Businesses should do more to allow employees to work flexibly if they want to improve the diversity of their staff. This is according to a Yorkshire Post interview with Charlotte Sweeney, who consults with firms that are hoping to cater to people from a wider range of backgrounds and ethnicities.
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The 2016 Olympic Games kicked off in Rio over the weekend and businesses across the UK are being advised that the start of the games could signal the beginning of a period of immense strain being put on their network infrastructures, according to Information Age.
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Data loss and theft are major issues which all modern organisations must face up to and fight to prevent. But a new study suggests that plenty of businesses and individuals are needlessly exposing themselves as a result of selling and recycling outdated hardware which has not been properly sanitised.
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The results of a survey published this week by Vodafone have found that 75% of businesses globally have put in place a policy which permits employees to work flexibly, according to City AM.
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The fast-paced world of business IT is regularly restructured as a result of new technologies emerging and fresh trends taking hold of the marketplace.
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The question of whether Britain should exit from the EU may be the most important yet divisive decision ever put before the general public.
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The director general of the Association of British Insurers (ABI), has argued that there is a need for the government to set up a database that will be used to record all instances of cyber attacks against businesses in the UK. This is to make it easier for members to calculate premium prices, according to the Financial Times.
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Retailers have become increasingly confident in their ability to detect and deal with hacks and other cyber security issues that lead to mission critical systems being compromised in some way.
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More businesses are choosing to invest in unified communications (UC) solutions to enable colleagues to collaborate with one another from any location because of a growing need to meet expectations relating to flexible working.
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47% of British businesses believe that their staff could achieve more each day if they had a better set of digital skills at their disposal, according to the results of a new study, commissioned by Barclays.
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