McDonald’s makes masks mandatory for all customers, staff
(Reuters) – McDonald’s Corp on Monday confirmed that all its customers and staff will need to start wearing masks again in..
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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 ..
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Employee benefits fit for the workplace of the future
By: Nick Greenston, CEO of Retinue Talent Solutions COVID-19 has shone a light on the importance of employee benefits. And, as worker..
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Digital Transformation – SMEs in a New Digital Era
By Patrick Schaudel, Head of Online Applications SME, IONOS. As the UK has moved to a full re-opening and the economy begins its recov..
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How Live Shoppable Video is Transforming the E-Commerce Experience
By Jake Ward, Business Development Manager, Groovy Gecko As an innovation that has a projected sales value of $423 billion in China fo..
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Explosion in home-working leaving half the workforce in pain
Half of home workers are experiencing physical pain due to a poor home office set-up, a new report reveals. Major culprits include be..
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Could till-less retail be the future of our High Street?
By Melissa Minkow, Retail Industry Lead, CI&T Till-less stores present a model that could flip high street retail on its head. Am..
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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..
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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..
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Advice for retailers as COVID restrictions ease this Independent Retailer Month
In the wake of the 19th July, attention now falls on local businesses as they attempt to keep the momentum going with the further easi..
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Motivation for buying electric cars has little to do with the environment, research reveals
28 July 2021 Environmental awareness among consumers is not a driver of electric vehicle sales, new research from Trinity Business Sch..
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Hybrid working fuels huge growth in IT vacancies with demand up 91%
Hybrid working fuels huge growth in IT vacancies with demand up 91% 28 July 2021 Hybrid working fuels huge growth in IT vac..
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Spoon Guru Expands its Leadership Team
28th July 2021, London, UK: London-based AI food technology start-up Spoon Guru is strengthening its leadership team ahead of the revi..
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Create the World’s First Electric Vehicle Emoji for World EV Day 2021
27 July 2021 Create the World’s First Electric Vehicle Emoji for World EV Day 2021 World EV Day founders ABB and Green.TV are issuing ..
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How will learning and development evolve as we return to work?
By: Luke Goodlet, Executive Director of Operations at The Skills Network Over the last 18 months, many lives have changed dramatical..
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The lessons learned from providing payment orchestration for airlines
By: Stephane Druet, SVP Product & Marketing for CellPoint Digital International airlines have, by necessity, some of the mo..
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How Important is Creativity in Digital Marketing?
When you think about creativity, you most likely think of design — beautiful images and stunning visuals. But creativity isn’t all abo..
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Location, Location, Location: 4 tips on how to remove barriers and make virtual meetings productive
By Paul Clark, Senior Vice President, EMEA, Poly Before the pandemic, changes to the traditional office were well underway. Cubicle f..
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New ways of shopping customers embraced during the lockdown
62% of respondents state that their shopping behaviour has changed for good since the crisis. Capterra has identified new ways of shop..
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The Great COVID Experiment – Is the Pure-play Retailer Dead?
With the High Street reopened, after a year of enforced change in buying habits where pretty much everything went online, retail has r..
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One fifth of UK workers do not intend to commute again post pandemic
Almost one fifth of UK workers do not intend to return to the office again post pandemic, largely due to ongoing concerns around infec..
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SoftBank sells 45 million shares in Uber – source
(Corrects SoftBank’s ticker symbol in paragraph 1) By Echo Wang (Reuters) -SoftBank is selling about 45 million of its shares in..
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Facebook’s slowdown warning hangs over strong ad sales, while Zuckerberg talks ‘metaverse’
By Elizabeth Culliford and Nivedita Balu (Reuters) -Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it expects revenue growth to “decelerate sign..
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Aston Martin’s first SUV helps push up sales by more than 200%
LONDON (Reuters) – Carmaker Aston Martin reported on Wednesday a 224% increase in sales to its dealers, boosted by its first spo..
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How The UK Adapted to Working from Home
By: Philip Macdonald, Co-Founder of specialist finance and HR recruitment agency, Wade Macdonald, discusses staff welfare throughout t..
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The Evolving World Of Work – What Next For Employers?
Kathryn Barnes, Employment Counsel, EMEA at Globalization Partners For those most affected by the change to remote work, post-COVID wo..
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Diversity and inclusion doesn’t have a finish line: don’t make it a race to perfection
By: Chris Parke, CEO at Talking Talent There is an old saying that ‘practice makes perfect’, and when it comes to diversity and inclus..
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Techie turn-offs: Top 7 things that put talent off applying for tech roles
According to research from LinkedIn, 150 million new technology jobs will be created in the next five years; however, a 2020 report by..
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Almost a quarter of UK employees ‘haven’t missed anything’ about the workplace
Almost a quarter of employees in the UK admitted to not missing anything about the workplace, according to new research by national pr..
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Living with the Virus: Workplace Wellness Post-Pandemic
Advice on Back-to-Work Health & Wellbeing for the New Normal 6th JULY 2021: Many Brits are both excited and nervous as they contem..
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UK Trends That Will Continue to Thrive after ‘Freedom Day’
Companies providing services like home workouts, high-end meal kits and even crochet tutorials all have boomed during the pandemic. No..
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To get employees back in the office, business leaders must do their homework
By Allison English, Deputy CEO at Leesman As the Covid-19 recovery continues, speculation about what the post-pandemic workplace will ..
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Senior leaders more at risk of burnout than CEOs, according to new research
ECI Partners and the School for CEOs outline how businesses can identify, and prevent burnout, as well as support mental health and we..
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Oil falls $1 as coronavirus, slower China imports hit demand
By Noah Browning LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices fell $1 on Monday as concerns about fuel demand caused by the spread of COVID-19 variant..
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7 tips for building a positive remote work culture
By: Liesa Stecher-Chief Growth Officer at Addition. The global pandemic presented many challenges to the business landscape. Companies..
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NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS OVER 13 MILLION BRITS WERE INADEQUATELY MANAGED WHILE WORKING REMOTELY*
Over 4 million UK employees believe their mental health has also been ignored by their manager while working remotely during the pande..
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NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS OVER 13 MILLION BRITS WERE INADEQUATELY MANAGED WHILE WORKING REMOTELY*
Over 4 million UK employees believe their mental health has also been ignored by their manager while working remotely during the pande..
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