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4 ways to create a tranquil, tech-free retreat at home

4 ways to create a tranquil, tech-free retreat at home

By: Sarah Hastings, RW4Y According to (Ofcom) over lockdown, we spent an average of 45 hours a week watching TV and other online strea..

Augmented reality leader Reactive Reality continues its international expansion with the opening of a Tokyo office

Augmented reality leader Reactive Reality continues its international expansion with the opening of a Tokyo office

Reactive Reality (www.reactivereality.com), the leading augmented reality (AR) company increasing sales and brand loyalty for fashion ..

Bank of England keeps powder dry on crypto ‘pockets of exuberance’

Bank of England keeps powder dry on crypto ‘pockets of exuberance’

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Highly-speculative cryptoassets like bitcoin are becoming more interlinked with big investors, b..

Analysis: The quiet revolution in Italian bond markets

Analysis: The quiet revolution in Italian bond markets

By Dhara Ranasinghe and Stefano Rebaudo LONDON (Reuters) – A calming down of Italian government bonds, typically among the most ..

AKO Foundation Agrees to Support Aalto EE in Development of Leadership in the Nordic Cultural Sector

AKO Foundation Agrees to Support Aalto EE in Development of Leadership in the Nordic Cultural Sector

The London based AKO Foundation, starts to collaborate with Aalto University Executive Education’s (Aalto EE) Business of Culture prog..

Stocks hit record; U.S. Treasury yields hover above 5-month lows

Stocks hit record; U.S. Treasury yields hover above 5-month lows

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gauge of global stocks closed at a record on Monday and U.S. Treasury yields held ab..

Oil prices slip as economic fears offset tightening crude supplies

Oil prices slip as economic fears offset tightening crude supplies

By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil slumped on Monday over concerns about spreading COVID-19 variants derailing the global econom..

Swatch Group returns to profit as sales jump

Swatch Group returns to profit as sales jump

ZURICH (Reuters) -Swatch Group returned to profit in the first six months of 2021 and its sales jumped more than 50% as demand recover..

Local Olympics organisers face uninsured loss from spectator ban – sources

Local Olympics organisers face uninsured loss from spectator ban – sources

By Carolyn Cohn and Noor Zainab Hussain LONDON (Reuters) – The local Tokyo Olympics organising committee is unlikely to get much..

Spain to invest $5.1 billion in electric vehicle production

Spain to invest $5.1 billion in electric vehicle production

By Joan Faus and Nathan Allen MADRID (Reuters) – Spain will invest 4.3 billion euros ($5.1 billion) to kick-start the production..

S.Korea suspends baseball season as toughest COVID-19 curbs take force

S.Korea suspends baseball season as toughest COVID-19 curbs take force

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s pro baseball league suspended its season on Monday after five players tested posi..

Analysis: JPMorgan, Goldman bet on tech to crack UK consumer market

Analysis: JPMorgan, Goldman bet on tech to crack UK consumer market

By Anna Irrera and Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co and Goldman Sachs Group Inc are taking on a consumer ..

Lux Afrique Polo Day Announces Exciting Return of Europe’s Premier African Polo Event

Lux Afrique Polo Day Announces Exciting Return of Europe’s Premier African Polo Event

1 July 2021 LONDON, UK – Lux Afrique Polo Daythe only event in Europe dedicated to the celebration of African polo, returns to t..

Canto adds 3 new members to its executive leadership team to support major growth initiatives

Canto adds 3 new members to its executive leadership team to support major growth initiatives

Canto, a leading provider of digital asset management (DAM) software, has announced that it has added three new executives to its lead..

Dutch reimpose COVID curbs as cases jump in young adults

Dutch reimpose COVID curbs as cases jump in young adults

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The Dutch government reimposed COVID-19 curbs on nightclubs, music festivals and restaurants on Friday in an effo..

Xledger’s long-term local support for Bristol Sport – a successful partnership

Xledger’s long-term local support for Bristol Sport – a successful partnership

Xledger is a key sponsor of Bristol Sport and has now extended this for several more years  Xledger launches Bristol Bears Internship..

Pollen VC launches first live lending facility for app and game makers, enabling them to borrow 4x their monthly revenues

Pollen VC launches first live lending facility for app and game makers, enabling them to borrow 4x their monthly revenues

Live lending: Using open banking, accounting and platform APIs, Pollen VC’s credit algorithms have a granular view of a developer’s u..

WILTON LONDON CLEANS UP WITH OCCADO LISTING

WILTON LONDON CLEANS UP WITH OCCADO LISTING

Ethical B-Corp Brand Secures National Listing as Business Booms Sustainable cleaning brand, Wilton London has announced a national lis..

UK housing boom may derail post-Brexit trade dreams

UK housing boom may derail post-Brexit trade dreams

By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) – History suggests Britain’s house price surge could threaten hopes of post-Brexit export-p..

Zivver Expands Leadership Team, Names Three New C-level Executives

Zivver Expands Leadership Team, Names Three New C-level Executives

AMSTERDAM, NL and LONDON, UK –  Zivver , a leader in secure communications solutions, today announced that three new executives have j..

The return to the office is a complicated path, but technology holds the key to making offices safe

The return to the office is a complicated path, but technology holds the key to making offices safe

  The return to the office is a complicated path, but technology holds the key to making offices safe By David Kinnaird, Chief..

UK lacks core business skills vital for next phase of hybrid work, reveals Coursera’s 2021 Global Skills Report

UK lacks core business skills vital for next phase of hybrid work, reveals Coursera’s 2021 Global Skills Report

The UK’s 29% overall skills proficiency in business skills represents lowest performing country in Europe London, UK – The UK is laggi..

UK AND WESTERN EUROPE HAVE LEAST ENGAGED EMPLOYEES GLOBALLY THOUGH STRESS LEVELS DECREASED DURING PANDEMIC

UK AND WESTERN EUROPE HAVE LEAST ENGAGED EMPLOYEES GLOBALLY THOUGH STRESS LEVELS DECREASED DURING PANDEMIC

Nordics have the highest wellbeing, followed by U.K. and Germany Eastern Europe sees largest regional increase globally in employee en..

x-Google executive to join Numerous board

x-Google executive to join Numerous board

UK start-up business Numerous has announced the board appointment of a leading figure from the global technology sector to help it cre..

The Pandemic’s Impact on Working Mothers: New Research Reveals That Two-Thirds Have Stopped Working or Now Work Less

The Pandemic’s Impact on Working Mothers: New Research Reveals That Two-Thirds Have Stopped Working or Now Work Less

LONDON (24 May 2021) — New research from TopCV, the world’s largest CV-writing service, reveals that nearly two-thirds of working moth..

Canada’s first Indigenous governor general pledges to help heal nation

Canada’s first Indigenous governor general pledges to help heal nation

By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – The first Indigenous Canadian to hold the post of governor general addressed the public in h..

Return to normal? UK PM Johnson outlines end to England’s virus restrictions

Return to normal? UK PM Johnson outlines end to England’s virus restrictions

By Alistair Smout and William James LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out plans on Monday to end social and e..

Suga’s LDP falls short in Tokyo election as he presses on with Olympics amid pandemic

Suga’s LDP falls short in Tokyo election as he presses on with Olympics amid pandemic

By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) a..

Myanmar reports daily record 2,318 COVID-19 cases

Myanmar reports daily record 2,318 COVID-19 cases

(Reuters) – Myanmar’s health ministry reported a daily record of 2,318 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, as well as 35 deat..

Admiral Jet directors launch UK’s first dedicated space travel agency

Admiral Jet directors launch UK’s first dedicated space travel agency

RocketBreaks opens waiting lists and aims to pioneer growth in space tourism Admiral Jet directors Barry Shanks and David Doughty behi..

How to get the best from the grill to celebrate National BBQ Week 2021

How to get the best from the grill to celebrate National BBQ Week 2021

1 July 2021 If you could do with a helping a hand to avoid BBQ cooking disasters and generally just want to know the dos and don’ts of..

Jennings’ Monument Park outlines roadmap to net zero carbon

Jennings’ Monument Park outlines roadmap to net zero carbon

Businesses going green in Oxfordshire given a helping hand to meet net zero carbon targets   Jennings aims to achieve its target..

Kin + Carta ramps up pan-European expansion with new Greek office

Kin + Carta ramps up pan-European expansion with new Greek office

28th June 2021: Digital transformation consultancy Kin + Carta is opening its doors in Athens, Greece, as it accelerates ambitious gro..

Ecommerce localization specialist, Reach, builds unstoppable momentum with new senior appointments and Canadian office move

Ecommerce localization specialist, Reach, builds unstoppable momentum with new senior appointments and Canadian office move

The leading Canadian fintech has welcomed new talent after impressive 50% year- on-year growth four years running Reach, the global pa..

Moneycorp announces new Head of Payment Solutions, Francesco Giovanni Ghizzardi, as digital payment needs surge

Moneycorp announces new Head of Payment Solutions, Francesco Giovanni Ghizzardi, as digital payment needs surge

Specialist international payments partner moneycorp  has appointed global payments expert Francesco Giovanni Ghizzardi as its new Head..

Fund nature protection now or face huge losses, says World Bank

Fund nature protection now or face huge losses, says World Bank

By Michael Taylor KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The global economy faces annual losses of $2.7 trillion by 2030 if..

PURPOSE: A TIME FOR RE-EVALUATION?

PURPOSE: A TIME FOR RE-EVALUATION?

COVID-19 was a crisis none of us could have predicted. It has unequivocally changed the way we live, work, think and prioritise. For m..