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St Albans MP Anne Main led a debate in Westminster on the future of the UK digital and tech industries this week. Anne secured the debate following growing public interest in the digital world in recent months and after meeting with a major tech firm in St Albans.
Anne Main MP met with senior figures and the new CEO of Imagination Technologies during her visit to their headquarters in Kings Langley last week. Imagination produces graphic chips and other cutting-edge technology for mobile phones, computer games and artificial intelligence.
A Hertfordshire digital marketing agency gives insight into how the Facebook Cambridge Analytica data mining scandal affects businesses.
Ditch The Intranet: ‘we want apps’ Say Employees
With research revealing that 71% of workers want their employer to offer the same level of technology that they use in their personal lives, it is clear that employee engagement strategies which utilise emerging technology platforms need to be top of the HR agenda. That's according to digital solutions provider, Workvine, which has produced a report detailing the top ways that HR teams can improve employee engagement through workplace apps.
St Albans Is Taking A Lead On EV Uptake
· Glyn Hopkin event highlights strong local demand for electric vehicles
· All-new Nissan LEAF is previewed and many attendees instantly place an order – despite purchase price not yet being confirmed
· Nissan chooses Glyn Hopkin St Albans for exclusive event due to significant sales in the area for previous-generation plug-in LEAF
· UK’s EV sales rise by 71% in October, year-on-year
Business Consortium Announce Launch Of SME Cyber Alliance
A group of leading south-east businesses have joined forces to launch a cyber alliance that will provide pro-active support to SMEs in the battle to prevent successful and costly online attacks by criminals.
Technology Firm Completes Telecoms Business Acquisition
Leeds telephony, internet and mobile firm The Technology Group has acquired Exchange Comms, an established Hertfordshire-based telecommunications business, for an undisclosed sum.
Businesses are being warned there is a definite trend towards ever-greater legal requirements over how data is stored and collected – and it can no longer be ignored.
A new technology start-up will soon unveil its electric autonomous vehicle to the public in a move that hopes to shake-up the delivery market by removing 90% of costs associated with the 'last mile' of a delivery.
