Coronavirus is likely to remain a data protection headache for UK businesses in the year ahead, writes SEAN MORRIS News headlines in recent weeks have highlighted how a number of large UK employers, including IKEA and Next, have changed sick pay entitlements for unvaccinated staff. But, as yet, not much attention has been given by the […]
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Answering the digital call will boost revenue
TECH TALK: Too many SMEs are still failing to adapt to transformative technology, says BILL MAGEE It represents a commercial conundrum of our digital times. Just why your typical small to medium-sized business still has its head in the clouds rather than in the cybercloud. Four-out-of-five UK companies admit they are not embracing easily-accessible technology […]
Covid sick pay cuts test contractual rights
SALLY-ANNE ANDERSON says employers cutting sick pay for unvaccinated staff raises many questions With the First Minister announcing that the extended Covid protection measures in Scotland were being removed, we are, hopefully, looking at what could be the start of a more normal way of life. Whilst this is extremely positive, it does not mean […]
Tech meet-ups on trial as Vegas goes virtual
TECH TALK: BILL MAGEE asks if big tech events have a future One really has to feel for any bright tech start-up gambling on its entire future by cashing in hard-earned chips, probably some borrowed, to undergo a near 10,000-mile once in a commercial lifetime round trip to Las Vegas. Months of planning to finally […]
Going green was never meant to cost us the earth
AS I SEE IT: TERRY MURDEN says the SNP and Tory governments share a growing dilemma over their green policies There are few issues that unite the SNP and the Conservatives, but the green dreams they shared just a few weeks ago at the climate summit are steadily falling apart as they both come to […]