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Kraft Heinz flags margin pressure from inflation, shares fall

Kraft Heinz flags margin pressure from inflation, shares fall

By Praveen Paramasivam and Mehr Bedi (Reuters) -Kraft Heinz Co on Wednesday warned of margin pressure from higher prices of ingredient..

GM keeps on trucking despite Covid, semiconductor concerns

GM keeps on trucking despite Covid, semiconductor concerns

By Ben Klayman and Paul Lienert DETROIT (Reuters) -General Motors Co’s pickup trucks are hauling in cash through the global semi..

How I turned my passion for art into a global business through online sales

How I turned my passion for art into a global business through online sales

By: Kate Chesters, a Liverpool-based online boutique owner and Amazon Handmade Seller Over the last few years, the digital world has b..

The Spritz gets a shake up! Something & Nothing launches new ready-to-drink Spritz in time for summer

The Spritz gets a shake up! Something & Nothing launches new ready-to-drink Spritz in time for summer

7 July 2021 The Spritz is getting a shake up! The new Something & Nothing Spritz elevates the RTD, blending quality dry wines from..

How to grow your luxury boutique brand online

How to grow your luxury boutique brand online

By: James Sanders– founder and Managing Director of London Diamonds.  Growing a luxury boutique brand online is no mean feat; it..

The power of mindset, meditation and mental health

The power of mindset, meditation and mental health

Nurturing the mental wellbeing of your staff and encouraging meditation reaps huge dividends By Chris Shannon, CEO Fotech June 2021, H..

Spain’s La Liga attracts $3.2 billion investment from CVC

Spain’s La Liga attracts $3.2 billion investment from CVC

(Corrects in seventh paragraph to remove reference to matchday revenue) MADRID (Reuters) -La Liga, Spain’s top soccer league, ha..

salesBeat’s AI driven platform is pioneering sales intelligence in FMCG

salesBeat’s AI driven platform is pioneering sales intelligence in FMCG

If you ever do a search/have done a search on Google for sales intelligence for FMCG companies, you’ll find several academic art..

Face-time pressure may force us back to the office, new research reveals

Face-time pressure may force us back to the office, new research reveals

Employees feel they need to go back into the office in order to be promoted according to new research conducted within the “Reinventin..

The future of retail and the ways that retail has changed for consumers during the pandemic

The future of retail and the ways that retail has changed for consumers during the pandemic

By: Stefan Hauswiesner, CEO and co-founder of Reactive Reality (www.reactivereality.com), E-commerce and online retail has grown signi..

Automakers mandate masks at all U.S. plants but not requiring vaccines

Automakers mandate masks at all U.S. plants but not requiring vaccines

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Detroit’s Big Three automakers and the United Auto Workers (UAW) union said on ..

Unified communications, a lifeline in crisis and a lifestyle in the new normal

Unified communications, a lifeline in crisis and a lifestyle in the new normal

Heather Zhang, Country Business Leader for UK & Ireland, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise In the spring of 2020, when life as we knew it ..

Tips for marketing your ecommerce start-up

Tips for marketing your ecommerce start-up

Looking for a way to take your ecommerce marketing strategy to the next level? In today’s post, Andrew Dark, Director and Co-Own..

5 Considerations When Trying to Grow Your Business During a Pandemic

5 Considerations When Trying to Grow Your Business During a Pandemic

By Frederic de Ryckman de Betz – CEO of Attic Self Storage People are your greatest asset and your greatest challenge Keeping pe..

Mind the gap: plugging the physical disconnect in a digital-first retail era

Mind the gap: plugging the physical disconnect in a digital-first retail era

By Christophe Pecoraro, Managing Director at PFS Europe It is no exaggeration to say that the past 12 months have turned the retail en..

Problems at home impact employee creativity more than problems at work

Problems at home impact employee creativity more than problems at work

Feeling ostracised by family members has a negative effect on employee creativity, more so than feeling ostracised at work, finds new ..

Qantas idles 2,500 more staff as COVID-19 cuts domestic flights

Qantas idles 2,500 more staff as COVID-19 cuts domestic flights

(Reuters) – Qantas Airways Ltd is temporarily idling about 2,500 employees without pay for at least two months in a bid to cope ..

McDonald’s makes masks mandatory for all customers, staff

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..

Bishopsgate Financial acquired by CubeMatch Ltd

Bishopsgate Financial acquired by CubeMatch Ltd

Two leading specialist financial services change management consultancies partner to offer an enhanced service Bishopsgate Financial’s..

BIAN Appoints Three Industry Experts to Executive Board

BIAN Appoints Three Industry Experts to Executive Board

Charaka Kithulegoda, Shanker Ramamurthy and Balaji Kumar join leadership team to drive innovation at not-for-profit organisation Frank..

Zoom reaches $85 million settlement over user privacy, ‘Zoombombing’

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 ..

Employee benefits fit for the workplace of the future

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..

Open Banking: making data sharing, meeting regulations and record keeping better for small businesses

Open Banking: making data sharing, meeting regulations and record keeping better for small businesses

By Richard McCall, CEO, Armalytix Small businesses are notoriously susceptible to business failure – this can be for any number of rea..

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 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..

Why Equipment Assets Should Be The Source of Your Customer Strategy

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..

One fifth of UK workers do not intend to commute again post pandemic

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..

Why SEO is crucial for business success post-pandemic

Why SEO is crucial for business success post-pandemic

By Annabel Mulliner from Little Seed Group While having a digital presence was already becoming increasingly crucial for businesses of..

How to make hybrid working successful

How to make hybrid working successful

By Michele Don Durbin, Evernote’s SVP of Marketing Many teams are moving to a hybrid working environment, a model that combines remote..

Five ways businesses can prepare themselves for the digital economy – Be Kaler Pilgrim

Five ways businesses can prepare themselves for the digital economy – Be Kaler Pilgrim

We’ve all seen what happens to businesses who are slow to adapt to the digital-first economy. Take, for instance, Topshop – a br..

SoftBank sells 45 million shares in Uber – source

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..

Facebook’s slowdown warning hangs over strong ad sales, while Zuckerberg talks ‘metaverse’

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..

Aston Martin’s first SUV helps push up sales by more than 200%

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..

How to get the most out of your peer-to-peer support group

How to get the most out of your peer-to-peer support group

By: Kevin Brent- director of BizSmart Peer-to-peer business support has never been more important than during the current times of unc..

How The UK Adapted to Working from Home

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..

The Evolving World Of Work – What Next For Employers?

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..

Diversity and inclusion doesn’t have a finish line: don’t make it a race to perfection

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..

Techie turn-offs: Top 7 things that put talent off applying for tech roles

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..