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Cybersecurity fears? Put your head in the Cloud
By MATTHEW SMITH
A RECENT government survey found that 39 percent of UK businesses had identified a cyberattack on their business in the previous 12...
UK sows seeds for farming breakthroughs
INNOVATIVE agricultural projects are in line for £30m in UK government funding.
In a push for sustainable food production, a fund has been set up...
Chat GPT ‘could usher-in the four-day week’
MORE than a quarter of UK organisations are likely to make redundancies in 2023, according to research from HR consultancy Ayming UK — but...
Wage increases strongest in mining sector
By HAL WILLIAMS
ESG, THE environment, sustainability and renewable energy are modern business buzzwords — but workers in environmentally disruptive industries are still arguably better...
When a B really means an A+
YORKSHIRE-based education firm High Speed Training is celebrating B Corp certification.
The scheme, run by global non-profit B Lab, verifies that a business meets high...
Black Mass — not as creepy as it sounds…
UK firms extract vital minerals from solid mixture of metals and impurities in ‘game-changer’ for EVs
A BRITISH deep-tech company focused on sustainable mineral extraction...
Goats, bugs, thrown laptops … all part of a unicorn hunt
BREWDOG CEO James Watt is on the hunt for the next unicorn — and he’ll be investing up to £5m of his own money...
The rich get richer — generally speaking
There are 171 UK billionaires in 2023, six fewer than last year. Oh dear, who screwed up...?HARRY Kane, Harry Styles, Dua Lipa and the...
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‘Netwalking’ scheme to support small UK firms
SMALL Business Britain and British Telecom are launching a series of small business networking walks to boost local connections, opportunities, resilience, and mental health.
The...
Are we ‘sleepworking’ into an AI nightmare?
RESEARCH by a digital security firm shows that 80 percent of people have no fear that AI will take their jobs.
The rise of ChatGPT...
Will 2023 be a golden year…?
By STAVROS LAMBOURIS
GOLD is a traditional safe haven, and many investors bank on it to protect their portfolios in a volatile market.
The price has...
A ton of ‘badmin’ — it’s a net loss
“BADMIN” — bad administration — is stunting UK business productivity and performance, according to research from HR software company Personio.
The study found that 44...
Regulation and unity vital for food sustainability
By VIOLETA GEVORKJAN
THE WORLD is facing a sustainability crisis, climate change, and biodiversity loss — and the need for action is pressing.
Climate change and...
AI: here to improve customer service, honest…
CUSTOMER service has evolved to allow automated systems to assist with traditional human interactions — and AI may hold the key to best-in-class service.
AI...
Banks, the Fed, and a short-term absence of fear
By GEORGE LAGARIAS
ANOTHER week, another regional bank failure. First Republic, a 37-year-old San Francisco institution became the third US regional bank — and fourth...
Are you under the ‘Finfluence’?
HUMPHREY Yang has been named the most popular finance influencer.
Research conducted by online trading firm Investingoal gathered data on 50 finance influencers — also...
Always look on the bright side of (later) life
By REBECCA HODGES
AS THE first shoots and blossoms of Spring arrive, the rhetoric is that the worst of the cost-of-living crisis is behind us,...
AI and the legal profession: Where do we stand?
By PEARL MOSES
AI AFFECTS — and will continue to affect — law firms’ traditional methods of working.
It’s a good fit for the industry, which...
Get bias out of recruitment, and women into the C-suite
BUSINESSES are setting targets to increase female representation at senior level, but unconscious discrimination continues at all levels. This results in under-representation, pay gaps,...
We ‘can’t opt-out of AI race’, says Chancellor
UK CHANCELLOR Jeremy Hunt wants Britain to “win the race” for AI development and lead the country’s international growth challenge.
Failing to do so will...