Royal Mail CEO Simon Thompson has apologised to consumer and business customers impacted by a likely LockBit ransomware attack on its systems, which has left the postal service unable to dispatch letters and parcels to overseas destinations, and promised a “workaround” will be in place in the near future Giving evidence before the Department […]
Entain and McLaren F1 have partnered to create a science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) returnership programme aimed at helping women who have taken a career break return to the sector. The six-month programme will allow women to take part in work placements in roles such as software engineers, back-end developers and data scientists […]
Almost 95% of employers looking for tech talent have encountered a skills shortage over the past year, according to Hays. In a survey of 13,000 employers and workers in the UK, 1,400 of which were in tech, the recruitment and HR firm found 94% faced a lack of talent last year, up from 89% […]
Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 17 January 2023 How PepsiCo works with tech startups to drive growth Share this item with your network: In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to food and drinks giant PepsiCo about how it works with tech startups to drive growth and digital transformation. Our latest […]
The amount of cash withdrawn from ATMs increased 19% in 2022 as people attempted to avoid going into debt during the cost of living crisis. According to the numbers from Nationwide Building Society, more than 30 million cash withdrawals were made. This is the first time in 13 years that there has been an […]
CIOs should prepare for a 3.6% decline in IT spending this year, analyst Forrester has warned. But budgets are set to increase after 2024, as businesses ramp up tech-led projects and business initiatives. A number of external factors have contributed to the low growth in IT spending, according to Forrester. These include the Russia-Ukraine […]
With our lives becoming ever more interconnected, and both real-world and online activities being recorded, we are generating an increasingly sophisticated record of what we are like. This digital self is a virtual representation of our lives, which people use as a basis for judgements, in lieu of meeting in person, and which algorithms […]
Negotiating the UK government’s IR35 tax avoidance legislation remains the biggest concern for contractors in 2023, according to survey findings compiled using feedback from 700 freelance workers. The survey is a recurring piece of research, conducted on an annual basis by IR35 insurance provider Qdos, with more than a third of this year’s participants […]
Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. January 2023 CW EMEA: Protecting the privacy of schoolchildren Share this item with your network: In this month’s CW EMEA, we look at how schools in Germany have stopped using Microsoft Office 365 over lack of clarity over how data is collected, shared and used. We […]
Consumer expectations have always been sky-high, but the Covid-19 pandemic pushed retailers to the limit as the whole of the UK was forced online. But for online retailer Very Group, parent company to online fashion and lifestyle site Very.co.uk and online catalogue Littlewoods, many of the challenges faced were to do with remote working […]