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Dawn of the robot CEO: Are we making it easier for cybercriminals?

April 12, 2018

By Staff writer

At a conference in China, Alibaba CEO Jack Ma proclaimed we are just decades away from a robot CEO revolution. He backed that claim up shortly after via a television interview with CNN, predicting that, in 30 years, a robot would grace the cover of Time Magazine.

Despite tensions, now is not the time to disengage from Russia

April 11, 2018

By Staff writer

There have been political tensions between Russia and many western nations for several years. Sanctions have been imposed on Russia since 2014, by the US and the EU as a result of their interpretation of the situation in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine, which Russia disputes.

Having a sleepless night over cybersecurity?

April 2, 2018

By Staff writer

Why are some SMEs still snoozing in the face of cybersecurity shortcomings” Matt Burton, chief client officer for Ignata discusses how good cybersecurity protocols win business.

Your own employees are the biggest security risk

March 30, 2018

By Staff writer

Paul Rosenthal, founder of Appstractor, takes a closer look at the security risk to businesses caused by employees side-stepping cyber protocols, failing to configure or install software correctly.

The breaking point: Keeping the human in customer experience

March 22, 2018

By Staff writer

By now, business owners and entrepreneurs know building a successful company starts with the customer experience. In fact, 72 per cent say improving the experience is at the top of the list.

What Philip Hammond failed to mention in Spring Statement speech

March 19, 2018

By Charlie Mullins

Chancellor Philip Hammond’s whistle-stop guided tour around the state of the country’s finances didn?t reveal anything to get anyone’s pulse racing, but it appears the more interesting parts were in what he didn?t say.

Rising interest rates finally explode the myth of your pension fund deficit

March 15, 2018

By The City Grump

It’s been a long time coming but finally reality is catching up with the experts” who have been insisting that pension fund managers find the money to stuff their portfolios with more and more bonds to address so-called actuarial deficits.

Blockchain Bytes: The future of money and business beyond bank disagreements

March 14, 2018

By Barry James

In his latest Blockchain Bytes column, Barry James looks at why Bank of England governor Mark Carney made headlines last week with his speech on the future of money headlines which made very different reading from his published speech.

Class and regional heritage is another area where discrimination is rife

March 5, 2018

By Charlie Mullins

The issue of class hit the headlines in the last week when BBC Business presenter Steph McGovern said that her regional accent and supposed “class” had held her back in her career.

Don?t let Brexit become Tech-xit quality talent will be at stake

March 1, 2018

By Staff writer

Whatever your view on Brexit, we can all agree there are more important issues at stake our ability to hire and retain quality talent for one than securing uninterrupted access to cheap flights for stag weekends.

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