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Analysis-Russian gold removed from some Western funds after Ukraine

Analysis-Russian gold removed from some Western funds after Ukraine

By Peter Hobson LONDON (Reuters) – Hidden inside high-security bank vaults in London, Zurich and New York, billions of dollars&#..

Cost and fragmented data emerge as top barriers to reducing carbon footprint

Cost and fragmented data emerge as top barriers to reducing carbon footprint

  And only 38% business leaders rate their decarbonisation efforts so far as very successful New European report shows that lac..

SpaceX rocket sends first global water survey mission into orbit

SpaceX rocket sends first global water survey mission into orbit

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Reuters) -A SpaceX rocket blasted off early on Friday carrying a U.S.-French satellite designed t..

WorkLife responds to growing demand for mental wellbeing support with bolstered offering and two new benefits

WorkLife responds to growing demand for mental wellbeing support with bolstered offering and two new benefits

  WorkLife by OpenMoney, the employee benefits platform, has partnered with ShinyMind and Wellness Cloud to help employers offer ..

Britain’s Purplebricks to cut more than 10% of jobs – The Times

Britain’s Purplebricks to cut more than 10% of jobs – The Times

(Reuters) – Purplebricks Group PLC, Britain’s biggest online-only real estate agency, will cut more than 10% of its workfo..

Construction firms relying on financial incentives as job applicant numbers tumble

Construction firms relying on financial incentives as job applicant numbers tumble

Skills shortages and the cost-of-living crisis have driven salaries up across construction, despite the demand for staff beginning to ..

PowerDNS launches second generation of PowerDNS Cloud Control

PowerDNS launches second generation of PowerDNS Cloud Control

  Operators can now more easily move from virtualized to cloud-native infrastructure, which is at the heart of the 5G revolution,..

EU opens antitrust probe into Broadcom’s $61 billion VMware bid

EU opens antitrust probe into Broadcom’s $61 billion VMware bid

PARIS (Reuters) -European antitrust regulators have opened an in-depth investigation into U.S. chipmaker Broadcom’s proposed $61..

Siemens Gamesa names Luijendijk CEO of onshore wind unit

Siemens Gamesa names Luijendijk CEO of onshore wind unit

By Andres Gonzalez LONDON (Reuters) – Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa has appointed its Asia Pacific boss Richard Luijendijk a..

Celebrating 46 UK organisations who have outstanding workplace training programmes with HRH The Princess Royal

Celebrating 46 UK organisations who have outstanding workplace training programmes with HRH The Princess Royal

    Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, welcomed 46 organisations to Banqueting House in London to celebrate successfully achi..

BRITS DEMAND SALARY TRANSPARENCY, AS A FIFTH OF JOB SEEKERS REFUSE TO APPLY FOR A POSITION IF THERE’S NO STATED SALARY, ACCORDING TO NEW RESEARCH

BRITS DEMAND SALARY TRANSPARENCY, AS A FIFTH OF JOB SEEKERS REFUSE TO APPLY FOR A POSITION IF THERE’S NO STATED SALARY, ACCORDING TO NEW RESEARCH

  With the landscape of an unprecedented labour shortage, a new nationwide poll has revealed that businesses that don’t publish salari..

Milestone 50,000 users registered and £3million investment gained in pet care app’s first nine months

Milestone 50,000 users registered and £3million investment gained in pet care app’s first nine months

    A start-up pet care app which launched in March this year has reached a milestone 50,000 registered pet owners committed to i..

IMPRESSION ADDS TWO SENIOR HIRES TO BOLSTER ITS NEW PROGRAMMATIC ADVERTISING AND L&D OFFERING

IMPRESSION ADDS TWO SENIOR HIRES TO BOLSTER ITS NEW PROGRAMMATIC ADVERTISING AND L&D OFFERING

  Nottingham and London-based digital marketing agency, Impression has ended 2022 with the appointments of two new senior hires t..

UK Government helps IT company break into Africa with £900k UKEF support

UK Government helps IT company break into Africa with £900k UKEF support

    UKEF’s guarantee has given a boost to exporting ambitions of a Stockport-based technology company   Vesper Technologies (Ves..

Bank of England raises rates to 3.5%, says inflation has peaked

Bank of England raises rates to 3.5%, says inflation has peaked

(This Dec. 15 story has been corrected to change Robert Dishner’s location to London from Chicago in paragraph 33) LONDON (Reute..

Take Five: Keeping the lights on

Take Five: Keeping the lights on

(Reuters) – The Bank of Japan will be the last of the major central banks to hold a policy meeting this year, and policy-makers ..

No Santa rally for markets as central banks dampen peak rate hopes

No Santa rally for markets as central banks dampen peak rate hopes

By Naomi Rovnick and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) -Forget a year-end rally in financial markets. The message from major central b..

Marketmind: Hawk-eyed

Marketmind: Hawk-eyed

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee Investors have hunkered down with their risk-off hat on, af..

FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH: WORLD LEADING COACHES, TRAINERS AND PRACTITIONERS BACK PERFORMANCE BRAND BRINGING NEW MUSCLE TO PROFESSIONAL SPORT

FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH: WORLD LEADING COACHES, TRAINERS AND PRACTITIONERS BACK PERFORMANCE BRAND BRINGING NEW MUSCLE TO PROFESSIONAL SPORT

  A collection of world leading elite sport coaches and practitioners have given a resounding stamp of approval, following an exc..

BoE raises rates again as investors look towards end of hikes

BoE raises rates again as investors look towards end of hikes

By David Milliken and Farouq Suleiman LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England raised its key interest rate by a further half-perc..

Electric vehicles confront the leap to the mass market

Electric vehicles confront the leap to the mass market

By Joseph White DETROIT (Reuters) – The past year was sobering for investors who poured money into Tesla Inc and rival electric ..

Swiss National Bank says inflation battle not yet won

Swiss National Bank says inflation battle not yet won

By John Revill and Michael Shields BERN (Reuters) – Swiss National Bank Chairman Thomas Jordan said it was too early to “s..

Gas will remain expensive for decades – and renewables lucrative

Gas will remain expensive for decades – and renewables lucrative

  The Russian supply freeze is driving up gas prices, forcing Germany to switch to LNG, more expensive liquefied natural gas. Adm..

Shoppers flip behaviour from 2021 as they buy more, but spend less in 2022

Shoppers flip behaviour from 2021 as they buy more, but spend less in 2022

  Voyado’s 2022 Shopping Index also revealed a strong increase in customer returns, despite an overall boost to overall purchases..

CapMan Infra invests in solar developer Skarta Energy to transform it into an independent power producer

CapMan Infra invests in solar developer Skarta Energy to transform it into an independent power producer

  CapMan Infra has agreed on a majority investment in Skarta Energy in a joint venture to be established together with its curren..

Telecom equipment maker Ericsson divests Russian operation

Telecom equipment maker Ericsson divests Russian operation

HELSINKI (Reuters) – Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson said on Thursday it had divested a customer support operation in R..

UK retailer Currys warns on profit as Nordic chill sweeps in

UK retailer Currys warns on profit as Nordic chill sweeps in

By Aby Jose Koilparambil (Reuters) -British electricals retailer Currys cut its full-year profit forecast on Thursday after heavy disc..

The metaverse made easy: RendezVerse launches RV360 to convert 360° photography to explorable social VR spaces

The metaverse made easy: RendezVerse launches RV360 to convert 360° photography to explorable social VR spaces

  New technology allows for venues with pre-existing 360° photography of their space to upload it to the metaverse in minutes for..

Boston Limited sign Memorandum of Agreement with Oxford Quantum Circuits Limited, an exciting partnership to accelerate the use of Quantum computing

Boston Limited sign Memorandum of Agreement with Oxford Quantum Circuits Limited, an exciting partnership to accelerate the use of Quantum computing

  Boston Limited, with thirty years of experience in providing high-performance technology, has signed a Memorandum of Agreement ..

9 in every 10 businesses are paid late, according to the 2022 late payments report by Chaser

9 in every 10 businesses are paid late, according to the 2022 late payments report by Chaser

LONDON, 12 December 2022 – The 2022 late payments report produced by Chaser, the global accounts receivables software provider, ..

Entrepreneurs are facing more challenges than ever before – how can they weather the storm?

Entrepreneurs are facing more challenges than ever before – how can they weather the storm?

    From the pandemic to rising inflation and the cost-of-living crisis, businesses and entrepreneurs are facing severe chal..

Dacke industri acquires 70 % of fogmaker international ab and strengthens its presence within safety

Dacke industri acquires 70 % of fogmaker international ab and strengthens its presence within safety

    Dacke Industri continues to grow with its acquisition of Fogmaker International AB, one of the leading global suppliers of fi..

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Seven competencies that successful ESG leaders need

Seven competencies that successful ESG leaders need

  Leaders who seek to guide their companies through ESG transitions should strive to develop seven competencies, a review of literature and pract..

WTTC unveils world-first global Travel & Tourism climate footprint data

WTTC unveils world-first global Travel & Tourism climate footprint data

    WTTC and Saudi-Based Sustainable Global Tourism Center launch inaugural Environmental & Social Research Between 2010 and ..

British e-scooter startup pure electric raised over £2.3m, more than double of their initial funding goal 

British e-scooter startup pure electric raised over £2.3m, more than double of their initial funding goal 

    1,200+ investors backed the Crowdcube campaign, inspired by Pure Electric’s global aim to bring sustainable solutions to brok..

2023 Trends: What do experts say about the future of work?

2023 Trends: What do experts say about the future of work?

  The last few years have permanently changed the workplace experience in a way that nobody could have predicted. But now that wo..

GIVE ME FIVE: WHY GLOBAL HEALTH FIRM WANTS BOSSES TO PLEDGE 5% OF WORKING HOURS FOR STAFF WELL-BEING 

GIVE ME FIVE: WHY GLOBAL HEALTH FIRM WANTS BOSSES TO PLEDGE 5% OF WORKING HOURS FOR STAFF WELL-BEING 

    ∙       CIGNA CHALLENGES CEOs TO COMMIT TO ‘OPEN CULTURE OF MENTAL HEALTH’ ∙       ‘5% PLEDGE’ AIMED AT BRINGING ..