The women behind fintechs still face discrimination when seeking investment, despite the issue being an industry talking point for years, according to figures from a UK fintech industry body. Innovate Finance’s numbers, which revealed UK fintech investment dropped by double the global figure, also unearthed the worrying detail that investment in fintechs led by women…
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Whilst the financial, operational, and reputational damage caused by cyber-attacks is often the focus of attention, the emotional toll on staff involved in the recovery process is an equally important but frequently overlooked aspect. Employees working on the frontline of recovery often find themselves grappling with a unique set of stressors that can significantly affect…
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The UK’s Metropolitan mayors all want digital transformation decisions to be made locally, but there’s a lack of understanding in areas such as the time and money required to turn ideas into reality. These regions face a similar challenge in replacing legacy systems to that faced by banks over the past decade, but lack the…
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Prompt engineering is an artificial intelligence (AI) engineering technique that refines large language models (LLMs), with specific prompts and recommended outputs. It also is part of the process of refining input to various generative AI (GenAI) services to generate text or images. Prompt engineering helps generative AI tools create various types of content and digital…
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Westminster has announced the creation of a new scheme to deliver targeted support in boosting cyber security skills and enhancing defences for small businesses, with 30 projects in England and Northern Ireland set to receive a share of a £1.9m fund set up by the government and private sector partners. These projects, which support the…
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In September 2024, Dunelm reported a 4.1% jump in annual sales to £1.71bn for the year to 29 June. During the same month, GlobalData estimated Dunelm had increased its market-leading share of the homeware sector to 11.5%, edging even further ahead of John Lewis, its closest competitor. New initiative after new initiative is a feature…
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is a powerful tool to help jobseekers find roles and make their applications, with ever more people using it. Multiple published surveys have suggested this figure could be as high as 50% of applicants. But while AI is undoubtedly a great support tool, it can create issues if individuals use it to…
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Wendy Redshaw, chief digital information officer (CDIO) at NatWest Retail Bank, has had a distinguished career leading technology-led change in some of the world’s biggest financial services organisations. Now, she’s using that experience to drive even more innovation. After four years as CIO for collaborative technology solutions with Deutsche Bank, Redshaw says she was eager…
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This year signalled a worrying time for diversity, equity and inclusion in the technology sector as many firms began rolling back their initiatives and efforts. This lack of commitment led many notable diversity organisations to dial back their own efforts, not wanting to contribute to allowing firms to pretend to be making a difference rather…
Continue ReadingAs is common nowadays, a lack of skilled workers in the sector left firms competing for tech talent in 2024, alongside a stagnant diversity in tech landscape. Thankfully, there has been some good news, with an increase in women taking tech subjects at all levels, from GCSE to A-level and through to tech degrees. But…
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