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[Glovo] The cost-of-living crisis, rising inflation and fears of a recession are creating considerable challenges for retailers in the UK, according to new research.
[Artec 3D] A French manufacturer of agricultural machinery needed quick and accurate 3D data capture for customizing and reproducing farming equipment parts. Also featured in Manufacturing Tomorrow.
[MaxContact] UK regulator, Ofcom, recently warned that the quality of service provided by Britain's communications service providers has shown no signs of improvement this year. Businesses need to being adopting a proactive approach to customer service to better support and retain valuable customers.
[MaxContact] Britain's cost-of-living crisis is worsening. Many consumers are left wondering how they will manage soaring bills as the cold months draw closer. Earlier this month, the UK's Big Six energy firms urged customers to contact them ahead of the winter.
[MaxContact] In this guest piece, Ben Booth - the CEO of MaxContact, explores how businesses can continue to succeed even during a cost of living crisis and rising inflation and interest rates. As we all know, life is getting more expensive. So is business.
[Mews] Salesforce-backed Mews has launched a dedicated investment arm called Mews Ventures. The company, which provides enterprise software to hotels with what's commonly known as a property management system, or PMS, said it wants to help shape the future of hospitality. Mews Ventures will focus on three areas: transformation, partnerships and product boosts.
[MaxContact] While themes such as mindfulness and self-care have gained significant traction in the workplace due to the pandemic, there's still more to be done when it comes to staff wellbeing.
[MaxContact] In the latest instalment of Insider's Q&A series on the Northern Powerhouse, Ben Booth, chief executive of customer engagement technology company MaxContact, discusses what the initiative means to him, how the pandemic has changed the North's economy, and the importance of skills and education.
[MaxContact] We spend a lot of our lifetime at work - about one-third of it, to be exact! - so it's no surprise that our jobs can have a tremendous impact on our own wellbeing.
[MaxContact] With the Royal College of Psychiatrists warning that the mental health of the nation faces a ‘threat of pandemic proportions’ as the cost-of-living soars, supporting workers’ mental health has to be a priority for every business leader.
[iCIMS] The future of the office has been a hotly debated topic by politicians and business leaders alike. Some are strident in their belief that the office is dead, but according to new research*, 70% of the U.K. workforce are working on-site, with a third (31%) preferring to be there full time.
[Mews] British hotel guests will pay on average £40 more per night for a hotel that makes their stay personalised, the equivalent of at least £1.8 billion additional revenue across the global hotel market.
[Mews] Mews' customers can now benefit from real-time guest personalization as CRM and PMS can now be connected.
[iCIMS] Research by iCIMS found that 87% of 1,000 UK workers and 70% of 1,000 US workers care about the how long they can stay with their employer. Find out why flexible working is not the only priority.
[iCIMS] New research by iCIMS captures anxieties of employees during the cost-of-living crisis and reveals a north-south divide when it comes to working habits.
[MaxContact] A poll by customer engagement software firm MaxContact found that more than eight out of 10 call centre workers (83%) feel the high-pressure nature of their work is taking a toll on their mental health, with lost productivity costing the industry nearly £1bn a year.
[Ceridian] As technology has disrupted financial operations in other areas, it seems only natural that the way people are paid should be next on the agenda.
[Ceridian] Two years of uncertainty have compounded existing talent shortages. Ceridian's EMEA MD explores how HR tech can help tackle it. Page 26 in https://hr.mydigitalpublication.co.uk/publication/?i=741832
[Qualcomm] Research from Southampton University and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. reveals that disadvantaged areas are experiencing the same digital divide barriers as pre-Covid conditions.
[Qualcomm] Southampton University has launched a report, commissioned by Qualcomm Technologies, analysing how digital exclusion is being fuelled in classrooms by a lack of access to devices and connectivity.
[Qualcomm] When most people think about gaming, they either envision playing on a console or a gaming PC - but not Qualcomm. Instead, the company says, the future of gaming is mobile, with the mobile gaming sector growing much more rapidly than any other - even during the pandemic.
[Ceridian] With UK inflation set to rise to 6% or more in April, financial stress is at an all-time high as households face the biggest income squeeze in a generation. Even before the economic uncertainty of the pandemic, the average UK employee was living payslip-to-payslip, and it's no wonder the start of the year is already taking a heavy toll.
[Ceridian] A prolonged period of crisis response has left many procurement professionals at breaking point. According to Ceridian’s survey, 79% of UK workers are experiencing some form of burnout, with the three main causes being increased workloads, mental health challenges and pressure to meet deadlines.
[Ceridian] Employees are optimistic about the future of work, but they want better from their employers. Find out why Ceridian thinks financial wellbeing is the solution.
[Ceridian] 2022 looks set to host a whole set of new challenges for employees, as inflation, National Insurance and the cost of living all continue to rise. Despite this, new research from Ceridian has found that 54% of the British workforce are optimistic about their work life this year.
[Ceridian] Whether you believe in the pseudoscience surrounding the third Monday of the year or not, the so-called 'Blue Monday' gives employers an opportunity to realise and address the ongoing wellbeing obstacles their staff are faced with, particularly two years into the Covid-19 pandemic.
[Ceridian] Find out why earned wage access is an important need for employees, and why Blue Monday may be the perfect catalyst for changing payroll systems.
[NICE] Earlier this month, NICE-which markets RPA under the term 'Advanced Process Automation'-confirmed that one of its biggest government customers, a major public sector agency in the UK and which it also claims was one of the first significant robot users at scale in the world, had renewed its contract with the firm.
[Ceridian] A majority (61%) of UK and Irish workers are seen to be 'flight risks', as a combination of endemic burnout, a rapidly expanding talent pool and lack of provision for flexible working cause workers to look elsewhere.
[Vodafone] Vodafone Foundation has launched an international hunt for climate change research partners to help expand the focus of its award-winning DreamLab smartphone app. Developed by Vodafone Foundation, DreamLab is a specialist crowdsourcing app that accelerates scientific research by using the combined processing power of dormant smartphones while users charge them. DreamLab-powered research has already contributed to COVID-19 research and cancer research.
[P&G - Bold x Lenor Summer Vibes launch] The former I'm A Celeb contestant donned a maroon leather jacket and shades as he dazzled in front of Bold's washing liquids and Lenor bottles.