10 operators offer more than 41 million hours of free browsing in emerging markets via Upstream’s free ad-funded mobile portal – up to 97% user penetration Zero-D boosts data upselling by as much as 19% – 4.2 billion ad impressions to users who would otherwise be offline More Than 300 Million Users with Free Mobile […] More
Databarracks helps Westcoast save resources and add an additional layer of security to backups About WestcoastEstablished in 1984, the Westcoast Group remains privately held with its distributor arm, Westcoast Limited, distributing leading IT brands to a broad range of resellers, retailers and office product dealers in the UK and beyond. Thanks to the hard work […] More
Shutterstock Business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has implied that furlough will continue as long as elements of lockdown remain in place. With speculation mounting over tomorrow’s budget, Kwarteng told the BBC that business support would continue so as not to risk “crushing” any economic recovery. The furlough support, formally the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, is currently […] More
Photo: Shutterstock Less than half (44%) of employers have an employee wellbeing strategy in place and a fifth do not intend to implement one within the next year and a half. This is according to Aon’s UK Benefits & Trends Survey for 2021, which found that organisations’ health and wellbeing benefits strategies may not be […] More
Shutterstock Employers are still overly focused on safeguarding the physical safety of employees at the cost of overlooking mental wellbeing, with stigma or fear around speaking up still common, the results of a global survey have indicated. Fifty-two per cent of employees surveyed by safety assurance and certification organisation Lloyd’s Register felt their employer placed […] More
Dublin – the most popular destination for Brexit finance firm relocationsPhoto: Shutterstock Approaching half of the UK’s financial services firms have moved or plan to move some operations from the UK to Europe, with Dublin and Luxembourg the most popular EU destinations for staff relocations and new hubs. According to professional services firm EY’s latest […] More
jax10289 / Shutterstock.com Halfords is to pay back £10.7m in furlough cash after experiencing ‘stronger than anticipated’ sales. The motoring and cycling retailer said it would pay back all the money it received under the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, as it expected to achieve a full-year pre-tax profit of £90m-£100m. However, the company said […] More
Photo: Shutterstock Steakhouse group Tomahawk has rejected accusations by the GMB union of bullying workers to lend it money to pay for their own national insurance (NI) and pension contributions. The union claims that a meeting was called for all staff, during which they were asked by the company if they could borrow money back […] More
