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The power of mindset, meditation and mental health

The power of mindset, meditation and mental health

Nurturing the mental wellbeing of your staff and encouraging meditation reaps huge dividends By Chris Shannon, CEO Fotech June 2021, H..

N’Gunu Tiny discusses how COVID-19 has changed the future of impact investment

N’Gunu Tiny discusses how COVID-19 has changed the future of impact investment

N’Gunu Tiny, Founder and Executive Chairman of the Emerald Group on the future of impact investment during and after the pandemic.  Ho..

Spain’s La Liga attracts $3.2 billion investment from CVC

Spain’s La Liga attracts $3.2 billion investment from CVC

(Corrects in seventh paragraph to remove reference to matchday revenue) MADRID (Reuters) -La Liga, Spain’s top soccer league, ha..

Olympics-Belarus sprinter leaves Tokyo for Vienna after refusing to go home

Olympics-Belarus sprinter leaves Tokyo for Vienna after refusing to go home

By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Antoni Slodkowski TOKYO (Reuters) -Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya left Tokyo aboard a fl..

salesBeat’s AI driven platform is pioneering sales intelligence in FMCG

salesBeat’s AI driven platform is pioneering sales intelligence in FMCG

If you ever do a search/have done a search on Google for sales intelligence for FMCG companies, you’ll find several academic art..

Face-time pressure may force us back to the office, new research reveals

Face-time pressure may force us back to the office, new research reveals

Employees feel they need to go back into the office in order to be promoted according to new research conducted within the “Reinventin..

The future of retail and the ways that retail has changed for consumers during the pandemic

The future of retail and the ways that retail has changed for consumers during the pandemic

By: Stefan Hauswiesner, CEO and co-founder of Reactive Reality (www.reactivereality.com), E-commerce and online retail has grown signi..

Millennials are the UK’s leading entrepreneurs, setting up 50% of new businesses in past 11 months

Millennials are the UK’s leading entrepreneurs, setting up 50% of new businesses in past 11 months

Generation X has set up a third of new businesses Ilford ranks as most entrepreneurial area of the UK, with highest proportion of new ..

Ivanti Acquires RiskSense to Revolutionize the Patch Management Market and Help Customers Proactively Combat Cyber Threats and Ransomware Attacks

Ivanti Acquires RiskSense to Revolutionize the Patch Management Market and Help Customers Proactively Combat Cyber Threats and Ransomware Attacks

RiskSense adds robust risk-based vulnerability prioritization and remediation capabilities to Ivanti Neurons for Patch Intelligence SA..

O2 bolsters support for partners with new engagement programme

O2 bolsters support for partners with new engagement programme

London, 27 July 2021: O2 Business is today announcing the launch of its new partner programme, All Blue, which offers an enhanced rang..

Cyber security is more important than ever. Here’s what you can do to keep your business secure.

Cyber security is more important than ever. Here’s what you can do to keep your business secure.

By: Damon Anderson, Director of Operations at Xero Now that just about everything happens online, cyber security has taken on a new si..

Disruptive femtech Elvie firm announces £58m Series C funding round

Disruptive femtech Elvie firm announces £58m Series C funding round

Investment will focus on continuing to improve women’s lives through smarter technology LONDON – 27 July 2021 – Elvie, the..

Continued growth for UK construction despite dip in project starts

Continued growth for UK construction despite dip in project starts

Glenigan’s July Construction Review shows industry recovery maintains momentum, despite supply shortages setback  Main contracts award..

THREE-QUARTERS OF EMPLOYEES ARE CONTACTED BY WORK WHEN ON HOLIDAY

THREE-QUARTERS OF EMPLOYEES ARE CONTACTED BY WORK WHEN ON HOLIDAY

Almost three-quarters of Brits are being contacted by their boss or colleagues while on annual leave, according to new research which ..

The changing world of work heralds a new employee base – what does this mean for businesses?

The changing world of work heralds a new employee base – what does this mean for businesses?

By: Henrik Smedberg, Head of Intelligent Spend Management UKI, SAP As businesses pivot their attention towards a post-Cov..

Misty Reich, founder of 35 Thousand, luxury skincare for women on the go

Misty Reich, founder of 35 Thousand, luxury skincare for women on the go

Misty Reich is a business advisor, coach and former Fortune 500 Global HR executive. Four years ago she left her corporate career to b..

The benefits of adopting a new approach to hybrid working

The benefits of adopting a new approach to hybrid working

By: Andrew Jones, CEO, Agility in Mind Whether we are of school age or many years beyond, September will always feel like a moment i..

Why the FemTech sector might be the sustainability saviour we have been waiting for

Why the FemTech sector might be the sustainability saviour we have been waiting for

By Kristy Chong, CEO & Founder Modibodi ® FemTech: The Beginnings Initially, the term FemTech was coined to describe the powerfu..

Lockdown has inspired the next wave of female entrepreneurs – but they need the right skills to succeed

Lockdown has inspired the next wave of female entrepreneurs – but they need the right skills to succeed

By Saranjit Sangar, EMEA CEO Covid has resulted in a surge in entrepreneurship. According to the Centre for Entrepreneurs, the number ..

The importance of authenticity: How do fake reviews erode consumer trust?

The importance of authenticity: How do fake reviews erode consumer trust?

By Marcel Hollerbach, Chief Innovation Officer at Productsup Recently, the UK government announced its intention to make fake reviews ..

Eco-FSI- Sustainable Digitisation Is the Future of Financial Services

Eco-FSI- Sustainable Digitisation Is the Future of Financial Services

By: Walter Heck, CTO of HeleCloud The tech industry is on track to reach $5 trillion by the end of 2021. That would indicate a 4.2% gr..

Unified communications, a lifeline in crisis and a lifestyle in the new normal

Unified communications, a lifeline in crisis and a lifestyle in the new normal

Heather Zhang, Country Business Leader for UK & Ireland, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise In the spring of 2020, when life as we knew it ..

Tips for marketing your ecommerce start-up

Tips for marketing your ecommerce start-up

Looking for a way to take your ecommerce marketing strategy to the next level? In today’s post, Andrew Dark, Director and Co-Own..

5 Considerations When Trying to Grow Your Business During a Pandemic

5 Considerations When Trying to Grow Your Business During a Pandemic

By Frederic de Ryckman de Betz – CEO of Attic Self Storage People are your greatest asset and your greatest challenge Keeping pe..

Mind the gap: plugging the physical disconnect in a digital-first retail era

Mind the gap: plugging the physical disconnect in a digital-first retail era

By Christophe Pecoraro, Managing Director at PFS Europe It is no exaggeration to say that the past 12 months have turned the retail en..

FINANCE BROKERS BANK ON RED FLAG ALERT TO HELP BEAT FRAUD

FINANCE BROKERS BANK ON RED FLAG ALERT TO HELP BEAT FRAUD

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) has partnered with disruptive data analysts Red Flag Alert in a bid to ..

ServiceNow announces multimillion euro investment in EU services, providing customers even greater trust, choice, and control over their data

ServiceNow announces multimillion euro investment in EU services, providing customers even greater trust, choice, and control over their data

ServiceNow’s EU-centric service delivery offering will provide customers more flexibility to meet compliance obligations through its f..

Qantas idles 2,500 more staff as COVID-19 cuts domestic flights

Qantas idles 2,500 more staff as COVID-19 cuts domestic flights

(Reuters) – Qantas Airways Ltd is temporarily idling about 2,500 employees without pay for at least two months in a bid to cope ..

McDonald’s makes masks mandatory for all customers, staff

McDonald’s makes masks mandatory for all customers, staff

(Reuters) – McDonald’s Corp on Monday confirmed that all its customers and staff will need to start wearing masks again in..

European shares climb higher; oil hit by China demand concerns

European shares climb higher; oil hit by China demand concerns

LONDON (Reuters) – European shares picked up in early trading on Monday after a recovery in Asian equities overnight, with risk ..

Zoom reaches $85 million settlement over user privacy, ‘Zoombombing’

Zoom reaches $85 million settlement over user privacy, ‘Zoombombing’

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -Zoom Video Communications Inc agreed to pay $85 million and bolster its security practices to settle a ..

How to network – when you don’t like people

How to network – when you don’t like people

Not a people person? Prefer animals to folks? Does the prospect of networking leave you cold? You’re not alone. A study by Harvard aca..

FITCH VENTURES LEADS $6M INVESTMENT INTO DIGINEX

FITCH VENTURES LEADS $6M INVESTMENT INTO DIGINEX

Series A round will support the growth of global impact technology business   Thursday 29 July 2021, London/Hong Kong. Diginex, the di..

67% of UK employees will keep wearing masks at work, CIPHR research shows

67% of UK employees will keep wearing masks at work, CIPHR research shows

81% of businesses whose staff worked at home during the pandemic have now reopened in some capacity 53% of workers have been asked to ..

New report calls on investors to address the welfare risks in aquaculture

New report calls on investors to address the welfare risks in aquaculture

Profits at risk if investors ignore welfare issues around fish mortality and wild-caught fish in aquaculture LONDON, 29 July 2021. A n..

Nearly 100 new UK businesses created every hour in first quarter of 2021

Nearly 100 new UK businesses created every hour in first quarter of 2021

Record number of new businesses incorporated in an opening quarter More than 2,300 companies were created every day between start of t..

Compassionate Leadership will be the ‘make or break’ for teams on return to the workplace

Compassionate Leadership will be the ‘make or break’ for teams on return to the workplace

29 July 2021 Successful reintegration into the workplace after a time of rapid, unexpected change, depends on managers leading with co..