What’s Next For Business Services?

As M&A activity slowed in the second half of 2022, business services deals experienced an uplift as firms turned to these companies to access recurring revenue and build resilience—662 deals were completed in the year between Q3 2021 and 2022. While other sectors are feeling the pinch of economic and geopolitical headwinds, business services firms are […]
How to Assess Your Digital Maturity

Digital maturity is a measure of an organisation’s ability to create true value through digital means. Digital maturity is not strictly confined to the technology a company uses. An organisation can have access to the most cutting-edge technology on the market, but if their employees don’t use it correctly, they cannot define themselves as truly […]
How Digital is Transforming the Way Diligence is Done

There is no doubt about it; the future is digital. CEO of Microsoft Satya Nadella once said that “every company is a software company” and explained that businesses “have to start thinking and operating like a digital company” if they are to survive. Since Nadella said this in 2019, the world has gone through an […]
Introducing the onefourzero Reporting and Benchmarking Tool

At onefourzero, we’re always keen to be at the cutting edge. The digital world does not stand still, and nor do we. Our expert team of analysts and consultants have been offering deep-dive digital due diligence since our inception in 2015. Since our founding, we’ve been producing concise, straightforward reports derived from high volumes of […]
How onefourzero is Helping Consultants Deliver Better Data

We are in the midst of a digital revolution. Digital is permeating all industries at breakneck speed. Businesses that don’t hop on to the digital train are getting left behind. It’s a form of evolution: those that do not adapt to the new environment can’t survive, or they are overpowered by those who are better […]
Digital Transformation in 5 Easy Steps

Digital technology is changing industries for the better. However, with new technology, comes a need for companies to undergo digital transformation in almost every facet of the business. Digital transformation is the integration of digital technology into all areas of a company and is considered by many organisations as a survival issue. These changes fundamentally […]
PropTech and Digital Data

Historically, the real estate industry has been resistant to changes. However, as technology advances and disrupts most businesses, the property sector realised it was time to embrace change – and so PropTech was born. Well, kind of. In the US, the term CRE Tech has been used for a while and refers to technology innovations […]
How Digital Data can change the Pharma industry

Download a PDF version of this article here. The pharma industry is undergoing its most difficult shift in a long time, as the inevitability of embracing digital data and engagement draws closer, and yet compliance and considerations of legislation remain as complex as ever. But, as onefourzero’s data shows, digital data is showing that there […]
Digital Transformation: why and how you should get started

Digital transformation is more than a buzzword touted by businesses beginning to take their website seriously. Properly planned and managed, digital transformation can dramatically change how all elements of a business, internal and external, operate through the use of technology. From operations to customer experience, every aspect of an organisation is “alive” and subject to […]
Is EdTech the new FinTech?

In four years FinTech has taken the financial sector by storm, disrupting an industry that had remained unchanged in the UK since the ‘big bang’ under Margaret Thatcher. EdTech is set to do the same in the world of education, yet is receiving far less attention from the UK investment community and policy makers alike. […]