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Why the care sector must digitise its operations now to survive
The UK’s care sector has entered a new period of difficulty. Care providers have been trying to serve a growing population and financial support struggles to match it. The pandemic exacted a heavy toll on the country’s fiscal reserves and now the government must find ways to refill them, often through budget cuts and bill cap delays. At the same time, the workforce is shrinking for the first time in 10 years, which is raising the cost for companies to provide the same standard of care.
Opinion by " Max Parmentier
09.12.2022
Why the care sector must digitise its operations now to survive
Technology and the path to Net-Zero
While building a strong ESG track record is difficult in any Industry, in few is the task more demanding than in the built environment (buildings, roads and rail). Arturo Leon, BIM & Sustainability Manager at Spinview, explains how digital twin technology when delivered in a visually intelligent way can super-charge sustainability strategies in the built environment.  
Opinion by " Arturo Leon
08.12.2022
Technology and the Path to Net-Zero
Just be honest, please: How crypto needs to change to transform personal finance
If crypto is to transform personal finance for the better, predatory practices must be thrown out and replaced with greater transparency on the risks for consumers, as well as careful regulation.
Opinion by " Phil Blows
08.12.2022
Just be honest, please: How crypto needs to change to transform personal finance
Don’t let images and videos stunt your business growth
Who would have thought that something as seemingly basic as managing images and video online could constrain business growth? Believe it or not, in our increasingly visual economy, the work required to host, transform and deliver images and videos at scale can very quickly go from IT headache to major business bottleneck.
Opinion by " Tal Lev-Ami
07.12.2022
Don’t let images and videos stunt your business growth
Learning culture nourishes learning ecosystems
When employees are looking for suitable learning resources, they can often choose from a wide range of contents and formats. This can often make finding learning content that meets the specific requirements time-consuming and inefficient. Technology can solve this issue. A learning ecosystem links several learning platforms and presents the formats and contents clearly in the learning portal.
Opinion by " Anna Lemor
07.12.2022
The true cost of phishing attacks
It is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the rising number of cyber attacks over the last few years. New working environments have further accelerated the risk landscape for small to medium size businesses across all different markets.
Opinion by " Kevin Drinkall
06.12.2022
The true cost of phishing attacks
Multiple identities, security, and the growth of the metaverse
Mark Zuckerberg's announcement in late 2021 that Facebook, Inc. was to be renamed 'Meta' triggered a seismic shift in the public's perception of the metaverse.
Opinion by " Davy Smith
05.12.2022
Why sustaining creativity and innovation is vital for fostering future business leaders
I have long been fascinated by group interaction. My academic journey was kickstarted by my days as a professional jazz trumpeter, where group dynamics and team leadership were critical to how well teams could improvise creatively. As a social scientist, I have spent the last two decades studying similar issues in the workplace. So, how can teams foster creativity in the workplace?
Opinion by " Colin Fisher
01.12.2022
Why sustaining creativity and innovation is vital for fostering future business leaders
Could a recession be the reset we need?
The UK economy is an uncertain place right now. The economic landscape has suffered through Brexit, the pandemic and a raft of leadership changes. The pound’s downward spiral caused business confidence to plummet and now the Bank of England has warned that the UK is facing its longest recession since records began, with the economic downturn expected to extend into 2024 - that’s eight consecutive quarters.
Opinion by " Joe Calnan
30.11.2022
Could a recession be the reset we need?
Generative AI is here to stay, but so are artists
Generative Artificial Intelligence is the next commercial frontier for AI. What appeared as a surreal meme generator earlier this year has turned into a goldrush with the success of companies like Stability AI. Max Lunn digs into how they work, their use cases, the issues plaguing them – and why long-termism has clouded the artist debate.
Opinion by " Max Lunn
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30.11.2022
How to make your female founder led business more relatable to (mostly) male investors
Attracting the right investors can be tricky. One of the most common misconceptions for first-time female founders is that to secure funding, you simply need to create a pitch deck and start reaching out to every and any potential investor you can find. But it takes so much more to make your business both relatable and investable, especially as a woman trying to secure investment in the very male dominated world of venture capital.
Opinion by " Julia Elliott Brown
29.11.2022
The trends within the Metaverse that investors and entrepreneurs should know about
“(I was) born at a pretty crappy time in history. Luckily, I had access to the OASIS, which was like having an escape hatch into a better reality.It was my playground and my preschool, a magical place where anything was possible.” So said Ready Player One’s main character, Wade, of the real world versus the sci fi version of the metaverse, where most of the book’s adventure takes place.
Opinion by " Jaie Genadt
25.11.2022
Legal Innovators 3.0: how legaltech's gradual adoption is changing the legal profession
The third edition of the Legal Innovator's conference brought together speakers and panelists from the entire legal-tech ecosystem. Standardisation, adoption, client stickiness and work-life balance all came under the spotlight. But are lawyers ready to change?
Opinion by " Max Lunn
25.11.2022
Legal Innovators
Blending data and imagination to transform young people’s financial health
For most of us, starting out on our financial journey as an adult isn’t easy. And for Millennials and Gen Zs today, learning to budget with limited disposable income can feel like a fruitless exercise.
Opinion by " Anita Woods
24.11.2022

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