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Customer engagement and loyalty trends for 2022

Customer engagement and loyalty trends for 2022

In this insights and trends piece, Cheetah Digital’s Billy Loizou, VP Go To Market APAC and Miles Toolin, Principal Solution Consultan..

Stellantis reshuffles European financing operations through new JVs with banks

Stellantis reshuffles European financing operations through new JVs with banks

MILAN (Reuters) – Stellantis said on Friday it had entered exclusive talks with BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole and Santander as it..

End of an era: Airbus delivers last A380 superjumbo

End of an era: Airbus delivers last A380 superjumbo

By Tim Hepher and Fabian Bimmer PARIS/HAMBURG (Reuters) -Airbus delivered the final A380 superjumbo on Thursday, to Dubai’s Emir..

Soccer-England drawn with Italy and Germany in Nations League

Soccer-England drawn with Italy and Germany in Nations League

NYON, Switzerland (Reuters) -England were handed a tough draw for the 2022-23 UEFA Nations League after they were grouped alongside Eu..

World coal power demand to hit new high after China, India, U.S. surge – IEA

World coal power demand to hit new high after China, India, U.S. surge – IEA

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Rising consumption in China, India and the United States could bring global coal-fired power demand to a ne..

France halts British visitors, EU nations tighten borders as Omicron rises

France halts British visitors, EU nations tighten borders as Omicron rises

By Dominique Vidalon and Aislinn Laing PARIS (Reuters) – France imposed travel restrictions on travellers from Britain on Thursd..

Boohoo warns on outlook, blaming higher returns and pandemic costs

Boohoo warns on outlook, blaming higher returns and pandemic costs

LONDON (Reuters) -British online fashion retailer Boohoo warned on Thursday that expectations for its 2021-22 year will be lower than ..

Chinese envoy to Japan: calls on Tokyo for support of Beijing Olympics

Chinese envoy to Japan: calls on Tokyo for support of Beijing Olympics

TOKYO (Reuters) -China’s envoy to Japan, Kong Xuanyou, on Thursday said the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics had been unfortunat..

Schroders in talks to buy stake in green investor Greencoat

Schroders in talks to buy stake in green investor Greencoat

LONDON (Reuters) -British fund manager Schroders said on Thursday it was in advanced talks to buy a significant stake in renewables in..

Hedge funds set to end 2021 with inflows for first time in three years

Hedge funds set to end 2021 with inflows for first time in three years

By Patturaja Murugaboopathy (Reuters) – Global hedge funds are poised to achieve positive inflows in 2021, for the first time in..

How to implement ethical employee productivity monitoring for future business growth

How to implement ethical employee productivity monitoring for future business growth

Michael Cupps, Senior Vice President, MarketingatActiveOps, discusses the future of ethical employee management and how t..

If you must call your IT helpline, it is already too late

If you must call your IT helpline, it is already too late

Small businesses are at an ever-increasing risk of cybercrime: as an SME, outsourcing IT to a full-time, specialist partner is the wis..

Company climate disclosures jump in 2021 as board pressure builds

Company climate disclosures jump in 2021 as board pressure builds

By Patturaja Murugaboopathy and Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) – The number of companies sharing climate data with CDP, the world..

Cricket-England look to crash Australia’s pink ball party

Cricket-England look to crash Australia’s pink ball party

By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) – England are preparing to throw the kitchen sink at Australia in the day-night second Ashes t..

Pfizer says COVID-19 pill near 90% effective in final analysis

Pfizer says COVID-19 pill near 90% effective in final analysis

By Michael Erman and Deena Beasley NEW YORK (Reuters) – Pfizer Inc on Tuesday said final analysis of its antiviral COVID-19 pill..

Soccer: Premier League has record 42 positive COVID-19 cases in past week

Soccer: Premier League has record 42 positive COVID-19 cases in past week

(Reuters) – The Premier League found a record 42 cases of COVID-19 among players and staff at various clubs over the past week, ..

Indonesian quake rattles residents but only one hurt and minor damage

Indonesian quake rattles residents but only one hurt and minor damage

By Gayatri Suroyo and Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) – A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on..

Lockdown Home Cooking Enthusiasts Find Entrepreneurial Spirit Thanks to New App

Lockdown Home Cooking Enthusiasts Find Entrepreneurial Spirit Thanks to New App

People across the north who have reignited or found a new passion for cooking at home have been able to set up their own home cooking ..

3D printing is key to improving spare parts supply chains, when combining human and data-driven skills

3D printing is key to improving spare parts supply chains, when combining human and data-driven skills

3D printing, could be the key to reducing inventory, and for making supply chains for spare parts more responsive, according to new re..

Elon Musk named Time’s 2021 ‘Person of the Year’

Elon Musk named Time’s 2021 ‘Person of the Year’

(Reuters) – Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk was named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2021, a..

Omicron poses ‘very high’ risk but data on severity limited

Omicron poses ‘very high’ risk but data on severity limited

By Stephanie Nebehay and Ludwig Burger GENEVA (Reuters) – The Omicron coronavirus variant, reported in more than 60 countries, p..

Latest Ondat Platform Two Times Faster, Delivers Higher Availability and Improved Performance for Stateful Kubernetes Applications

Latest Ondat Platform Two Times Faster, Delivers Higher Availability and Improved Performance for Stateful Kubernetes Applications

Ondat, the leading Kubernetes-native data platform provider, today announced version 2.5, which can synchronise data across different ..

The future of the accountancy sector lays in the hands of accountants themselves

The future of the accountancy sector lays in the hands of accountants themselves

Accountants and accountancy firms are both the perpetrators and the victims of the problems currently facing the sector, finds new res..

Gift prices and transaction security top the list of festive shoppers’ worries for 2021 in PCI Pal’s annual yuletide survey

Gift prices and transaction security top the list of festive shoppers’ worries for 2021 in PCI Pal’s annual yuletide survey

** Survey of over 2000 shoppers identifies where they intend to spend this year, and whether supply chain delays are impacting how and..

Locket secures £1m on Seedrs

Locket secures £1m on Seedrs

London, 7 December – Locket, the prevention-first insurance provider has opened its crowdfund to the public this week, and already sec..

Lancia to mimic Mercedes in pursuit of a future inside Stellantis

Lancia to mimic Mercedes in pursuit of a future inside Stellantis

By Giulio Piovaccari MILAN (Reuters) -Italy’s Lancia will pursue profitability over volume to secure a long-term home in the 14 ..

Soccer-Manchester United suffer COVID-19 outbreak

Soccer-Manchester United suffer COVID-19 outbreak

LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester United suffered an outbreak of COVID-19 among players and staff on Sunday, jeopardising their next..

Bitcoin rises 2.1% to reclaim $50,000

Bitcoin rises 2.1% to reclaim $50,000

(Reuters) – Bitcoin rose on Sunday to reclaim levels above $50,000. The world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency gain..

Oil gains as investors see limited Omicron impact on demand

Oil gains as investors see limited Omicron impact on demand

By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) -Oil prices extended their rally on Monday as investor appetite improved amid growing relief the Omic..

Plan C? UK PM Johnson not planning further COVID rules despite Omicron growth

Plan C? UK PM Johnson not planning further COVID rules despite Omicron growth

By Kylie MacLellan and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is not planning further restrictio..

How To Make Sure Your Secret Santa Gift Doesn’t End Up In The Bin

How To Make Sure Your Secret Santa Gift Doesn’t End Up In The Bin

JD Sports and Nike have become the latest retailers to sign up to the Gift Finder on DrawNames joining Amazon, ASOS, Look Fantastic a..

UK economy almost flat-lined in October, adding to rate hike doubts

UK economy almost flat-lined in October, adding to rate hike doubts

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s economy barely grew in October, before the emergence of the new Omicron variant of the corona..

AB Foods says Primark trading ahead of expectations

AB Foods says Primark trading ahead of expectations

LONDON (Reuters) -Associated British Foods said on Friday trading to date at its Primark fashion business had been ahead of expectatio..

AstraZeneca to supply COVID-19 antibody cocktail to Singapore

AstraZeneca to supply COVID-19 antibody cocktail to Singapore

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – AstraZeneca said on Friday it will supply Singapore with its COVID-19 antibody cocktail, Evusheld, by the ..

Unlocking fresh business investment opportunities beyond COVID

Unlocking fresh business investment opportunities beyond COVID

Since the pandemic hit the world, the way we invest is rapidly changing.  Michael Kodari, Founder and CEO of Kodari Securities (KOSEC)..

Renewing democracy is ‘defining challenge of our time,’ Biden tells summit

Renewing democracy is ‘defining challenge of our time,’ Biden tells summit

By Simon Lewis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden gathered over 100 world leaders at a summit on ..

Soccer-Second-string Man United held by Young Boys

Soccer-Second-string Man United held by Young Boys

By Simon Evans MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -A second-string Manchester United were held to a 1-1 draw with Switzerland’s Young..