Research: European Countries Most at Risk of Cyber Crime
• Machines in the Netherlands are most likely to encounter cybercrimes; Ireland is least likely • 10.17% of machines in Belarus encounter malware every month, making them the least cyber-secure country for malware encounters • The UK and Ireland are among the countries least likely to encounter ransomware attacks and cryptocurrency mining (0.01% and 0.02%) […]
How Is The Remote Workforce Driving Cybersecurity: A Q&A With Tech CEO Dmitriy Akulov
The labor force is turning remote. The Financial Times just reported on the large effect that outbreaks such as the Coronavirus have on labor forces across the world. Everyday we are designing tools that redefine the workplace. It’s become more commonplace to see a team of employees spread out across different time zones. According to […]
5 Reasons Why SMEs Struggle To Stay In Business (And 5 Tips To Stay Afloat)
As we enter a new decade, 58% of small businesses in the UK anticipate a plateau, or for their SMEs to struggle to stay in business. Only 1 in 4 predict to see growth. But not everything is bad news, here we also provide 5 tips that businesses can use to stay afloat in the […]
How to Get the Right Business Advice
Business owners, especially new ones, need financial advice from time to time. The good thing is that there are so many different places in which new business owners can get advice. The only problem is that there is so much information out there that it becomes hard to know which is the right advice. Below, […]
The Impact Of Employment On Disabled People And The Role Of Businesses
A man who spent 17 years of his life recuperating from a serious brain injury, and who now works as a part-time peer support worker, has discussed the impact of employment on disabled people, including the challenges business owners must tackle in order to improve working opportunities for those with a physical or mental disability. […]
How To Use Google Analytics Data To Improve Return On Investment (ROI)
Google Analytics offers a whole wealth of important data that help understand user’s behaviour, but there are six areas which can give any business the information that they need to be able to measure, understand and improve Return on Investment (ROI) known as Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) For anyone who uses the internet to run […]
How To Boost Sales On Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is a great opportunity for growing sales and business, and you have just enough time to prepare your business for it. People often think of it as a cheesy celebration. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Check these tips and improve your offers and boost your sales. Check Last Year Situation […]
NEM Ventures Partners with DAIA to Support Growth Of Democratized AI
NEM Ventures, the venture capital and investment arm of the NEM blockchain ecosystem, has joined the Decentralized AI Alliance (DAIA), an alliance of more than fifty diverse organizations in the interrelated Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT) and blockchain ecosystem working together to democratize the use and control of AI. This partnership will see […]
Remote Working Is Transforming The UK Digital Economy
UK businesses are being advised to ensure they are ready to accommodate the rise of remote working – or risk being left behind as the digital economy takes off. The advice follows the publication of a new essential guide to remote working, produced by utilities and communications specialist Glide, which contains new research, predictions and […]
Talent Shortage: More Than Half of UK Recruiters Expect A Recession
Nearly three quarters (74 percent) of UK recruiters believe skills shortages will be their top hiring challenge for this year, followed by getting employers to increase candidate pay rates (42 percent), and reskilling workers to meet client demands (26 percent). According to Bullhorn’s 2020 Global Recruitment Insights and Data (GRID), a survey of more than […]
“Stressed Out”: Human Resources Is The Most Stressful Career To Work For
According to a study by UK Youth, young adults spend more than six hours a day “stressed out”, but 1 in 10 feel they have no one to discuss their concerns with. And now, a new survey on stress levels across the UK has revealed that Human Resources (HR) is the most stressful career. Today’s adults […]
Cybersecurity: Top Big Company Email Breaches
Apple, Barclays, Deliveroo, IBM, and HSBC among companies which have had their support/info email addresses breached A “breach” is an incident where data has been unintentionally exposed to the public. Password management and authentication solutions provider specopssoft have used haveibeenpwned in order to shed light on the email breaches which multinational companies operating in the […]
The Rise Of ‘Pension-Preneurs’
· 3.5 million over-50s plan to reinvent themselves with their own businesses for retirement · They’ll be using savings and lump sums from pensions to fund their new ventures · A bold 37% plan to start their new business in a completely different industry to the one they worked in during their career New research […]
State of UK Businesses: 700,000 New Firms And Net Record Funding
The state of UK businesses can be described as healthy as almost 700,000 new firms were launched in the UK last year, as growing high-tech firms snapped up more than £10bn in venture capital investment Last year 681,704 new businesses were launched in Britain, a 2.8 per cent rise compared to a year ago, according […]
Things You Need to Know if You’re Applying for a Job with a Record
In today’s society, finding employment is hard enough when you don’t have a criminal record. But for those who have had a minor scrape with the law or even been to prison, you may find that many employers are reluctant to hire you. To help increase the chances of finding employment, here are a few […]
Best Practices to Manage Cash Flow in 2020
Maintaining liquidity can be a challenged for smaller businesses run by experienced decision-makers. When the cash can’t flow properly, the business can’t function properly – and things rapidly deteriorate from there. In much the same way as a lack of oil can cause an engine to grind itself to death, a lack of cash can […]
Transforming Disability Employment: Social Entrepreneurs Taking On The Creative Industries
Business leaders with bold plans to create more employment opportunities for disabled people have won funding to grow and develop their ventures 14 social entrepreneurs from across the UK have won funding awards from £5,000 to £15,000 as part of a programme which aims to close the disability employment gap through the creation of new […]
Marketing Predictions For 2020
By Senior Digital Strategist, Sarah Evans As we move into 2020, a new decade, the pace of change is only set to increase for the marketing world. This will be the year that some proposals will be out of date if they get stuck in a six-month queue waiting for the board to sign off […]
5 Reasons Why SMEs Struggle To Stay In Business (And 5 Tips To Stay Afloat)
As we enter a new decade, 58% of small businesses in the UK anticipate a plateau, or for their SMEs to struggle to stay in business. Only 1 in 4 predict to see growth. But not everything is bad news, here we also provide 5 tips that businesses can use to stay afloat in the […]
How to Get the Right Business Advice
Business owners, especially new ones, need financial advice from time to time. The good thing is that there are so many different places in which new business owners can get advice. The only problem is that there is so much information out there that it becomes hard to know which is the right advice. Below, […]
Insolar Partners With Cointelegraph To Drive Enterprise Blockchain Adoption
Insolar, a blockchain solutions provider, announces its launch partnership with Cointelegraph’s newly-formed consulting division. This partnership will combine Insolar’s enterprise-focused platform and technology with Cointelegraph’s global media influence and reach in order to drive blockchain adoption among the world’s largest companies. “Enterprise has been waiting for its blockchain moment,” says Peter Fedchenkov, Founder and Chief […]
For The Greater Good: Koin Rewards & Fidel Bring Ethical Rewards For Meaningful Behaviours
Ethical rewards platform enables merchants to reward customers for sustainable shopping using Fidel’s card linking API Having just announced their Seedrs crowdfunding campaign, Koin Rewards, the ethical rewards platform built on the blockchain, reveals that it has partnered with card linking API Fidel to build a responsible and sustainable rewards programme for shoppers. Koin Rewards […]
How To Boost Sales On Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is a great opportunity for growing sales and business, and you have just enough time to prepare your business for it. People often think of it as a cheesy celebration. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Check these tips and improve your offers and boost your sales. Check Last Year Situation […]
Remote Working Is Transforming The UK Digital Economy
UK businesses are being advised to ensure they are ready to accommodate the rise of remote working – or risk being left behind as the digital economy takes off. The advice follows the publication of a new essential guide to remote working, produced by utilities and communications specialist Glide, which contains new research, predictions and […]
How FinTech Can Help Financial Inclusion In West Africa Mauritania
In Mauritania, in West Africa, access to basic financial services isn’t easy at all, and approximately 70% of the total population of 4.3 million (approx) don’t even have a basic current account. However, the current government is really keen to improve the financial inclusion of their citizens. And FinTech companies, as a matter of fact, […]
The EDGE Network Aims To Conquer The Cloud Computing And IoT Markets Thanks To Its More Cost Effective And Fast Tech
The EDGE network has officially launched as it becomes a first mover in the emergence of edge computing. Designed to be a more cost effective and faster replacement to the cloud, edge computing is expected to address the proliferation of data and connected devices over the coming years, with estimates put at 29 billion connected devices […]
The Need for Real-time Global Data Replication Tools
In business, data is increasing in value to the point where it has become even more valuable than fiscal value. Part of the growth of m businesses today relies on the use of data to drive decision making and new product development. Of course, the incorporation of IT into everyday business comes with new jargon […]
Workplace Stress: Over 4 In Every 5 SME Employees Have Been Affected By ‘Excessive’ Workload
Conducted by the Dolan Contractor Group, experts in contractor payroll and accountancy, the study gathered responses from employees of 140 companies across the UK. Respondents were asked about the causes of what was deemed ‘excessive workplace stress’, how they combat stress to maintain good mental health and what their employers do to support them through […]
Revealed: Leading Organisations To Double The Number Of AI And ML Projects In Place
Organisations that are working with artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML) have, on average, four AI/ML projects in place, according to a recent survey by Gartner, Inc. Of all respondents, 59% said that they have AI deployed today. The Gartner “AI and ML Development Strategies” study was conducted via an online survey in December […]
Telecom Sector Disruption: TOMIA’s New Blockchain Solution Will Be Powered By Microsoft Azure
Blockchain is one of the main disruptive technologies. It can be applied as back-end solution into many different sectors to radically change it, normally for the better. And in that context, TOMIA, an end-to-end platform for maximizing margins from roaming and interconnect, just announced a new optimized blockchain based solution to the telecoms market. This […]
