Daily Archives: December 19, 2024

G2 Awards 26 Winter 2024 Badges to Jitterbit for Rapid Implementation, Customer Support and Business-Friendly Capabilities

G2 Awards 26 Winter 2024 Badges to Jitterbit for Rapid Implementation, Customer Support and Business-Friendly Capabilities – Business News Today – EIN Presswire

Hastings-based Social Enterprise Let’s Do Business Group to begin working with VCSE organisations in Herefordshire

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowLet’s Do Business Group, based in Hastings, has successfully bid for a new project with Herefordshire Council to provide comprehensive business and marketing support to the voluntary, charity, and social enterprise (VCSE) sector, expanding their business support services to the West Midlands.A social enterprise themselves, Let’s Do Business Group was founded over 30 years ago as a local Enterprise Agency and is now an award-winning and leading provider of business support, finance and training in the South East and East of England. Having worked with local authorities, government and prominent partner organisations across the country, Let’s Do Business Group has supported tens of thousands of businesses and people to achieve their dreams – and just in the last five years have been instrumental in the creation and safeguarding of over 5000 jobs.Fully funded through the UK Government’s Shared Prosperity Fund, the new project in partnership with Herefordshire Council aims to support the VCSE sector in growing – helping to positively impact local economic development and community wellbeing.Hastings based Let’s Do Business Group has been operating in the South and East of England for 30 yearsSet to begin delivery in January 2025, Let’s Do Business Group will be offering VCSE’s in Herefordshire tailored support services designed to help them expand their skills and operations, including 1:1 business support, advice on applying for business finance, workshops to learn new digital skills, as well as peer networking opportunities.The available workshops, which begin delivery in February 2025, will cover a variety of essential topics such as business planning, applying for finance, effective pitches and more, and include the opportunity for participating businesses to join a brand new Peer Group Network to expand their connections with other organisations in their sector in the county. Additionally, organisations in Herefordshire will benefit from free access to Let’s Do Business Group’s marketing subsidiary, Let’s Do Marketing’s variety of interactive webinars that cover topics such as getting started with social media and strategy, Search Engine Optimisation, Email Marketing and more.”We’re thrilled to have been awarded this contract with Herefordshire Council,” said Graham Marley, Chief Executive of Let’s Do Business Group. “We believe in the impact that VCSE organisations make and the benefits they bring to local economies and communities. Supporting them in their growth will be extremely rewarding for our team, and will benefit communities in Herefordshire tenfold”The new programme will support organisations in the Voluntary, Charity and Social Enterprise sector in HerefordshireThis new project showcases the commitment from Herefordshire Council and the passion of Let’s Do Business Group for supporting the VCSE Sector in the county of Herefordshire. This partnership aims to ensure VCSE organisations in the county have access to the support they need to succeed, and create an ongoing support network between them that will positively impact Herefordshire’s communities for years to come.Find out more about what Let’s Do Business Group do, at www.letsdobusinessgroup.co.uk Continue Reading

Sony becomes the “largest shareholder” in FromSoftware owner Kadokawa, as the two put an Elden Ring on a “strategic capital and business alliance”

After a good few weeks of ‘will they, won’t they’ chatter surrounding Elden Ring and Bloodborne developer FromSoftware’s parent company Kadokawa Corporation and a potential acquisition by Sony, the pair have announced a thing. It’s a “strategic capital and business alliance” that’s aimed at boosting collaborative ties, with Sony becoming the largest shareholder in Kadokawa.
A report from Reuters in late November was the first time we heard about this. Both sides then confirmed the interest from the megacorp behind PlayStation in doing some kind of deal, with Kadokawa adding that no decision had been made as to whether it would accept a takeover.

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Now, the duo have announced not a straight up buyout, but a “strategic capital and business alliance” (thanks, Gematsu). What does that mean? Well, Sony becoming Kadokawa’s “largest shareholder”, with the goal to “further strengthen” collaborative ties between the two companies.
As part of the deal, Sony is set to acquire “12,054,100 new Kadokawa shares for approximately 50 billion yen” as of January 7, 2025, bringing its overall total up to “approximately 10%” of Kadokawa’s overall share total, when these new shares are added to some Sony previously acquired back in 2021.
“Kadokawa and Sony historically have collaborated on various projects,” the companies wrote of the agreement, “and through this capital and business alliance, intend to further strengthen our collaboration to maximize both companies’ IP value globally and facilitate wider and deeper collaboration, such as potential joint investments in the content field, joint discovery of new creators, and joint promotion of further media mixes of both companies’ IP.
“In the future, the two companies plan to discuss specific initiatives for collaboration, such as initiatives to adapt Kadokawa’s IP into live-action films and TV dramas globally, co-produce anime works, expand global distribution of Kadokawa’s anime works through the Sony Group, further expand publishing of Kadokawa’s games, and develop human resources to promote and expand virtual production.”
“Through this capital and business alliance, we will become the largest shareholder of Kadokawa, which consistently creates a wide variety of IP, including publications and books, such as light novels and comics, as well as games and anime,” Sony president, COO, and CFO Hiroki Totoki said, “By combining Kadokawa’s extensive IP and IP creation ecosystem with the strengths of Sony, which has promoted the global expansion of a wide range of entertainment, including anime and games, we plan to work closely together to realize Kadokawa’s ‘Global Media Mix’ strategy, aimed at maximizing the value of its IP, and Sony’s long-term vision, ‘Creative Entertainment Vision.’
Kadokawa CEO Takeshi Natsuno added that the alliance “is expected to not only further strengthen our IP creation capabilities, but also increase our IP media mix options with Sony’s support for global expansion, allowing us to deliver our IP to more users around the world.”
How do you feel about Sony and Kadokawa’s back-and-forth resulting in this alliance? Let us know below!