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Would You Pass an Internal Audit Test?
Businesses need to keep accurate and sufficient records to complete their tax returns correctly. An internal audit is a great way to identify ways of making your processes more efficient, and can even save your company money. You can look at your...
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Customer Spotlights
Are you too busy to improve?
There are times in life, as in business, when you look around and think, “I must get around to doing that”. There are things that need doing, and things that you want to do, but there’s always something that’s a pressing priority. Consequently,...
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Product News
4 Money-Saving Ideas that Don’t Work
The common business mantra these days is to do more with less and there are dozens of blogs telling you how to save time and money (we’ll admit, we’ve written a few of our own). But what about the things that you think will save you money, but...
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Industry News
Concur 2014 Year in Review
Before we're fully out of January, we thought it would be worth having one glance back at what 2014 meant for Concur, our customers, and the industry. We turned many corners together. Here were a few of them: Q1 - Business Travel Show, London
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Product News
The UK's Busiest Expense Day of the Year
In the week before Christmas you would expect visions of sugar-plums, mistletoe, gifts and Christmas parties to be dancing through employees’ heads. Surprisingly, however, business travellers are actually focused on submitting their expenses...
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Thought Leadership
Insight on Duty of Care
Long gone are the days when a travel buyer could innocently purchase an airline fare or hotel room rate or send a traveller to a destination without exercising a duty of care by checking that it was a safe option for their traveller. Legislation...
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Thought Leadership
What Does T&E Mean?
The term T&E is bandied about a lot in business and, as with most business acronyms, people assume that it's automatically understood. In case you have ever wondered what T&E stands for, this blog explains not only what T&E is, but...
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Thought Leadership
What Makes People Happy at Work?
“Everyone wants to work in an engaging, exciting workplace… and happier, more engaged employees are more productive”[1] says Professor Julian Birkinshaw. So how do organisations create a happy workplace? We interviewed Henry Stewart, author of...
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Product News
Introducing the Concur UK Blog
Welcome to the inaugural blog post from Concur in the UK - otherwise known as the rainy rock across the channel from Europe. The Concur UK blog is written to help point readers towards interesting, relevant content that we hope will add value to...
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Industry News
Insight on Ancillary Fees
The bane of most travel buyers' lives is ancillary fees. When suppliers break out the component costs of their products such as speedy boarding, baggage, credit card fees and so on, it causes angst and extra work. For most travel buyers and travel...
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Thought Leadership
5 Must-Read Business Books for 2015
This year, rather than making your New Year's resolutions impractical or unachievable - like trying to do more exercise, lose weight, or switch from smoking to vaping (the Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year in 2014), why not consider a...
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Thought Leadership
MPs Expenses: A roadmap for reform
Summer has been silly season for MPs expenses. Whether it’s claiming £300 for walking 200 yards or 9p for a 352-yard car ride, MPs and their expenses offer numerous and ongoing headlines. The issue is that such ridiculous claims do nothing but...
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Press ReleaseFebruary 08, 2007
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Concur Technologies to Present at Merrill Lynch Internet, Software & Services...
REDMOND, Wash., February 08, 2007 - Concur Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNQR), the world's leading provider of on-demand Corporate Expense Management services, today announced that company chairman and CEO, Steve Singh, will deliver a presentation...
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Thought Leadership
What the UK Budget should look like
Apart from the increasingly likely 'Grexit', the second biggest topic for the British media this week is the budget. Another Budget in such quick succession is certainly an unusual step and one taken, we are told, to ensure that the UK economy is...
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Industry News
Top 5 tools for mobile working [pt. 1]
We currently occupy a more open approach to mobile working than we ever have as a society. We understand the value in a versatile workforce, that people can be working from home or a café and be as, if not more, productive than in the office. This...
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Industry News
Key Sessions at GBTA Conference 2014
We don’t know about you, but we’re getting excited for GBTA’s Europe Conference, November 12-14, 2014. In addition to networking with over 700 people from 20 countries, this year GBTA has combined with the German Business Travel Association’s...
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Press ReleaseNovember 29, 2005
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Concur Technologies to Present at First Albany Growth Conference
REDMOND, Wash., November 29, 2005 - Concur Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNQR), the world's leading provider of business services that automate Corporate Expense Management, today announced that company Chairman and CEO, Steve Singh, and CFO, John...
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Press ReleaseSeptember 25, 2007
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Concur Announces Pricing of Public Offering of 4,700,000 Shares of Common Stock
REDMOND, Wash., September 25, 2007 - Concur (NASDAQ: CNQR), the world’s leading provider of on-demand Employee Spend Management services, today announced that it priced its offering of 4,700,000 shares of common stock in a registered public...
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Press ReleaseJune 14, 2007
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Concur to Present at the William Blair 27th Annual Growth Stock Conference
REDMOND, Wash., June 14, 2007 - Concur (NASDAQ: CNQR), the world's leading provider of on-demand Employee Spend Management services, today announced that company chairman and CEO, Steve Singh, and company CFO, John Adair, will deliver a...
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Press ReleaseJuly 26, 2005
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Concur Technologies to Present at the CIBC World Markets Fifth Annual...
REDMOND, Wash., July 26, 2005 - Concur Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNQR), the world's leading provider of business services that automate Corporate Expense Management, today announced that John Adair, CFO for Concur Technologies, Inc., will...
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Press ReleaseApril 26, 2004
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Concur Technologies To Present at D.A. Davidson & Co.'s Sixth Annual...
REDMOND, Wash., April 26, 2004 - Concur Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNQR), the leading provider of Corporate Expense Management solutions, today announced that Steve Singh, president and CEO, and John Adair, CFO for Concur Technologies, will...
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Thought Leadership
How do I Reclaim VAT on Fuel?
This is a question we get asked time and time again: how can I reclaim VAT? And, one of the trickiest areas our customers are often looking for help and advice is VAT on mileage claims. Claiming back VAT on fuel is complex to work out and hard...
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Press ReleaseMay 18, 2004
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Unitor ASA Cuts Expense Costs with Concur
LONDON, England, May 18, 2004 - Concur Technologies, Inc, (NASDAQ: CNQR), the global leader in expense management solutions, today announced it has been chosen by Unitor ASA, the world's leading supplier to the shipping industry, to streamline,...
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Industry News
Brexit and Cross Border VAT
Unless you have been living under a rock you will know that the UK has voted to leave the EU. A decision which has caused much debate and fear mongering. The truth is that it is still far too soon to really know what the VAT (and other)...
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Press ReleaseSeptember 01, 2004
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Concur Technologies to Present at SG Cowen 32nd Annual Fall Technology...
REDMOND, Wash., September 01, 2004 - Concur Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNQR), the leading provider of Corporate Expense Management solutions, today announced that Steve Singh, president and CEO, and John Adair, CFO for Concur Technologies, will...
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Press ReleaseJuly 06, 2004
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Raytheon Systems Tackles Travel Expenses with Concur Expense
LONDON, England, July 06, 2004 - Concur Technologies, Inc, (NASDAQ: CNQR), the global leader in expense management solutions, today announced that Raytheon Systems Limited, a major provider of Defence and Aerospace systems, has deployed Concur...
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Press ReleaseJanuary 12, 2005
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Concur Technologies Announces Schedule For Upcoming Fiscal 2005 First Quarter...
REDMOND, Wash., January 12, 2005 - REDMOND, Wash., January 12th, 2005 - Concur Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNQR), the leading provider of Corporate Expense Management solutions, today announced that its fiscal 2005 first quarter earnings...
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Product News
How to Conquer Compliance with Concur
Businesses want their travel and expense (T&E) process to be compliant with everything from internal policies to external regulations. Although compliance can be challenging, when you break it down into smaller chunks it becomes more...
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Thought Leadership
3 Big Benefits of Mobile T&E
Many business travellers use mobile apps to manage trips. This is especially true in the UAE where 47% of travellers use smartphones, and 15% use tablets, to book travel. Ultimately, desktop is in decline. We spoke to Shehab Shoukry, Regional...
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Thought Leadership
Winter is coming…
**Warning contains GoT spoilers** You know nothing, Jon Snow. As the battle shifts from the Iron Throne to the Night King the only certainty is that nobody is safe and anything can happen. Especially with an undead dragon in the mix. As Jon Snow...
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Industry News
What is Cloud ERP Anyway?
A brief history of ERP, and how cloud-based ERP is changing business as we know it... What does it take to get companies to update their systems? Sometimes, only the threat of total mayhem. This was certainly the case toward the close of the last...
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Product News
Audit, Automation and Artifice
Automation is a powerful deterrent when it comes to fraud. In this blog I will discuss why finance leaders lose sleep over impending HMRC audits, and what companies can do to protect themselves. As the workforce evolves, your organisation, like...
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Thought Leadership
What is a business expense?
SAP Concur has been helping organisations manage expenses for over 25 years. However, it’s easy to forget that there are still employees out there who have never submitted an expense claim. Whether you’re a small business or a large enterprise,...
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Thought Leadership
Confessions of an Expenses Veteran
Claiming back money spent on behalf of work is a fundamental part of the business-employee relationship, but the process is ripe for exploitation and muddled thinking. One anonymous writer shares their experiences of navigating the claim game....
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Thought Leadership
SAP Concur Dresses for Success
Companies spend a lot of time and money on getting their corporate branding right, but how many are prepared to invest in helping employees with their personal branding? I was delighted to be asked by Emma Maslen, MD of SAP Concur, to advise staff...
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Thought Leadership
The Surprise: "Your People"
About 8 weeks ago I was at a customer dinner and sat next to a relatively new customer contact of mine – let’s call him Bob. Bob and I had recently met at their offices in London, where we were invited in to ‘reset’ our vendor/client relationship....
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Thought Leadership
Seeing Your Way through Growth
Easing corporate growing pains with a clear view of spending. If you’re expanding, you’re adding costs — additional headcount, new facilities, upgraded systems, foreign tax codes you may be unfamiliar with, and any number of unexpected expenses....
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Product News
What is Expense Management Automation?
When organisations manage expenses manually, it can take a toll on everything from productivity to employee satisfaction. By upgrading to software that automates expense management, businesses of all types and sizes can streamline operations, cut...
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Industry News
What is Expense Management?
As businesses continue to keep up with ever-changing external factors and the restrictions are steadily eased on home working, it’s more important than ever to get a grip on employee expenses within your organisation. The past 18 months have...
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