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Growing your Business: How to Increase Productivity and Connectivity

Growing your Business: How to Increase Productivity and Connectivity

Oliver Assonga on behalf of OCCMS Maintaining productivity and connectivity in challenging market environments has always ..

From static office to dynamic brand HQ: Five steps to reviewing your real estate

From static office to dynamic brand HQ: Five steps to reviewing your real estate

Karl Breeze, CEO at Matrix Booking For anyone still in doubt: flexible working is the future, not a fad. Even the most stubborn of tra..

Bad employee cybersecurity habits are leaving businesses at risk, study finds

Bad employee cybersecurity habits are leaving businesses at risk, study finds

Employee naivety puts the onus on employers to educate their staff on cybersecurity SME insurer Superscript has found that complacent ..

The 5 most common cybersecurity mistakes and the ways to avoid them

The 5 most common cybersecurity mistakes and the ways to avoid them

Against steadily increasing cyberattacks, companies should embrace holistic solutions rather than temporary ones The population of th..

Fifth of landlords to spend over £10,000 to meet new energy efficiency rules

Fifth of landlords to spend over £10,000 to meet new energy efficiency rules

Over half (55%) of landlords need to make improvements to their properties to meet rising Minimum Energy Efficient Standards (MEES) b..

BoE interest rise’s impact on first time buyers: comment from Vadim Toader, CEO & Co-Founder of Proportunity

BoE interest rise’s impact on first time buyers: comment from Vadim Toader, CEO & Co-Founder of Proportunity

Vadim Toader, CEO & Co-Founder of neolender, Proportunity. He says: “Today’s interest rates hike announcement fr..

RETAILERS SHOULD EXPECT INCREASED FOOTFALL AS 89% OF WORKERS WANT TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES

RETAILERS SHOULD EXPECT INCREASED FOOTFALL AS 89% OF WORKERS WANT TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES

89% of professionals view returning to the office as an opportunity to support the high street and local businesses On average, wor..

Logicalis UK&I Announces the Appointment of Paul Stapley to the position of Practices & Portfolio Director

Logicalis UK&I Announces the Appointment of Paul Stapley to the position of Practices & Portfolio Director

London, United Kingdom, 5th May 2022 – Logicalis UK and Ireland (UK&I), an international IT solutions and managed services provide..

Biochar production policy requires radical update to fulfil net zero potential

Biochar production policy requires radical update to fulfil net zero potential

Leading carbon dioxide removal (CDR) specialists are calling for a radical update on UK biochar policy to help ensure net zero targets..

Privacy Issues In Decentralized Finance and How Zero-Knowledge Proofs Can Help

Privacy Issues In Decentralized Finance and How Zero-Knowledge Proofs Can Help

by Awa Yun Sin, Co-Founder of Anoma, a suite of protocols enabling self-sovereign coordination It’s no secret that the current stage o..

Entrepreneurs in London are likely to fail, according to global study

Entrepreneurs in London are likely to fail, according to global study

Crowdfunding has made it more accessible than ever for the public to raise investment for businesses. Some of the most well-known proj..

Flex Appeal: SMBs highlight productivity gains with support from IT teams as major factors in the age of Work from Anywhere

Flex Appeal: SMBs highlight productivity gains with support from IT teams as major factors in the age of Work from Anywhere

IT investment is the key to reaping the benefits of hybrid working, according to latest research from GoTo         81% of businesses ..

RideTandem raises £1.75m seed round to tackle “transport poverty”

RideTandem raises £1.75m seed round to tackle “transport poverty”

Mobility startup has created £10m in new earnings for people previously cut off from jobs by expensive, infrequent, and unreliable pub..

New poll reveals the benefits and perks that employees value most

New poll reveals the benefits and perks that employees value most

Paid sick leave tops the list of benefits and incentives that matter most to British employees, according to new research by HR and pa..

Bitcoin falls to 22-month low as stock markets tumble

Bitcoin falls to 22-month low as stock markets tumble

By Alun John and Elizabeth Howcroft HONG KONG / LONDON (Reuters) -Bitcoin fell to its lowest level since July 2021 on Monday as slumpi..

EU considers more funds for eastern states in bid for deal on Russia oil ban

EU considers more funds for eastern states in bid for deal on Russia oil ban

By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission is considering offering landlocked eastern European Union states mo..

ConocoPhillips plans $1.1 billion investment as Norway oil sector heats up

ConocoPhillips plans $1.1 billion investment as Norway oil sector heats up

By Nora Buli and Nerijus Adomaitis SANDEFJORD, Norway (Reuters) -ConocoPhillips submitted on Monday a plan to develop an oil discovery..

Airline body IATA sees industry recovery now in 2023

Airline body IATA sees industry recovery now in 2023

RIYADH (Reuters) -The head of the world’s biggest airline trade body said on Monday passenger traffic was recovering faster than..

BoE’s Saunders worries inflation will be higher than forecasts

BoE’s Saunders worries inflation will be higher than forecasts

By David Milliken and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -Bank of England policymaker Michael Saunders, who called in vain for a big i..

BoE’s Pill says UK must accept income hit from high inflation

BoE’s Pill says UK must accept income hit from high inflation

By William Schomberg and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – People and businesses in Britain need to realise they are unlikely to..

Swiss press freedom dealt blow in bid for overhaul of bank secrecy rules

Swiss press freedom dealt blow in bid for overhaul of bank secrecy rules

By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi ZURICH (Reuters) -Lawmakers blocked a bid to overhaul strict Swiss banking secrecy rules on Friday in a blow..

Pent-up demand prompts European travel recovery as COVID curbs ease

Pent-up demand prompts European travel recovery as COVID curbs ease

By Paul Sandle and Tim Hepher LONDON/DUBLIN (Reuters) – European airlines and hotel chains are seeing bookings recover to levels..

UK’s Prince Harry and wife Meghan will attend celebrations for Queen Elizabeth

UK’s Prince Harry and wife Meghan will attend celebrations for Queen Elizabeth

LONDON (Reuters) – Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will attend celebrations to mark his grandmother Queen Elizabeth’s 70 ..

Queen to attend UK Jubilee celebrations, but snubs for Andrew and Harry

Queen to attend UK Jubilee celebrations, but snubs for Andrew and Harry

By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Queen Elizabeth plans to attend major celebrations to mark her 70 years on the British throne next..

How Automation Is Transforming the Role of CEO

How Automation Is Transforming the Role of CEO

By Gabriel Ciordas, CEO at Creatopy VAR has split the football community from the moment it was announced in 2018. Some felt its arriv..

Struggling British pig industry calls for Tesco to step-up

Struggling British pig industry calls for Tesco to step-up

LONDON (Reuters) – The trade body for Britain’s pig industry on Thursday told Tesco, the country’s biggest supermarket gro..

Amber Heard says Johnny Depp became violent when jealous

Amber Heard says Johnny Depp became violent when jealous

By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “Aquaman” actor Amber Heard testified for a second day on Thursday in the w..

Fighting traps civilians in Ukraine plant as Putin urges defenders to disarm

Fighting traps civilians in Ukraine plant as Putin urges defenders to disarm

By Alessandra Prentice and Natalia Zinets ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Scores of Ukrainian civilians including women and ch..

Stocks tumble on inflation fears, Treasury yields jump

Stocks tumble on inflation fears, Treasury yields jump

By Herbert Lash and Marc Jones NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury yields rose and a gauge of global equity markets slumpe..

Greece to set cap on electricity prices to relieve consumers- PM

Greece to set cap on electricity prices to relieve consumers- PM

ATHENS (Reuters) -The Greek government will set a ceiling on wholesale electricity prices to help consumers and businesses cope with t..

Rising oil prices buy Iran time in nuclear talks, officials say

Rising oil prices buy Iran time in nuclear talks, officials say

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Emboldened by an oil price surge since Russia invaded Ukraine, Iran’s clerical rulers are in n..

Volkswagen boosts electric car investment in Spain to 10 billion euros

Volkswagen boosts electric car investment in Spain to 10 billion euros

By Emma Pinedo SAGUNTO, Spain (Reuters) -German carmaker Volkswagen AG and partners will invest 10 billion euros ($10.6 billion) to ma..

Stellantis won’t race to split electric vehicles from fossil fuel cars

Stellantis won’t race to split electric vehicles from fossil fuel cars

By Giulio Piovaccari MILAN (Reuters) – Stellantis is not considering splitting its electric vehicle (EV) business from its legac..

BoE flags risk of recession and 10% inflation as it raises rates again

BoE flags risk of recession and 10% inflation as it raises rates again

By David Milliken, William Schomberg and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) -The Bank of England sent a stark warning that Britain risks a do..

EU regulator hopes to approve COVID variant-adapted vaccines by autumn

EU regulator hopes to approve COVID variant-adapted vaccines by autumn

(Reuters) – The European Union’s drug regulator said on Thursday it hoped to have vaccines adapted to address coronavirus ..

Beijing nervously returns to work as China doubles down on ‘zero-COVID’ policy

Beijing nervously returns to work as China doubles down on ‘zero-COVID’ policy

By Eduardo Baptista and Andrew Galbraith BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Beijing residents tentatively returned to work on Thursday after ..

COVID took 15 million lives globally, not the 5 million reported – WHO

COVID took 15 million lives globally, not the 5 million reported – WHO

By Jennifer Rigby (Reuters) -Almost three times as many people have died as a result of COVID-19 as official data show, according to a..