In comparison to other industries, retail banking has historically been relatively slow to pursue technological innovation. Banking executives generally tend to be cautious, focusing their efforts on developing financial products to maximize revenue, with innovation a distant second priority. This approach, coupled with the fact that bank operations are often mired in highly bureaucratic and […]
The UK Office for National Statistics published a report on Coronavirus and Depression in Adults. They found that the coronavirus pandemic had a bigger impact on deprived areas of England and affected more to adults at risk. The National Statistics’ report found that around 1 in 4 (24%) adults living in the most deprived areas […]
Covid-19 pandemic has changed and disrupted all businesses. Covid-19 is also the major digital transformation accelerator, taking the digital economy to new heights. Let’s take a look at the major business challenges with covid and digital transformation and how businesses can get better prepared for the future. Covid-19 has disrupted the entire world economy. […]
London’s resilient remote-friendly professional sector could harm lower paid service industries long after lockdown New data shows London has recorded uninterrupted growth in remote working jobs during the pandemic, even when these jobs declined elsewhere in the UK Trend recorded across Europe’s four largest capitals – Berlin, London, Madrid and Paris – and risks aggravating […]
Industry sectors such as Finance, Construction, Tertiary, Agriculture, Engineering, Retail among others introducing frequent lateral flow testing to their working environments can help to reduce spreading of the virus across multiple workplaces, reducing transmission and therefore allowing us to open up the economy. Antoine Dreyfus, former director of Amazon devices in the EU, is now […]
More than 500 Urban Areas Around The World expected to adopt Digital Twin technology by 2025 The need to increase resilience and optimise resource management in light of COVID-19 will be among the key drivers for the growth of Digital Twins over the next five years, according to ABI Research. The global tech market advisory firm expects […]
For the first time the challenge is a global competition, which seeks to identify and accelerate the most ambitious ideas developed by cities in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Bloomberg Philanthropies has launched the 2021 Global Mayors Challenge, which seeks to identify and accelerate the most ambitious ideas developed by cities in response to the […]
Leading Digital Health Expert: “Israel’s national healthcare system, combined with its data and technology capabilities, makes it a unique and optimal beta site for Pfizer and Moderna” In less than one month, Israel has successfully vaccinated most of its 60+ population against COVID-19 as part of a national campaign, so far giving the first dose […]
Only 5% of HR professionals expect work to ever go back to the pre-pandemic normal 58% of HR professionals expect a large and permanent increase in remote working Demand is on the rise for connected, specialist HR software The Covid-19 pandemic has shown that it is possible for many people to work from home. Now, […]
The impact of the pandemic on businesses in facts, figures and statistic As we enter the new year, some trends seem to carry over. That includes the pandemic of 2020, which speeded up the digital transformation of many businesses and changed the way we work. Now 43% of the workforce work remotely at least some […]