Business

Preparing Your Workforce for the AI Revolution

June 28, 2019

AI Is About People, Not Robots The financial services sector has been one of the early adopters of Robotic Process Automation (RPA), deploying automation to increase efficiencies, meet compliance obligations and drive customer experience. However, within financial services the focus is now moving from tactical implementation, where basic back-office tasks and processes are automated across […]

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What’s the Key to a High Performance Ecommerce Strategy?

June 28, 2019

Similarly to emerging technology, eCommerce is continuing to rapidly develop. In this time of extraordinarily swift change and innovation, the importance of staying ahead of the curve and taking key steps to develop and execute and effective eCommerce strategy is more vital then ever before.

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Could Business Have the Answer To Our Leadership Crisis?

June 24, 2019

Tom Blower, Managing Director and Executive Coach at leadership specialists Black Isle Group, discusses why a trend towards enterprise leadership could challenge the ‘one leader’ model. The UK is on the verge of major leadership change with a possibility that all the major parties could appoint a new leader within the coming months, and […]

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How Can Social Good Drive Business Success?

June 21, 2019

Purpose is nothing new in the world of business. But getting it right has never been more urgent. From Extinction Rebellion to #MeToo, we’re living at a time of polarising issues, which has given rise to a wave of activism across the world.

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How Apprenticeships Can Address the UK STEM Skill Shortage

June 20, 2019

The UK is facing a crisis when it comes to STEM skilled workers. Nationwide, we're experiencing a shortage of workers who have skills in STEM which is overall affecting the economy.

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How to Reinvent Your Product: 7 Essentials

June 19, 2019

The product of the future is smart and connected, with the ability to be responsive, adaptive and collaborative.

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Business Leaders Must Fail Fast to Succeed at Digital Transformation

June 18, 2019

The digital transformation journey is by no means easy.

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The Technology Behind the Forex Market and Why It’s Important

June 18, 2019

Whenever we discuss the forex market, there’s always a focus on its size, liquidity and the volatility that underpins it.

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Can You Afford to Ignore NGOs?

June 4, 2019

High profile activist campaigns on climate change and plastics are a sign of the times, indicating the increasing ability of NGOs to ‘make the political weather’.

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JTI: Empowering Consumers to Choose

May 31, 2019

Eddy Pirard is a Belgian national and a product of HEC Liège, where he completed a combined commercial and engineering degree. He then went on to work for Procter & Gamble as his first job after military service and was the recipient of a scholarship by the Belgian Government, which sent him abroad for a […]

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Authenticity and Storytelling with Pietryla PR

May 31, 2019

Christine Wetzler is the owner of Pietryla PR & Marketing, and therefore a communications consultant specialising in communications strategy, crisis communications and issues management within the manufacturing, packaging, plastics and chemical, heavy equipment, sustainability, and professional services industries. Christine has assisted clients with significant M&A and funding announcements, product launches, and strategic thought leadership programs […]

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Back to Basics: How to Thrive in Retail

May 31, 2019

It’s been impossible to miss the barrage of headlines heralding the death of the high street as a seemingly endless stream of household retail names announce financial woes. From Toys R Us to House of Fraser, Maplin to Debenhams, everywhere you look, there are profit warnings, redundancies, stores closing, and administrators swooping. Many believe that […]

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