Sectors

Mobile phone, business

Smartphones that mean business…

Mobiles are a key business tool, but choosing one that meets your business needs can be tricky. KRISTIAN TORODE has some suggestions... PEOPLE contacting customer...
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Are marketers in the financial sector too ‘gung ho’?

RESEARCH has highlighted continuing tensions between the legal-and-compliance and marketing teams across the financial services sector. Perceived problems include archaic approval processes for marketing materials...
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Is the office now officially a financial millstone?

INDUSTRY analysis by debt advisory firm Sirius Property Finance predicts that the UK’s serviced offices market will grow by 17 percent this year. But the...
Global Services Location Index: talent regeneration matrix

UK lands top five ranking in global services list

BRITAIN has entered the top five rank of the Global Services Location Index (GSLI), rising from eighth place last year. Management consultancy Kearney has published...
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House of Lords backs call to end digital poverty

THE HOUSE of Lords Communications and Digital Committee is calling for essential action and the creation of a cross-governmental unit to end digital poverty. Thomas...
High Speed Training

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...
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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 regulation

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...
International copyright

Copyright: don’t get it wrong

Legal protection of copyright in business is of national concern, says HAMID BAGHERZADEH WHILE businesses assume their copyright covers multiple territories, their creative works and...
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Bridging the education comms gap

By SIMON HORTON EDUCATION institutions need competent communication systems to thrive. As schools, colleges and universities expand their hybrid learning packages, there has been a 90...