Fast forward to December 2021, and online and print editors everywhere are preparing their ‘People of the Year’ lists. Who’s going to appear in them? Jason and Laura Kenny, Sifan Hassan, Billie Eilish, Marcus Rashford, Simone Biles, Elon Musk, Naomi Osaka, Sky Brown are all probable shoe-ins, but a surprise... read more →
Aug
08
Jul
12
The 4th July is traditionally the day that we reach out to family and friends across ‘the pond’ and wish them a Happy Independence Day. The national holiday, marked by patriotic displays, commemorates the Declaration of Independence of the United States, on July 4, 1776, when the Continental Congress declared... read more →
Jun
25
It appears that this season’s best collection comprises companies held to ransom by cybercrime group REvil, the latest addition being fashion retailer French Connection. Originally founded in 1972 as a women's fashion brand, and famed for its FCUK slogan, the company has expanded into a global retailer and wholesaler of... read more →
May
24
At an average $780K per demand, who says that Crime doesn’t pay? In our last insights piece, we focused on the Colonial Pipeline ransomware cyber attack which resulted in the shutting down of over 5,500-miles (8,900km) of fuel supply to the US East Coast. Last week Joseph Blount, CEO admitted... read more →
May
12
Following a ransomware cyber-attack on Friday which forced Colonial Pipeline to shut down the main part of its network, US citizens have been urged not to panic buy and hoard petrol. Colonial Pipeline which operates over 5,500-mile (8,900km) network has taken itself offline and does not expect normal operations to... read more →
May
06
This week Google confirmed it expects around 20 percent of its employees to work from home, with 60 percent meeting their teams in the office a few days a week, validating the view that the new ‘norm’ for working post pandemic will be a hybrid home/office model. This is further... read more →

