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UK hospitals could struggle even if COVID deaths lower this winter – epidemiologist

UK hospitals could struggle even if COVID deaths lower this winter – epidemiologist

By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – Hospitals may struggle to cope if there is a significant surge of COVID-19 in England this ..

Analysis-Brexit cold turkey: UK tries to kick 25-year imported labour habit

Analysis-Brexit cold turkey: UK tries to kick 25-year imported labour habit

By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom’s 25-year-old model of importing cheap labour has been up-ended..

Facebook blames “faulty configuration change” for nearly six-hour outage

Facebook blames “faulty configuration change” for nearly six-hour outage

By Subrat Patnaik, Eva Mathews and Sheila Dang (Reuters) -Facebook Inc blamed a “faulty configuration change” for a nearly..

‘SKILLS INVESTMENT MUST FOLLOW FURLOUGH TO SUPPORT AN EVOLVING WORKFORCE’

‘SKILLS INVESTMENT MUST FOLLOW FURLOUGH TO SUPPORT AN EVOLVING WORKFORCE’

There were still 1.9 million people on furlough by the end of June 2021 Workers in hospitality, construction and recreation were amon..

The rise of augmented and virtual reality – now used in training by 40% of SME’s.

The rise of augmented and virtual reality – now used in training by 40% of SME’s.

Research from the leading B2B software search website has found that AR/VR tools that were once preserved for giant tech corporations ..

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp hit by global outage

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp hit by global outage

By Subrat Patnaik and Eva Mathews (Reuters) -Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp went offline for users across the globe, the social medi..

Employee Recognition – How to cater to your workforce’s mental wellbeing

Employee Recognition – How to cater to your workforce’s mental wellbeing

By Alex Hattingh, CPO at Employment Hero Some employees don’t get the chance to excel because of the nature of their jobs or reduc..

McDonald’s targets net zero emissions by 2050, from meat to energy

McDonald’s targets net zero emissions by 2050, from meat to energy

By Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) – McDonald’s Corp on Monday set a new target to cut global greenhouse gas emissions to n..

New Zealand drops COVID-19 elimination strategy under pressure from Delta

New Zealand drops COVID-19 elimination strategy under pressure from Delta

By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand on Monday abandoned its long-standing strategy of eliminating coronavirus am..

Two Americans win Medicine Nobel for work on heat and touch

Two Americans win Medicine Nobel for work on heat and touch

By Johan Ahlander and Ludwig Burger STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -American scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian won the 2021 Nobel Pri..