Cybercrime is costing UK companies millions as hackers ramp-up attacks
Studies reveal worrying trends as platforms go out-of-date and cyber attacks increase. HAL WILLIAMS reports.
SMALL businesses in the UK are targeted by up to...
Internal auditors ‘strategic advisers’ on online fraud
DATA AND tech company Kroll has issued a report on the changing role of internal audit in fraud risk-management since the start of the...
A menace by any other name: the ‘equaliser’ that just isn’t
By William Roman
COVID-19 and coronavirus are the most common names for it, but some sociologists and economists are tentatively hailing the virus as the...
SMEs head online to counter lockdown — and find surprise benefits
SMALL UK businesses are moving the bulk of their services online as the sector takes tentative steps towards recovery.
Small Business Britain and BT Skills...
Is your business metaverse-ready..?
By PETER GOULD
The long awaited New Normal brings with it challenges and changes that are having immediate and profound effects on business.
Many industries were...
The birth of the travel subscription model
By DANA DUNNE
THE SIGNIFICANT increase in subscription spending during the pandemic has caught the attention of businesses across the globe. In fact, according to...
Fresh EU coronavirus recovery package has detractors up north
EU HEADS have agreed to set up a €540bn post-pandemic recovery fund, tied to the EU’s seven-year budget.
European Council president Charles Michel, who chaired...
Contactless ‘in-touch with wary consumers’ — cash ‘faring poorly’
CONTACTLESS spending could soon account for 47 percent of all transactions, according to research carried out by the Centre of Retail Research (CRR).
It examined...
Fundraising innovation for charity shops during pandemic
BRITAIN’S charity shops are facing revenue losses of up to £28m for each month of lockdown, according to the Charity Retail Association.
Vintage Cash Cow...
SDG8: From Luddites to the Mumbai exodus: workers labouring without love
JASON AGNEW reports on SDG8 — decent work and economic growth — in his ongoing series for BV
SDG8: DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
On March...
