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EU-UK BORDER COSTS SURGE, CLEARBORDER REPORT WARNS

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LONDON, April 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ British businesses are facing soaring border costs and mounting delays, with some abandoning UK-EU supply chains altogether, according to a new report published today by the international trade consultants, clearBorder. 

The State of the Border report, based on the experiences of 900 businesses across the UK, France, and Germany, warns that the post-Brexit border has become significantly worse over the last twelve months, with 64% of firms reporting increases in fees and delays. 

As the UK and EU negotiate a supposed ‘reset’ in relations, the report’s authors found consistently poor experience for businesses from the UK, France and Germany, with many bearing higher costs and enduring delays.

The report found that: 

  • Almost 3 in 5 businesses have experienced significant delays
  • Border costs have risen adding to costs for UK, French and German businesses
  • German businesses remain most optimistic about trade recovery, despite reporting some of the worst border experience
  • French businesses are the most pessimistic, and are particularly concerned about increased domestic instability
  • All three countries anticipate improvements in EU/UK trade. UK businesses were more optimistic about trade with the US than French and German counterparts

The report builds on more than three years of research conducted in the UK. Today’s report includes businesses in Germany and France, to offer valuable insights into how businesses are navigating the complexities of cross border trade.

As countries ready themselves for US tariffs, the research highlights how businesses respond as trade becomes more complex. Many are adapting, with investment in software, staff and automation. 

“The numbers speak for themselves,” says Christopher Salmon, CEO and Founder of clearBorder. “Over four years of research we have seen no improvement in the performance of the border. What has improved about businesses’ experience is down to them investing, adapting and growing in confidence.

“This year we can see that French and German businesses’ experience is similar – sometimes worse. As the UK government and EU negotiate, they should recognise that a better border benefits both sides.

“That means investment: investment in automation, trade facilitation and cooperation over data. That would bring huge gains – without the need to challenge any negotiating red lines.”

Nevertheless, organisations across the three countries surveyed remain optimistic that they can adapt to border difficulties, and most have reported that they have made at least one change to their operations in the past year.

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The State of the Border report is published by clearBorder.

Data comes from more than 900 respondents surveyed in January – February 2025, from organisations across 22 sectors in the UK, Germany and France.

In-depth interviews were also conducted with 11 decision-makers at 10 businesses with direct experience of using the UK border. Interviews were conducted online and lasted 30-45 minutes.

You can access the full report here

About clearBorder

clearBorder provides advice, consultancy and insights for long-term strategic and robust planning to assist seamless trade across international borders. This is underpinned by practical and real-world expertise and experience from our independent team of international trade specialists.

From problem identification to solution implementation, specific and immediate challenges to longer-term futureproofing, we help clients maximise efficiency and to continue competing and growing in international markets.

clearBorder is the trusted partner needed to help navigate an increasingly complex world. With highly tuned supply chains, heightened security risks, political uncertainty, and global turbulence having an ever-greater impact on imports and export controls, being reactive is not enough. We not only deliver the ‘so what?’ but proactively help answer the ‘what next?’ and ‘what if?’

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Cloud FinOps Market is expected to generate a revenue of USD 10.8 Billion by 2032, Globally, at 24.5% CAGR: Verified Market Research®

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Verified Market Research®, a leading provider of business intelligence and market analysis is thrilled to announce the release of its comprehensive and authoritative report on the Cloud FinOps Market. The Cloud FinOps Market is surging due to rising cloud adoption, demand for cost optimization, and regulatory compliance needs. However, data security risks and lack of skilled professionals may hinder growth.

LEWES, Del., April 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The Global Cloud FinOps Market Size is projected to grow at a CAGR of 24.5% from 2025 to 2032, according to a new report published by Verified Market Research®. The report reveals that the market was valued at USD 2.3 Billion in 2024 and is expected to reach USD 10.8 Billion by the end of the forecast period.

Key Highlights of the Market Report:

  • Market Size, Growth Trends & Forecast (2025-2032)
  • Key Drivers, Restraints & Opportunities in the Cloud FinOps Market
  • Regional Analysis: North America, Europe, APAC, Latin America, MEA
  • Competitive Landscape with Key Players & Market Share Analysis
  • Emerging Technologies and Their Impact on Cloud Cost Management

Why This Report Matters?

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the Cloud FinOps Market, including trends, challenges, and opportunities. Businesses can leverage insights to optimize cloud costs, improve financial accountability, and gain a competitive edge. Investors and stakeholders will benefit from detailed market forecasts and competitive intelligence.

Who Should Read This Report?

  • CIOs, CFOs, and IT Leaders seeking cloud cost optimization strategies.
  • Cloud Service Providers looking to enhance FinOps offerings.
  • Market Research Firms & Analysts tracking cloud financial management trends.
  • Investors & Consultants evaluating growth opportunities in FinOps solutions.

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202 – Pages
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STUDY PERIOD

2021-2032

BASE YEAR

2024

FORECAST PERIOD

2025-2032

HISTORICAL PERIOD

2021-2023

UNIT

Value (USD Billion)

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KEY COMPANIES PROFILED

Cloudability (Apptio), CloudCheckr, RightScale (Flexera), Harness, and ProsperOps.

SEGMENTS COVERED

By Deployment Model, By Offering, By Vertical, By Organization Size, and By Geography.

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Global Cloud FinOps Market Overview

Key Market Drivers

Growing Complexity of Multi-Cloud Environments: Organisations are progressively adopting multi-cloud solutions to improve operational flexibility and mitigate vendor lock-in. Nonetheless, managing expenses across many cloud providers poses considerable difficulties. Cloud FinOps solutions enable enterprises to achieve real-time financial transparency, optimise cloud expenditures, and enhance budget forecasts. The demand for a centralised strategy in cloud cost management is propelling significant market adoption among organisations seeking financial efficiency.

Rising Demand for Cost Optimization and Financial Accountability: As cloud expenditure emerges as a significant operating cost, organisations are emphasising cost optimisation. Cloud FinOps facilitates real-time cost oversight, automated budget distribution, and chargeback frameworks to improve accountability. The increasing focus on synchronising cloud investments with business goals is driving the demand for FinOps technologies. Organisations utilising FinOps attain a competitive advantage by minimising unnecessary expenditures, optimising return on investment, and enhancing resource efficiency in cloud operations.

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Integration of AI and Automation in Cloud Cost Management: AI-driven analytics and automation are revolutionising Cloud FinOps by delivering predictive insights into cloud spending. Advanced machine learning techniques provide anomaly detection, cost forecasting, and automated policy enforcement, thereby ensuring optimised cloud use. Companies are progressively implementing AI-driven FinOps solutions to proactively oversee cloud expenditures, augment financial control, and refine decision-making. The emergence of intelligent automation is propelling market expansion and transforming cloud financial management.

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Market Restraints Hindering the Market Growth

Lack of Skilled Professionals and FinOps Expertise: Despite the increasing need for Cloud FinOps, there is a major skills gap in the market. Organisations encounter difficulties in locating individuals proficient in cloud financial administration, cost optimisation tactics, and FinOps best practices. The absence of internal expertise frequently results in ineffective cost oversight and misaligned financial plans, constraining the complete potential of Cloud FinOps implementation. The skills deficit continues to be a significant constraint, affecting market expansion and the success of implementation.

Complexity of Implementing FinOps Across Large Enterprises: Implementing Cloud FinOps in extensive organisations with varied cloud environments is a complicated endeavour. Effective cost distribution among many teams, business divisions, and cloud providers necessitates a clearly established governance architecture. Numerous organisations have difficulties in standardising FinOps operations owing to divergent financial reporting frameworks and inconsistent cost transparency. The intricacy of incorporating FinOps solutions with current financial systems and workflows sometimes hinders implementation, impeding market uptake.

Compliance and Regulatory Challenges in Cloud Cost Management: Cloud cost management is governed by numerous financial rules, data privacy statutes, and industry-specific compliance requirements. Organisations in heavily regulated industries, such as finance and healthcare, must ensure that FinOps initiatives conform to rigorous compliance standards. Noncompliance with financial transparency and reporting regulations may lead to sanctions and operational hazards. The changing regulatory environment introduces additional complexity to Cloud FinOps adoption, posing issues for organisations managing compliance frameworks.

Geographical Dominance:

North America Leads the Cloud FinOps Market with Strong Enterprise Adoption

North America leads the Cloud FinOps Market, propelled by elevated cloud adoption rates, robust financial governance standards, and the presence of prominent cloud service providers. Companies in the U.S. and Canada are significantly investing in FinOps technologies to optimise multi-cloud expenditures, enhance cost transparency, and improve financial accountability. The regulatory frameworks and rising need for AI-driven cloud cost management are propelling market expansion in this area.

Key Players

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The “Global Cloud FinOps Market” study report will provide a valuable insight with an emphasis on the global market.  The major players in the market are Cloudability (Apptio), CloudCheckr, RightScale (Flexera), Harness, and ProsperOps.

Cloud FinOps Market Segment Analysis

Based on the research, Verified Market Research has segmented the market into Deployment Model, Offering, Vertical, Organization Size, and Geography.

  • Cloud FinOps Market, by Deployment Model
    • Cloud-Based
    • On-Premises
  • Cloud FinOps Market, by Offering
    • Cost Management
    • Resource Optimization
    • Performance Management
    • Security Management
    • Compliance Management
  • Cloud FinOps Market, by Vertical
    • Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI)
    • IT & Telecom
    • Healthcare
    • Retail
    • Manufacturing
    • Government
  • Cloud FinOps Market, by Organization Size
    • Small & Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)
    • Large Enterprises
  • Cloud FinOps Market, by Geography
    • North America
      • U.S
      • Canada
      • Mexico
    • Europe
      • Germany
      • France
      • U.K
      • Rest of Europe
    • Asia Pacific
      • China
      • Japan
      • India
      • Rest of Asia Pacific
    • ROW
      • Middle East & Africa
      • Latin America

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The Hashgraph Group Invests in AgNext Technologies, Pioneering AI-Driven Agricultural Solutions on Hedera

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The investment will support AgNext’s innovative technology offerings for food quality assurance.

ZURICH, April 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The Hashgraph Group (THG), a Swiss-based global business, venture capital, and technology firm dedicated to the Hedera ecosystem, today announced a strategic investment in AgNext Technologies, a leading agritech company driving innovation in food quality and transparency. With operations spanning India, Europe, the Middle East, and the USA, AgNext leverages AI-driven quality assessment and blockchain-enabled traceability to enhance food safety and efficiency across the supply chain.

With this investment, THG joins AgNext’s recent financing round led by Novo Holdings, a holding and investment company headquartered in Denmark, with over US$150 billion in assets under management. Novo Holdings manages the wealth and assets of the Novo Nordisk Foundation.

Approximately a third of all food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted annually, leading to severe environmental, economic, and social consequences. This not only exacerbates food insecurity but also contributes to greenhouse gas emissions, waste of resources, and economic losses. Boston Consulting Group estimates global food wastage at $230 billion annually.

Traditional quality checks are slow, error prone, and costly which leads to recalls and loss of trust. AgNext solves this with its patented AI powered solutions, replacing subjective assessments and lab delays with instant on the spot analysis. The solution brings digitized trust to global food supply chains.

Following this strategic investment by THG, AgNext will integrate Hedera’s cutting-edge distributed ledger technology (DLT) into its assurance and traceability platforms and devices – ensuring 100% traceability, transparency, immutability, and efficiency through self-executing smart contracts, eliminating the need for multiple intermediaries that currently populate the supply chains and drive-up end prices. Hedera being the most scalable, cost-efficient, and energy-efficient among blockchain protocols is especially well-suited for food supply chains.

Taranjeet Bhamra, Founder and CEO of AgNext, commented on the investment, saying: “We are excited to welcome The Hashgraph Group as a valued partner in our mission to revolutionize food supply chains. With THG’s expertise and technology, we are poised to enhance our quality assurance frameworks and create robust transaction assurance systems that will foster transparency and trust in the global agriculture and food sectors. This partnership marks a pivotal step in delivering innovative, cutting-edge solutions to our clients.”

AgNext and THG will also collaborate on joint go-to-market initiatives, including co-branded, Hedera-powered embedded devices, which will be offered to clients globally through a new Web3-centric joint venture established in Switzerland.

Stefan Deiss, Co-Founder & CEO of The Hashgraph Group, said: “THG brings deep expertise in designing, developing, and deploying enterprise-grade solutions on the Hedera network, delivered by our team of highly skilled, Hedera-certified engineers. With this strategic co-investment alongside Novo Holdings, we look forward to embarking on the tech-enablement journey with AgNext to drive the convergence of AI and Blockchain/DLT, while jointly bringing to market Hedera-powered AgriTech solutions that will enhance AgNext’s competitive edge in the Web3 era.”

Hedera leverages its unique Hashgraph consensus algorithm to achieve unmatched speed, security, and scalability. With low, predictable fees and a carbon-negative footprint, Hedera is governed by over 30 Council Members from the world’s leading organizations such as Abrdn, Dell, EDF, Hitachi, Google, IBM, Mondelēz, Standard Bank, and TATA, Hedera provides a trusted, quantum-resistant infrastructure for businesses and institutions worldwide.

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Anindya Roychowdhury, Head of Global Partnerships at The Hashgraph Group, stated: “I’ve been closely following AgNext’s remarkable growth since its inception, and I’m thrilled that THG is now partnering with them to leverage Hedera as the foundation for their assurance and traceability platforms. With Taranjeet’s visionary leadership and the capabilities of Hedera, we are confident in creating world-leading, Web3-enabled solutions for the AgriTech industry.”

Following its Series A funding in 2021, of $21 million led by Alpha Wave Incubation (AWI), AgNext opened its first international office in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

AWI is backed by DisruptAD, which is managed by Falcon Edge and serves as the venture capital arm of Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund, ADQ. The funding supports the view that AgNext is uniquely positioned to drive the digitization of quality-based food trade in the MENA region with its pioneering technologies.

About The Hashgraph Group

The Hashgraph Group (THG) is a Swiss-based international business, venture capital, and technology company that operates exclusively within the Hedera ecosystem, specialized in venture building programs and strategic investments aimed at enabling entrepreneurs, enterprises, and governments to adapt and compete in the Web3 economy. THG brings specialist expertise in the design, development, and deployment of enterprise-grade solutions and decentralized applications on Hedera through its team of Hedera-Certified Engineers, including operating multiple venture studios around the world. For more information about The Hashgraph Group, visit www.hashgraph-group.com

About AgNext Technologies

AgNext Technologies is an agritech company dedicated to revolutionizing food quality assessment along the agricultural value chain. Through its integrated platform for rapid, precise, and cost-effective portable food quality evaluations, AgNext is empowering stakeholders to make informed decisions that drive sustainability and efficiency within the agricultural ecosystem. For more information about AgNext Technologies, visit www.agnext.com

About Hedera

Governed by a council of the world’s leading institutions, Hedera is a high-performance, secure, and sustainable public, permissioned DLT network. It enables seamless tokenization of real-world and digital assets with unmatched performance, security, and compliance. From regulated security tokens to NFTs, Hedera empowers the efficient creation of diverse asset types by providing enterprises and developers with robust open-source tools to unlock illiquid assets and drive the evolution of financial markets. For more information about Hedera, visit www.hedera.com

 

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NYSE Content Advisory: Pre-market update + Global markets respond to tariffs

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NEW YORK, April 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) provides a daily pre-market update directly from the NYSE Trading Floor. Access today’s NYSE Pre-market update for market insights before trading begins. 

Kristen Scholer delivers the pre-market update on April 7th

  • The S&P 500 is set to enter a bear market early Monday as global markets respond to last week’s tariff announcements that President Donald Trump said could take two years to benefit the manufacturing sector.
  • Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Friday that tariffs will aggravate inflation and drag down economic growth, but the economy was still strong overall.
  • Powell’s assertion came after a better-than-expected March jobs report showed 228,000 positions were added last month.

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