EEF, The Manufacturers' Organisation, hosted the Making Brexit Work – Preparing Manufacturers for Brexit conference in Bristol.
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RSSCyber attack is now a case of ‘when’ and not ‘if’ for UK CEOs
Jul 04, 2018
Four in 10 UK CEOs believe becoming a victim of a cyber attack is now a case of 'when' and not 'if' for their organisation, according to a survey of CEOs from some of Britain's biggest businesses.
Inefficient supply chains are costing UK business £1.5bn per annum
Jul 04, 2018
Supply chain inefficiencies and miscommunication through "Chinese Whispers" are costing UK businesses over £1.5bn in lost productivity according to analysis of industry data from digital freight forwarder Zencargo.
Mobile workforce: five ways to empower the GenZ workforce
Jun 27, 2018
By Chris Noble, Director at StoreForce.
A LinkedIn survey looking at how millennials are changing jobs and sectors showed that, once again, the retail industry was one of the losers. Asked why they were changing careers, millennials cited a lack of opportunities for career advancement, closely followed by dissatisfaction with compensation and benefits.
Average UK mobile worker spends 70% of time on everything but their job
Jun 27, 2018
The average field-based employee in the UK spends just 1.5 days per week on their core job, a new report commissioned by Totalmobile and supported by professors from the University of Surrey's Centre for the Digital Economy (CoDE) has revealed.
Retailers to invest in machine learning and voice search to improve digital marketing in 2018/19, new survey finds
Jun 27, 2018
The digital marketing challenger agency, QueryClick, has released The CMO Performance Report 2018, which has found a significant number of retailers plan to invest in transformative technology including machine learning and voice search to enhance their digital marketing campaigns.
Information on the go - AIDC/Mobile Computing Special Technology report - June 2018
Jun 27, 2018
Manufacturing & Logistics IT spoke with a number of leading spokespeople from the vendor and analyst communities about recent, current and possible future developments within the world of automatic identification & data capture and mobile computing technology.
Lone workers – Your hidden workforce
Jun 20, 2018
There are over six million lone workers in the UK which represents about 20% of the UK workforce. They represent the "hidden" workforce that is under represented in an office they rarely frequent.
Recovery in manufacturing order books promising - CBI
Jun 20, 2018
Manufacturing order books recovered and the volume of output increased strongly in the three months to June, according to the latest monthly CBI Industrial Trends Survey.
The need for speed in the race for the last mile: A third of retailers still don’t offer next day delivery
Jun 20, 2018
Omnichannel retailers are still lagging behind in the race to offer fast last-mile fulfilment when compared to their pureplay counterparts, a new report by Sorted, the delivery experience company, warns.
