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Google wants to use AI to time traffic lights more efficiently

Google wants to use AI to time traffic lights more efficiently

By Paresh Dave (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google cut fuel use and traffic delays by 10% to 20% at four locations in Israel..

Kering, Cartier launch environmental pact for watches, jewellery

Kering, Cartier launch environmental pact for watches, jewellery

PARIS (Reuters) – French luxury group Kering, Richemont’s Cartier, and the Responsible Jewellery Council have teamed up to..

Sweden’s AB Volvo wins its largest electric truck order so far

Sweden’s AB Volvo wins its largest electric truck order so far

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Volvo Trucks has received an order for 100 electric trucks from shipping firm DFDS, its biggest commercial..

Five Vows for our Future Female Leaders

Five Vows for our Future Female Leaders

By Jessica Heagren-CEO of That Works For Me Six years ago, I was strategy and distribution director for one of the UK’s largest insura..

Flexible is the way forward: Why the future of work is ‘hybrid’

Flexible is the way forward: Why the future of work is ‘hybrid’

By: Nick Nooren, Head of Proteus Marketplace Companies are battling to strike a balance between working remote and office-based. Settl..

Lease-y peasy: commercial lease advice for business owners

Lease-y peasy: commercial lease advice for business owners

By Austin Lafferty, Partner / Director, Austin Lafferty Solicitors Many business owners fall into difficulties with a commercial lease..

Analysis-Brexit cold turkey: UK tries to kick 25-year imported labour habit

Analysis-Brexit cold turkey: UK tries to kick 25-year imported labour habit

By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom’s 25-year-old model of importing cheap labour has been up-ended..

Facebook blames “faulty configuration change” for nearly six-hour outage

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..

How to build a brand

How to build a brand

By Charlotte Nichols, managing director of Harvey & Hugo One of the aims of any PR agency is to build brands, whether personal or ..

Empowering publishers and advertisers on the open internet

Empowering publishers and advertisers on the open internet

By Matt White, VP of Quantcast EMEA With every click of the mouse, internet data grows, creating a vast ocean of information on behavi..

How to build your personal brand as a CEO

How to build your personal brand as a CEO

Brands aren’t just for businesses, but having a personal brand is nothing new. It’s actually  something that more and more people R..

How to build a conversational commerce strategy via SMS and why it’s so powerful

How to build a conversational commerce strategy via SMS and why it’s so powerful

By Harvey Hodd, Founder & CEO – Blueprint Although the pandemic has caused consumers to spend more time staring..

Employer bucks trend as 98% of staff return to the office

Employer bucks trend as 98% of staff return to the office

29 September 2021 LHi Group – which includes the brands Lawrence Harvey, SciPro, Piper Maddox, Harper Harrison and XPS – is bucking th..

JobAdder integrates with LinkedIn Recruiter to help hiring mangers during skills shortages

JobAdder integrates with LinkedIn Recruiter to help hiring mangers during skills shortages

30 September 2021 Global recruitment software provider, JobAdder, has released a new integration with LinkedIn Recruiter System Connec..

Marketing jobs reach record highs as businesses shift focus to online channels

Marketing jobs reach record highs as businesses shift focus to online channels

30 September 2021 Professional vacancies for marketing specialists hit record levels over the summer compared to the same period in 20..

Workaholism–The respectable addiction

Workaholism–The respectable addiction

Dan Stanley, Mens Performance Coach & Founder of BetterMen. Churchill said, men occasionally stumble over the truth, ..

U.S. weekly jobless claims increase; third-quarter growth raised

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..

Factbox: Billionaires battle CEOs at Italy’s Generali and Mediobanca

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..

Navigating The New World of Hybrid Work

Navigating The New World of Hybrid Work

By Professor Marco Mongiello, Pro Vice-Chancellor at The University of Law Business School and Dr Elizabeth R. Moore, Director of MBA ..

ANYWHEREWORKS LOOKS TO THE FUTURE WITH MARKETING TEAM REBRAND

ANYWHEREWORKS LOOKS TO THE FUTURE WITH MARKETING TEAM REBRAND

Global B2B software and service technology company, AnywhereWorks, has changed its ‘Marketing’ team to ‘Mattering’ in a desire to alig..

57% of recruiters turn to job boards amid longstanding talent shortages

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..

Inkpact Breakfast sees top retailers in one room talking all things CRM & Loyalty.

Inkpact Breakfast sees top retailers in one room talking all things CRM & Loyalty.

Inkpact hosted a breakfast this week at The Soho Hotel in London, and breakfast has never tasted so good as we saw the unlikely dream ..

How to Deal with a Bad Board Member

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..

Electric car maker Lucid on track for 2022, 2023 output targets, CEO says

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..

Investors brace for rough ride as Evergrande faces payment deadline

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..

Ford asks U.S. salaried employees to disclose COVID-19 vaccination status

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..

How to succeed in the future of hybrid working

How to succeed in the future of hybrid working

By Derek Irvine, SVP Strategy & Consulting, Workhuman Whilst COVID-19 restrictions have mostly ended in tshe UK, with many people..

Navigating business, sustainability and purpose

Navigating business, sustainability and purpose

By: Josefine Bin Jung, Chief Commercial Officer, Diginex  Josefine Bin Jung, Chief Commercial Officer, Diginex The busines..

Analysis-End of furlough brings uncertainty for UK jobs and economy

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..

TotalEnergies, China Three Gorges to form electric mobility venture in China

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..

UK must be more clear-eyed about risks of China investment – Labour

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..

Britain has 10 days to save Christmas, retail sector says

Britain has 10 days to save Christmas, retail sector says

By James Davey, Victor Jack and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s retail industry warned the government on Friday that..

Uber to roll out pension plans for UK drivers

Uber to roll out pension plans for UK drivers

(Reuters) – Uber Technologies said it would start rolling out its pension plan to all eligible drivers in the United Kingdom, mo..

Analysis-Climate and COVID cast shadow over jet demand outlook

Analysis-Climate and COVID cast shadow over jet demand outlook

By Sarah Young, Conor Humphries and Tim Hepher LONDON/TOULOUSE (Reuters) – Jetmakers see strong demand for airliners even as the..

Exxon, Chevron conceal payments to some governments -watchdog

Exxon, Chevron conceal payments to some governments -watchdog

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. oil majors Exxon Mobil Corp and Chevron Corp have failed to meet a core transparency sta..

How to have a healthy Start Up

How to have a healthy Start Up

By: Sonia Gibson, Director at Accounting Heart Chartered Accountants Micro-businesses are replacing full time jobs for many hardworkin..

McDonald’s Happy Meal toys to go green globally by 2025

McDonald’s Happy Meal toys to go green globally by 2025

By Hilary Russ (Reuters) -McDonald’s Corp said on Tuesday it will drastically cut the use of plastic in the more than 1 billion ..