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ClearCourse, a leading provider of industry-specific software and payments for UK SMEs, announces the appointment of FinTech veteran Nathan Best as Chief Operating Officer.

Mark brings a wealth of experience to the role, having held senior finance positions in publicly traded and privately held technology companies for over 20 years.

ClearCourse has officially been named one of the UK’s Best Workplaces™ for Wellbeing (2023) by Great Place to Work®, the global authority on workplace culture. Great Place to Work’s culture experts analysed thousands of employee surveys, assessing people’s holistic experiences of well-being at work to determine the UK's Best Workplaces™ for Wellbeing list. The surveys asked employees to comment on how their company supports their work-life balance, sense of fulfilment, job satisfaction, psychological safety and financial security. Evaluations also included assessing how well the organisation could deliver consistency of their employee experience across all departments and seniority levels.

As a software and payments business that spends every day developing and implementing technology solutions for our clients, it’s always enjoyable to work with businesses that have huge experience behind them. Businesses that have seen trends develop and emerge – businesses that have ridden the highs and lows that have naturally come along. Of course, to thrive in business for decades or more requires vision, foresight and tremendous acumen – and a deep understanding of what customers need today, and – perhaps more importantly – tomorrow. That’s precisely what Voisins department store in St Helier, Jersey, has in abundance. The UK’s oldest family-owned department store was founded in 1837 and has been using ClearCourse brand Swan Retail’s solutions for the best part of two decades to help run both the in-store and online parts of its fashion, beauty and homeware business via its SRS (Swan Retail System) , Cygnus EPOS and FUSE customer loyalty app .

For more than 25 years, The EPOS Bureau has provided technology and software to farm shop and food retail businesses in the UK and Ireland. The long-standing relationship with Market Harborough-based Farndon Fields is a prime example of what can be achieved over the long term. Farndon Fields credits The EPOS Bureau as being 'instrumental' in the growth of their business – and the farm shop industry.