Scanlife, a provider of QR code services, saw the number of unique users scanning codes through its system triple in the year to March.

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Autonomy followed the more lax British honor code when choosing which services besides the audit to buy from auditor Deloitte.

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Architectural, engineering and related services (NAICS code 5413) companies have also seen a notable increase in AR days, with collections stretched to an average 73 days from 60 last year.

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