown period, with unprecedented numbers of people following stringent Government instructions. With that in mind, the employment landscape looks set to dramatically alter, on a permanent basis, following the COVID-19 outbreak. What is becoming increasingly clear is that technological advances, cha...

My day starts early because I have three young daughters who like to keep me on my toes! I get my exercise out of the way first thing by doing a home workout in my front room, which has become my temporary gym. I like to mix things up, which is why I also go on an early morning five plus miles walk when it’s still quiet outside. This helps me clear my head and prepare for th...

COVID-19 and all of the uncertainty around it has created unprecedented challenges across supply chains, causing them to be massively interrupted on an international scale. Increasingly, procurement leaders are having to steady the ship and maintain ‘business as usual’ operations, all while fulfilling urgent demands and mitigating supplier challenges. This is, of course, set...

A new report has found that financial institutions across the globe spent just under £147 billion on financial crime compliance worldwide last year, up seven percent on the previous year. The surprising news was that European firms, with those in the UK ranking particularly high, spent a staggering three to four times more than their counterparts in North America. The True C...