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Associated Press
23-07-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
V7 and DMS Announce Strategic Partnership
'DMS's deep expertise in financial IT environments makes them the ideal partner to help PE firms realize the full potential of AI agents in finance' - Alberto Rizzoli, CEO of V7 NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / July 23, 2025 / V7, the platform behind V7 Go, announces a strategic partnership with DMS Technology, a New York-based IT consultancy serving private equity firms and financial institutions. This partnership is aimed at helping PE firms and their portfolio companies adopt intelligent agents to automate high-volume document workflows in due diligence, investment memo creation, fund performance analysis, and compliance reporting. Key Benefits of the Partnership: The Strength of DMS Technology With over two decades of experience advising financial institutions and PE firms, DMS brings deep technical and operational understanding of what it takes to scale AI tools securely within finance-driven environments. 'At DMS, we've seen firsthand how private equity firms are seeking smarter, faster ways to manage information. Partnering with V7 allows us to bring cutting-edge AI directly into the workflows that matter most - accelerating diligence, improving accuracy, and freeing up teams to focus on strategic decisions,' said Jonathan Edwards, CEO of DMS. Transforming Private Finance Private equity firms will benefit from streamlined adoption paths for V7 Go agents. These AI agents are designed to analyze complex financial documents such as Confidential Information Memorandums, legal agreements, and fund reports. They automate critical tasks such as extracting key metrics, identifying risks, and structuring data. DMS Technology's experience will help PE clients integrate generative AI tools into their due diligence and portfolio monitoring workflows. A Shared Vision for Scalable Intelligence As private equity firms look to AI for competitive edge, the V7-DMS partnership offers a scalable way to embed intelligence across core workflows - unlocking better decisions, faster deals, and stronger returns. 'This partnership reflects a shared commitment to innovation and operational excellence. By combining V7's AI capabilities with our deep understanding of financial IT environments, we're enabling PE firms to scale intelligence across their portfolios and unlock real competitive advantage,' said Jonathan Edwards. By combining V7's innovative technology with DMS's understanding of financial IT environments and implementation know-how, the collaboration will help private equity firms leverage AI for better investment outcomes. About V7: V7 is a London-based AI company specializing in document intelligence and workflow automation. Its flagship product, V7 Go, enables teams in document-heavy industries like legal, finance, and insurance to build and deploy custom AI agents for processing complex documents and automating knowledge work. V7 focuses on delivering verifiable outputs with transparent AI logic to ensure accuracy and compliance. V7 was recently recognized in Tech Nation's Future Fifty 2025 cohort and Sifted's Rising 100. About DMS Technology: DMS Technology provides strategic business IT consulting and management to clients across various industries, with a strong focus on financial institutions and private equity. Covering North America and Europe, DMS offers enterprise-level technology advising and proactive management designed to align IT solutions with business objectives, enhance efficiency, and ensure regulatory compliance. To arrange a demo and learn how AI agents powered by V7 Go can streamline your private equity workflows, contact [email protected] at DMS Technology. Media Contact Information: V7: Casimir Rajnerowicz [email protected] DMS Technology: Eric Rabinowitz [email protected] +1 732 421 2670 SOURCE: V7 press release
Irish Times
20-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
Long after Jonathan Edwards lost God, his record leap of faith still stands
God knows how Jonathan Edwards popped up in my Google news feed this week. Especially singing the praises of a round of golf at Royal Portrush. Can your phone, like God, know your thoughts even before you speak? It had crossed my mind at some point that in this summer of fast-tumbling world records, the triple-jump mark set by Edwards 30 years ago next month remains in a realm of its own. Not once but twice inside 20 minutes Edwards made sure of that, leaping out with near-miraculous faith to 18.29 metres – exactly 60 feet – at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg. Then just like that, there he was in Google news, in Portrush this week as an ambassador for R&A global development, also helping to keep score at the 153rd Open. Golf being his thing now. God and Edwards were once very close. Long before pushing the world record to where no mortal had the right to expect to go, Edwards had declared that triple jumping was a mere extension of his devout Christianity, a faith fundamental to his identity. It was what drove him to become a full-time athlete back in 1987. READ MORE Then, four years after his retirement in 2003, came his sudden leap away from faith, Edwards losing his religion in 2007. Born in Westminster, the son of a Devon vicar, Edwards soon became Britain's most famous advocate of divine intervention, or at least divine inspiration, on the road to sporting glory. If faith can indeed carry the devout, Edwards always looked to God for the courage and strength to take on the world's best triple jumpers, and to beat them. Such was his devotion, Edwards initially refused to compete on the Sabbath, skipping the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo because his qualifying took place on the first Sunday. He eventually relented on that stance. 'My relationship with Jesus and God is fundamental to everything I do,' Edwards said at the time. 'I have made a commitment and dedication in that relationship to serve God in every area of my life.' After winning a bronze medal at the 1993 World Championships, Edwards went to Gothenburg two years later in the form of his life, his annus mirabilis. In July of 1995, he broke his first world record, his 17.98m surpassing by 1cm the mark which had stood for the previous 10 years to Willie Banks from the US. Edwards also jumped a wind-assisted 18.43m that June. A sign of things to come. British triple-jumper Jonathan Edwards makes his third jump at the World Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden, on August 7th, 1995. Edwards' previous jump set a new world record at 18.29m. Photograph:With his first triple jump in Gothenburg, Edwards landed beyond the 18m marker in the sand, clearly a world record even before measured at 18.16m. His second attempt measured 18.29m. The next-best triple jump in history is the 18.21m Christian Taylor from the US landed to win the 2015 World Championships, 20 years after Edwards' record. When winning his Olympic gold in Sydney 2000, Edwards carried a tin of sardines in his kitbag, symbolising the fish Jesus used in the miracle of the feeding of the five thousand, and a reminder that the result, win or lose, was in God's hands. At his retirement after the 2003 World Championships, Edwards quoted from the Bible: 'A man's heart deviseth his way, but the Lord directeth his step.' Then he began presenting Songs of Praise on BBC. So it made for shock reading when Edwards told the Times newspaper in 2007 that 'when you think about it rationally, it does seem incredibly improbable that there is a God'. His new revelations were all personal, and begged another profound question: could Edwards have broken that world record without his belief in God? 'I now realise my belief in God was sports psychology in all but name,' he said. 'Believing in something beyond the self can have a hugely beneficial psychological impact, even if the belief is fallacious.' Jonathan Edwards celebrates after winning gold in the Men's Triple Jump final at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. Photograph: Stu Forster/Allsport/In another interview in 2014, Edwards said: 'Seven years on I don't feel a gap in my life, and I suppose that's the proof of the pudding, isn't it? Had I suddenly thought that life doesn't quite feel right, maybe I'd re-examine that – re-examine my faith. In fact, more than ever, I feel comfortable with where I am in life.' [ Edwards's loss of faith no godsend Opens in new window ] There was never any doubting the merits of his triple-jump efforts, the speed Edwards carried through to his final jump phase his greatest ally. 'I was very light, very quick across the ground,' he told Eurosport last year. 'And I maintained my speed, and my technique and my rhythm was very good, so my final jump was a long way ... that was the key for it.' Talking to National Club Golfer magazine on Thursday, Edwards still believes faith can play a role in sporting success, especially in a high-pressure game like golf. 'In some ways, it becomes part of your psychology for dealing with the pressure,' he said. 'I think subconsciously, your mind finds ways to just ratchet down the pressure a little bit. 'My faith certainly helped me do that, to deal with the pressure ... It's out of your hands. You do the best with what you've got, and the result is separate from that. Winning wasn't the be-all and end-all of those things, and no matter what happened, my worth as a person wasn't the penalty of the result. There was a whole bunch of stuff that the Christian narrative gave me which made it much easier to go out and compete.' Such words may or may not be a godsend to anyone playing for the Claret Jug at Royal Portrush this weekend, unless of course God has already made plans of his own.
Yomiuri Shimbun
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yomiuri Shimbun
Welsh Artist Creates Artwork to Highlight Japan-Wales Links; Himeji, Conwy Castle Among Designs on Show
© Crown Copyright / Licensed under U.K. OGL v3.0. Full-color version of tetsuin railway stamps created by Jonathan Edwards, representing (left) Himeji Castle and Conwy Castle, and (right) Mt. Fuji and Yr Wyddfa (Mt. Snowdon), the tallest mountain in Wales. Y Ddraig Goch, the red dragon that symbolizes Wales, stands out with its tongue and tail shaped like arrowheads. To celebrate ties between Japan and Wales, Welsh artist Jonathan Edwards created designs with the dragon in front of scenes depicting both countries, with its arrowheads pointing at each of them. Edwards was among the Welsh artists whose Japan-inspired work was on show at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo on Wales Day at the U.K. pavilion on April 29. Edwards' work takes the form of full-color tetsuin railway stamp designs. He was given a brief to come up with various designs and narrowed it down to themes such as nature and technology. © Crown Copyright / Licensed under U.K. OGL v3.0. Jonathan Edwards 'It was a great honor,' Edwards told The Japan News via e-mail when asked about having his work on display at the Expo. 'To walk into such a spectacle and then see people using my stamps was a moment of great pride.' One of the most striking designs is an image of Himeji Castle in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, and Conwy Castle in North Wales. The castles, both UNESCO World Heritage sites which were both built around the same time, were twinned in 2019. Another features Mt. Fuji along with Yr Wyddfa (Mt. Snowdon), the tallest mountain in Wales and one of the most popular tourist attractions in the United Kingdom. Visitors to the Expo were able to make prints of the designs with a monochrome ink version of stamps similar to those found at Japanese train stations. © Crown Copyright / Licensed under U.K. OGL v3.0. Jonathan Edwards, right, at the 2025 World Expo in Osaka on April 29. Courtesy of Jonathan Edwards Close ties Japan and Wales have many links in various fields. Many Japanese companies have bases in Wales, including Sony Crop. and Panasonic Corp. Both companies have had a presence there for over 50 years. The country even provided Hayao Miyazaki with inspiration for his movie 'Tenku no shiro rapyuta' (Laputa: Castle in the Sky). Edwards, from Wrexham in North Wales, first visited Japan 20 years ago. He has previously held exhibitions of his works in Nara and Osaka, and in 2021, his work was displayed on store windows at the Hankyu Department Store Osaka Umeda Main Store. He has also produced prints and books of his work themed on Japan. © Crown Copyright / Licensed under U.K. OGL v3.0. An ink version of a stamp available for visitors to sample Edwards said he is a big fan of many Japanese illustrators, including Ryohei Yanagihara and Akira Uno, and finds Japan 'endlessly inspiring.' 'I've been asked by a lot of people in the U.K. if they'll get to see [the stamps] used in Wales,' he said. 'It would be great to see them used at Welsh train stations.' Works from other Welsh artists and performers were also on display at the Expo, including hand-woven blankets by textile artist Llio James that were made using traditional Welsh fabrics.
Wales Online
13-05-2025
- Business
- Wales Online
A patch of sand on a Welsh beach is on sale for £100,000
A patch of sand on a Welsh beach is on sale for £100,000 You could buy a home in some parts of Wales or this small area of sand squeezed between beach huts A patch of sand between beach huts is on sale for £100,000 (Image: Rightmove ) It is just over three metres wide and over seven metres deep. The sand is a little dry for a sandcastle but children could happily bury their parents from their necks to their feet. You might even enjoy a game of bat and ball. Yet this patch of sand on the Porth Mawr beach at Abersoch on the Llyn Peninsula is destined for different uses to most patches of sand on Welsh beaches. Squeezed in a gap between rows of beach huts, it is on sale with planning permission for a new hut. The wooden shack that previously occupied the site was damaged in storms and was pulled down by its owner. And the site is now on sale with offers invited for over £100,000, the price of a flat or even a small house in parts of North Wales. It is advertised on Rightmove as being: "An exciting opportunity to acquire a beach hut plot on Abersoch main beach with planning permission to build a new hut. Patch of sand with planning for beach hut for sale in Abersoch (Image: Elvins ) "Benefit from owning your own part of Abersoch beach with the convenience of storage and shelter at the waters edge. Beautiful panoramic views across the bay towards St Tudwals Islands and Machroes Beach." Article continues below The piece of beach with planning is on the market with estate agent Elvins. Beach huts on this stretch have previously gone on the market for more than £200,000. Patch of sand with planning for beach hut for sale in Abersoch (Image: Elvins ) In the planning application, applicant Jonathan Edwards said: "The site is on the coast line of Porth Mawr Beach, Abersoch in a line of similar beach huts running north from the beach access toward the Sailing Club. "The building will only be used as a Beach Hut and no heating will be provided and also no requirement for foul waste will be required. "The rainwater from the roof will discharge directly into the sand which is what occurs presently with the existing beach hut and every beach hut adjacent. Planned beach hut at Abersoch Article continues below "The replacement beach hut is to be constructed from timber which is a sustainable material. It is not considered that the use will have a significant or detrimental impact on the established biodiversity and local environment." Llanengan Community Council voiced an objection "due to overdevelopment" but Cyngor Gwynedd approved the application.
Daily Mail
13-05-2025
- Climate
- Daily Mail
Tiny patch of sand on British beach with stunning panoramic views goes up for sale for staggering price - but you'll have to build your own hut to go with it
A tiny patch of sand on a UK beach has gone on the market with a six figure price tag. Nestled between beach huts on Porth Mawr in Abersoch, Wales, the sliver of land is up for sale for £100,000, the price of a flat or even a small house in parts of the country. The location had previously housed a wooden shack too but this was damaged in storms and pulled down by the owner. Planning permission has been secured from Cyngor Gwynedd for a new beach hut despite it being branded an 'overdevelopment' by Llanengan Community Council. The piece of land is on the market with Elvins Estate Agents who say it 'beautiful panoramic views across the bay towards St Tudwals Islands and Machroes Beach'. They said: 'An exciting opportunity to acquire a beach hut plot on Abersoch main beach with planning permission to build a new hut. 'Benefit from owning your own part of Abersoch beach with the convenience of storage and shelter at the waters edge. Beautiful panoramic views across the bay towards St Tudwals Islands and Machroes Beach. 'We believe the property to be Freehold, but potential purchasers should seek clarification from their solicitor prior to an exchange of contracts.' In the planning application, applicant Jonathan Edwards said: 'The site is on the coast line of Porth Mawr Beach, Abersoch in a line of similar beach huts running north from the beach access toward the Sailing Club. 'The building will only be used as a Beach Hut and no heating will be provided and also no requirement for foul waste will be required. 'The rainwater from the roof will discharge directly into the sand which is what occurs presently with the existing beach hut and every beach hut adjacent. Porth Mawr beach runs at nearly half a mile in length and is known among locals for its golden sand and is mainly backed by the dunes.
