Facebook blames “faulty configuration change” for nearly six-hour outage
By Subrat Patnaik, Eva Mathews and Sheila Dang (Reuters) -Facebook Inc blamed a “faulty configuration change” for a nearly..
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Short-term planning threatens entrepreneurial growth and innovation
Three quarters of businesses lack confidence that their strategy is future-proof and able to withstand socioeconomic challenges 70% ..
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Impacts of the Flexible Working Bill: How could the bill affect continuous professional development and widen the skills gap?
Tony Lysak, Founder and CEO, The Software Institute The demand for flexible working has clearly gained momentum over the ..
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Tackling the Great Resignation – are you a leader people want to work for?
By Karen Thomas-Bland, Global Board Level Advisor and founder of Intelligent Transformation Partners It’s no secret that it’s an emplo..
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Why systems and processes will help take your business from start-up to scale-up
By: Rob Stone – Founder & Director of Instaloft https://www.instaloft.co.uk/ Getting a new business off the ground is an int..
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Agilitas Commits to Sustainable Inventory Manage-ment with Launch of e-Ventory Charter
Channel services provider shares vision to ‘Act with Impact’ for the planet, people and partners en route to a carbon positive busines..
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The tools that helped 50,000+ local businesses thrive during the pandemic: Getting found and chosen online with SO Connect
SO Connect listings became an instrumental tool for local businesses success getting found online during the Covid-19 pandemic, and co..
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How employing a diverse workforce can help to address the skills shortage crisis
The UK economy is undergoing extraordinary and unprecedented changes and challenges. As a result of shifting consumer behaviours, the ..
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Optima launches its new Adaptable Wall for commercial of-fice partitioning
The Optima Adaptable Wall (OAW) is an easy-to-install, sustainable, flexible and robust partitioning solution replacing traditional pl..
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Science and Technical industries see highest pay increases during pandemic
Companies providing professional, scientific and technical services have seen an increase in wages of 11.4% from January 2020 to July ..
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Sustaining an upward trend in the road to recovery for recruitment
By: Richard Sloss, Director, Equity Sales at Edison Group The UK labour market has attracted a lot of attention following the lifting ..
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U.S. weekly jobless claims increase; third-quarter growth raised
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits rose further last week a..
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Factbox: Billionaires battle CEOs at Italy’s Generali and Mediobanca
MILAN (Reuters) – Power struggles at insurer Generali and Mediobanca have billionaires Leonardo Del Vecchio and Francesco Gaetan..
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Considerations for a permanent hybrid working model
By Sundara Sukavanam, Chief Digital Officer, Firstsource Over the last 18 months, remote working models were rapidly rolled out with v..
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NEW LEAD INVESTORS FOR CAREER MASTERCLASS
Digital career development platform for black and ethnically-diverse professionals to be expanded with latest crowdfunding to help und..
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57% of recruiters turn to job boards amid longstanding talent shortages
28 September 2021 Over half (57%) of recruiters have turned to job boards and job aggregators since the Covid-19 pandemic to help them..
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Most British workers likely to underestimate their employer’s gender pay gap
Despite most British workers (96%) agreeing that the UK has a gender pay gap, as many as 57% don’t believe there are any gender pay di..
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5 Business Leaders on Their Remote Working Struggles
Remote working has its pros and cons for both the employees and the employer. For employees, they don’t have to sit through a commute,..
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More than three-in-ten businesses have failed to innovate during the pandemic, Ayming research reveals
London, September 29th, 2021: Businesses must take care to keep up with changes in the market as the pandemic has prevented 31 per cen..
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RingCentral MVP Innovations Leapfrog Competition in Solving Productivity Challenges of Hybrid Work
Rapid pace of innovation brings AI features that intelligently script and create meeting summaries and next-gen analytics that provide..
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Power in People: How Human Capital Will Determine Tech Success
According to the Economist, one of the most significant outcomes of the pandemic will be “the infusion of data-enabled services into e..
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How to Deal with a Bad Board Member
By Paul Stark, General Manager, OnBoard Bad board members do crop up. They miss board or committee meetings frequently or show up comp..
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Electric car maker Lucid on track for 2022, 2023 output targets, CEO says
By Hyunjoo Jin CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Reuters) -Luxury electric car maker Lucid Group is on track to meet its production targets for 2022..
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New study reveals the top UK cities for Start-Ups in 2021
Fasthosts reveal the top cities in the UK for start-up businesses by looking into a large variety of regional metrics from business su..
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IFX Payments announces new partner-ship with Volt
The real-time payments partnership highlights the full potential of open payments Today, IFX Payments and Volt announce a new partners..
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Investors brace for rough ride as Evergrande faces payment deadline
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Investors were bracing for potential market turbulence on Wednesday as a bond coupon payment for China Eve..
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Ford asks U.S. salaried employees to disclose COVID-19 vaccination status
By Abhijith Ganapavaram and Ashwini Raj (Reuters) -Ford Motor Co on Tuesday became the second Detroit automaker to ask U.S. salaried e..
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TECH FOR GOOD: WHY SHOULD WE INVEST IN STAFF HAPPINESS?
THE benefits of a happy workforce have been well evidenced over the years, with happier staff being more productive, working harder an..
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What do you need to consider when selling your business on the open market?
Whilst we hear a lot about starting a business, it is not every day that we hear about leaving one. There are many reasons why people ..
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The Ultimate Guide to Creating an Employee Wellbeing Strategy
By: Westfield Health The COVID-19 pandemic and multiple national lockdowns have once again highlighted the importance of employee well..
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HOW CAN PRINT HELP MEET MODERN BUSINESS CHALLENGES
By: Mike Mulholland, head of services and solutions at Brother UK, discusses how companies can make the most of print technology to ma..
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How office design can affect productivity and spark creativity
Kevin Underdown, Head of HR at PPL PRS Office spaces have a huge impact on both the productivity and creativity of employees. In fact,..
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Analysis-End of furlough brings uncertainty for UK jobs and economy
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – More than a million British workers face an uncertain future this week as the UK becomes th..
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TotalEnergies, China Three Gorges to form electric mobility venture in China
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s TotalEnergies said on Tuesday it has signed an agreement with China Three Gorges Corporation to..
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UK must be more clear-eyed about risks of China investment – Labour
By William James BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) – Britain needs to be more “clear-eyed” about the risks of Chinese inve..
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Checkout finance offers a way to maximise sales across the peak period
By: Mike Dawson, CEO of Deko The festive shopping season is almost upon us and, more than ever, this year it will be crit..
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Guaranteeing a great customer experience despite growing demand
By Ben Kaye, E-commerce and OMS expert at Mintsoft Peak season is officially upon us thanks to it looking to be bigger, longer and ear..
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