Crain’s Manchester Business is the only weekly business publication available in Manchester. Crain’s approached Northern StartUp 2.0 prior to launch to understand the ecosystem for digital product based companies. As a result the Northern StartUp 2.0 was featured on the very first issue published on the 17th December 2007. In case you did not know, […]

Founders, Rhys Jones and others, and new owners of Accountis, FundTech must be so thrilled to finally be able to announce the deal with Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). Accountis has been working on this deal for many years, which I came to know at least over 18 months ago, but was requested not to […]

What valuation would you assign to an EIPP provider? Should this be based on past performance, future potential or a combination of both? If so, was Accountis sold too cheaply to fundtech? Who held the upper hand during negotiations? Or was the shareholders of Accountis too keen to sell and move on? Have they moved […]

Congratulations to Jamie Gunn and the team from OB10, and their client Kelloggs for winning the "Shared Service Centre Organisation of the Year’ award in Barcelona at the IQPC Shared Services Week. Technorati Tags: OB10

Technorati Tags: P2P,purchase-to-payment,iqpc,eipp,e-invoicing IQPC is organising a seminar next week from 16th to 18th in Brussels and 18th to 20th in London. Strapline is "one agenda two locations". As usual, attendees are expected to pay a hefty price from GBP899 to 2099 plus VAT depending on the time of booking and extent of attendance. Whilst […]

If you wish to register for above seminar conducted by JP Morgan Chase on 19th June 2008, please click here. Here is the synopsis of the seminar: Traditional purchasing card programs have focused on low-dollar purchases with limited approval requirements and transactions initiated by suppliers. Today, next generation card settlement programs are available to replace […]

Following changes will be effective from today: Northern StartUp 2.0 Blog – Startups including events – Others are welcome to contribute, do let me know if you wish to blog about your startup, the Northern ecosystem, or lack of it. edocr.com – the progress of edocr Manoj Ranaweera.com – EIPP and other points of interest […]

Since the beginning of this year, I spoke to number of EIPP/e-invoicing StartUps in various stages of development. Most of them were in very early stages and had the wisdom to meet me before putting their plans into action. One of them has withdrawn their ambitions following the meet up. In this case, the individual […]

At last, we have a functioning blog at Northern StartUp 2.0 (NS20). Recently, I have been speaking a lot about developing an ecosystem for digital product based companies in the North, and especially in the North West. I see Northern StartUp 2.0 taking a significant role in taking this initiative forward with our ever growing […]

16th June 08 – NS20 DEMO: eOffice Manchester Click here to register for NS20 DEMO on 16th June 2008 at eOffice Manchester- 6 pm to 9 pm North of England’s premier event for Northern Digital Startups to present their businesses to an audience of like minded individuals made up of entrepreneurs, investors, deal makers and […]