UK Councils bombarded with nearly 100million cyber attacks
International criminal hacking gangs have attacked the security infrastructure of UK local authorities nearly 100million times in the last five years, according to research from data privacy campaign Group Big Brother Watch
- 20 February 2018
Theresa May outlines vision for vocational education
Prime Minister calls for a review of sky high University tuition fees, backs greater emphasis on vocational education and promoted technical qualifications at a major speech on education policy in Derbyshire
- 19 February 2018
Charities under fire over allegations of inappropriate behaviour
Oxfam and Save the Children along with a string of other organisations facing serious questions over allegations of misconduct and inappropriate behaviour by staff
- 12 February 2018
Safer Internet Day: Schoolchildren increasingly at risk from social media
New research from Corsham Institute (Ci) has revealed that schoolchildren are increasingly signing up to social media sites like Instagram and Facebook and facing issues such as bullying online
- 6 February 2018
Parliament Street launches Highway to Tomorrow Tech Group
One of the UK’s leading think tanks has launched a major new technology research group. Highway to Tomorrow will produce policy papers and offer consultancy around issues facing UK businesses such as cybercrime and the incoming GDPR
- 1 February 2018
Broadband boost as connectivity reaches 95% of the UK
Digital minister Matt Hancock announces that the government has delivered on its manifesto promise to install broadband for nearly all of the UK
- 29 January 2018
Big Perkbox Energy Switch helps workers tackle energy bills
Leading employee benefits platform Perkbox has teamed up with iChoosr to fight against rising household energy prices, harnessing the unique collecting buying power of its community
- 26 January 2018
Government launches anti-fake news unit to tackle disinformation
Prime Minister Theresa May takes aim at misinformation as part of a new national security drive. Announcing a new anti-fake news unit, the government hopes to extinguish the growing volumes of untrue stories flooding the internet and having a negative impact on society
- 24 January 2018
Mental wellbeing will be a top boardroom issue in 2018 says Perkbox
Mental health, the rise if millennials and people analytics set to dominate the HR and boardroom agenda this year as companies strive to empower the workforce in 2018
- 1 January 2018
Hammond puts tech at the heart of Budget 2017
Chancellor hits back at his critics with ambitious proposals for investment in critical national infrastructure, technology, science and skills training.
- 22 November 2017
Money guru Martin Lewis sending half a million financial education textbooks to UK schools
MoneySavingExpert.com founder teams up with charity Young Money to send 500,000 textbooks to UK schools in a national drive to improve financial education
- 14 November 2017
Invoice delays stalling business growth warns Concur Invoice Utopia report
Major new Concur study highlights the UK’s growing crisis with late invoice payments, which is forcing businesses to consider redundancies and cuts to investment spend. The new report calls for businesses to invest in the latest digital systems to reduce delays and create an ‘Invoice Utopia’
- 9 November 2017
Expense fraud remains rife in government departments
Research from Concur reveals 393 serious incidents of false expense claims from six major government departments as concerns around fraud grow
- 23 October 2017
PWC reveals law firms are lagging behind on tech
PWC report into legal sector use of IT warns the industry is falling behind. Report warns that urgent action is needed to future-proof firms from upcoming technology change
- 16 October 2017
TechBrunch: Steven George-Hilley founder of Centropy PR
In the first of a new series of interviews with business entrepreneurs and start-up founders, The Commentator caught up with Steven George-Hilley, founder of communications agency Centropy PR to discuss what challenges new businesses are facing as Britain prepares for Brexit
- 16 October 2017
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