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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..

Klarna launches £3m Support Package and Accelerator Program to support SME recovery

Klarna launches £3m Support Package and Accelerator Program to support SME recovery

Klarna today launches a £3m Small Business Support Package to help 100 retail SMEs get back on their feet As new research reveals 46% ..

Raoul Boström joins Onvi as Chief Product Officer and Brian Smith is promoted to Chief Revenue Officer

Raoul Boström joins Onvi as Chief Product Officer and Brian Smith is promoted to Chief Revenue Officer

Onvi announces the appointment of Raoul Boström as its first Chief Product Officer. With over 12 years of commercial and product exper..

International Friendship Day: Our love for our work besties is revealed

International Friendship Day: Our love for our work besties is revealed

International Friendship Day is on July 30th and after months of friendships suffering from distance, there’s no better time to celebr..

HEA acquires carbon management, sustainability and certification business.

HEA acquires carbon management, sustainability and certification business.

29 July 2021 Holt Energy Advisors Ltd (“HEA”) is pleased to announce that it has acquired, via a subsidiary company, the “..

ServiceNow Reports Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results

ServiceNow Reports Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results

Subscription revenues of $1,330 million in Q2 2021, representing 31% year‑over‑year growth, 27% adjusted for constant currency Current..

You don’t need magic to anticipate your customers’ needs, just the right tech

You don’t need magic to anticipate your customers’ needs, just the right tech

By James Frampton, Senior Vice President and General Manager EMEA, SugarCRM Knowing what your customers need before they do. Isn’t tha..

Communicating in the new normal

Communicating in the new normal

By Caroline Walsh, Director of Solent Business School at Solent University, Southampton We are all aware of the recent surge in busine..

How the business of gaming will evolve in the post-pandemic world

How the business of gaming will evolve in the post-pandemic world

By Steve Sobel, Global Industry Leader – Communications, Media & Entertainment at Databricks The pandemic has seen unprecede..

Be ready for tomorrow’s challenges today, with innovations in cloud backup and recovery

Be ready for tomorrow’s challenges today, with innovations in cloud backup and recovery

By John Pickford, CTO, Synapse360 Setting the scene Businesses must take a more strategic approach to cloud backup and recovery and be..

How much does dress code matter in our post pandemic workplace? We asked a load of industry professionals to find out.

How much does dress code matter in our post pandemic workplace? We asked a load of industry professionals to find out.

By Ruth Cornish, co-founder and director of HRi ‘Freedom day’ has come and gone, we are all trying to live with our new normal and a h..

Improving financial wellbeing in the workplace

Improving financial wellbeing in the workplace

By Minck Hermans, CEO borofree The past year has seen the UK’s workforce face vast amounts of uncertainty around the future of their e..

GOING GLOBAL: WHY BUSINESSES MUST LOOK BEYOND BORDERS TO ACCESS SKILLS

GOING GLOBAL: WHY BUSINESSES MUST LOOK BEYOND BORDERS TO ACCESS SKILLS

Sarah Fern, chief people officer at global employment solutions provider Velocity Global, explains why businesses hire remotely on a g..

Why content is key to a good business communication strategy

Why content is key to a good business communication strategy

By Daniel Graham, Director, OnBrand Marketing Since the COVID pandemic hit in March 2019, so much more of our world has moved online. ..

Prioritising employee development in 2021 and beyond

Prioritising employee development in 2021 and beyond

By: Mark Creighton Between unforeseen regulatory changes, ominous economic demands and a very prominent skills gap, the financial serv..

Leading During the Pandemic: Lessons for Productivity and Organisational Loyalty

Leading During the Pandemic: Lessons for Productivity and Organisational Loyalty

By: Dr Elaine Garcia, Head of Academics at InteractivePro.  For any manager, achieving great productivity whilst maintaining a happy a..

Tips for Being a Successful Female Entrepreneur

Tips for Being a Successful Female Entrepreneur

By Katherine Swift founder of OMGTea  There is a large disparity that exists between female and male entrepreneurship. According to th..

iCIMS Reveals New, Automated and Video-led Experiences for Candidates and Recruiters

iCIMS Reveals New, Automated and Video-led Experiences for Candidates and Recruiters

New innovations to the iCIMS Talent Cloud address heightened hiring challenges and evolving labour market needs  27th July 2021 – As h..

The UK Female Entrepreneurship Index

The UK Female Entrepreneurship Index

A new study reveals that only 18% of women have considered starting their own business, with factors such as not having enough savings..

Experts envision the future hustler to raise awareness of the dangers of burnout

Experts envision the future hustler to raise awareness of the dangers of burnout

Meet Steve, the burned-out entrepreneur of the future, suffering the side effects of burnout such as arthritis & repetitive strai..

Former Informatica CEO, Oracle Executive, Sohaib Abbasi joins Forecast as Chairman

Former Informatica CEO, Oracle Executive, Sohaib Abbasi joins Forecast as Chairman

PRESS RELEASE — London, UK — 27 July 2021: Forecast, the leading AI-native platform for project and resource management, t..

UK insomnia device secures nearly £500K in crowdfunding investment round

UK insomnia device secures nearly £500K in crowdfunding investment round

Sleep therapy start-up exceeds target in first week of campaign Over £475K raised including new investment from fund led by ex-Genera..

Ivanti Extends Their Cybersecurity Offerings With Neurons for Zero Trust Access to Help Customers Elevate Their Security Posture in the Everywhere Workplace

Ivanti Extends Their Cybersecurity Offerings With Neurons for Zero Trust Access to Help Customers Elevate Their Security Posture in the Everywhere Workplace

With Ivanti Neurons for Zero Trust Access, customers can secure access across users, devices, applications, and networks – anywh..

Gumlet builds a new-age media delivery infrastructure for the internet

Gumlet builds a new-age media delivery infrastructure for the internet

Funding: Gumlet raises USD$1.6 million in funding led by Sequoia Capital India’s Surge Vision: Gumlet is building a new-age media deli..

81% of Employees Say AI Improves Their Job Performance – And They Want More

81% of Employees Say AI Improves Their Job Performance – And They Want More

New SnapLogic study reveals two thirds of employees want more AI in the workplace to improve productivity and decision making  SAN MAT..

Lack of diversity in job ads will hinder recruitment success post-Covid

Lack of diversity in job ads will hinder recruitment success post-Covid

26 July 2021 With vacancy numbers spiking in the UK, online talent sourcing specialist, Talent.com, has warned employers that a lack o..

FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND KEY MANAGERS LEVELLED WITH ALMOST £200m FINES SINCE 2020

FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND KEY MANAGERS LEVELLED WITH ALMOST £200m FINES SINCE 2020

New research shows financial services directors & officers were hit with fines totalling just over £196m between 2020 – 2021 Seve..

Guidant Global named a ‘Star Performer’ in prestigious Everest Group’s Services Procurement PEAK Matrix® report

Guidant Global named a ‘Star Performer’ in prestigious Everest Group’s Services Procurement PEAK Matrix® report

26 July 2021 Everest Group has recognised Guidant Global as a Services Procurement/Statement of Work Star Performer and Leader in its ..

‘PINGDEMIC’ BREAKING NEWS: More than a third of professionals know someone that is unable to return to work due since ‘Freedom Day’

‘PINGDEMIC’ BREAKING NEWS: More than a third of professionals know someone that is unable to return to work due since ‘Freedom Day’

22nd July 2021, Hampshire – The latest survey from the UKs leading independent job board, CV-Library, reveals that more than a third (..

Veritone Launches MARVEL.ai, a Complete End-to-End Voice-as-a-Service Solution, to Create and Monetise Hyper-Realistic Synthetic Voice Content at Commercial Scale

Veritone Launches MARVEL.ai, a Complete End-to-End Voice-as-a-Service Solution, to Create and Monetise Hyper-Realistic Synthetic Voice Content at Commercial Scale

Veritone MARVEL.ai creates new and immediate revenue opportunities for media companies, brands and celebrities, while reducing time an..

Why Equipment Assets Should Be The Source of Your Customer Strategy

Why Equipment Assets Should Be The Source of Your Customer Strategy

While industry 4.0 technologies played a decisive role in the pandemic response at many companies, COVID-19 has also exposed frailties..