A technician who fitted an automated gate to the garden of a house near Norwich has been jailed for manslaughter after it fell onto the home owner and killed her. Jill Lunn, 56, died in April 2013, when the automatic gate fell on her at her home in Blofield Heath, near Norwich. When the remote-controlled […]
British technology company amBX is to use this month’s LUX Live exhibition at Excel London to demonstrate lighting control software that meets the technical requirements of intelligent lighting, delivers to energy efficiency expectations and, most importantly, provides a true people-centric lighting system in your building. amBX software is groundbreaking, proven and cost-effective technology that operates […]
The new UK series of The Apprentice aired on October 2 with the latest batch of determined candidates, all vying for a life-changing job opportunity with Lord Sugar and 15 minutes of fame. As well as being a great source of entertainment, the programme also provides a wonderful insight into business and some valuable lessons […]
Though much maligned, WHSmith has found a way of making the best of a bad situation. There’s an established narrative of corporate decline and fall: incumbent grows bloated and stale; innovative, ambitious new competitors seduce its customers, leaving it overstretched; losses mount, debt piles up, talent departs, death spiral ensues. WHSmith stands as a curious […]
Almost three-quarters of marketers are struggling to use the insights they get from marketing attribution, according to research by AdRoll. The firm’s study, The State of Marketing Attribution 2017, found the proportion of those who said they don’t action the insights they get from attribution was 70% during this year, up from 57% in 2016. […]
Almost half of B2B marketers say their top challenge is making sure their sales teams follow-up and convert the leads they create. In this exclusive research, carried out by B2B Marketing in association with Cyance, we reveal B2B marketers’ biggest hurdles and frustrations with the way sales deal with the leads they’re sent – and […]
The Management Regulations expect many organisations to draw up an emergency plan, while COMAH sites will have to go further in preparing for worst case scenarios. Steve Pace outlines the steps employers need to take. The impacts of an emergency on an organisation, its employees, third parties and the public can be profound: the events […]
‘It’ll take longer to explain to someone else how to do it, so I just do it myself.’ We’ve heard it many times, but in today’s collaborative business context, it’s not an approach that is generally productive So says Denise Fryer, programme director for the Henley Business School Developing Management Practice (DMP) programme. You need […]
Introducing MixBox2 by Evermix Have you ever wished that you could easily capture your best sets and instantly share them with a wider audience of electronic music fans? One of the more annoying processes in the current digital DJ world is recording, processing, and publishing a mix or live DJ set. Setting up a digital […]
Today’s bosses need better help to deal with new technologies, working practices and generational shift. The modern workplace has become complex, volatile and unpredictable. The skills needed for great leadership have dramatically changed and include intelligent behaviours, adaptive thinking and emotional intelligence. However, the methods being used to develop our leaders have not really changed […]