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This summer’s heatwave has hammered home the importance of remote working
Date: July 25, 2022
By Evgeniya Fedoseeva, the founder and CEO of GenerationKM As Europe burned in the heat over the last two weeks, most people just did their best to get through it. In the UK at least, trains were cancelled and some public services closed, but the general feeling was that so unprecedented were the temperatures that any longer-term...
Finance: Remote working in a merging Finance and eCommerce world
Date: June 24, 2022
While hybrid and remote work will certainly remain the norm after the pandemic has finally subsided, enhanced security and privacy requirements in banking mean digital transformation should be top of the agenda, writes, Roy Zakka, CEO and Founder of Layer It goes without saying by now that remote work was a relatively minor practice before...
The unforeseen consequences of cyber security and hybrid working during the pandemic: the impact for the banking sector
Date: June 22, 2022
By Manoj Mistry, Managing Director, IBOS Association The COVID-19 pandemic had many unforeseen consequences, not least its impact on cyber security and hybrid working. At first blush, these distinctly different issues would appear to have very little in common, but the pandemic served as a critical nexus for the banking sector as they overlapped with...
How high-end workplaces are combatting ‘The Great Resignation’ for financial services
Date: June 16, 2022
By John Drover, CEO, Argyll According to new research by independent consultancy Barnett Waddingham, 85% of UK businesses expressed that they have been negatively affected by the pandemic-induced ‘Great Resignation’ and are prioritising staff retention this year. After a tumultuous two years, employee demands have shifted, with the top desires now including hybrid working capabilities,...
Telefonica to offer employees four-day work week, widening pilot project
Date: June 8, 2022
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish telecom giant Telefonica will offer its employees the opportunity to work a four-day week, extending a pilot programme that has involved around 150 workers so far, three sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. In exchange for a 12% pay cut, the deal would let staff work four days, or...
Cyber warfare, ransomware and remote working – the biggest cyber threats to businesses right now
Date: May 11, 2022
By Malcolm Tuck, Managing Director of ESET UK Cyber threats impact individuals and organisations around the globe every day, and with cybercriminals becoming increasingly sophisticated year on year, businesses are left vulnerable to attack through many different avenues. To keep businesses abreast of the most critical threats that they face right now, we have taken...