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 →
Apr
30
Next month marks the 40th anniversary of the release of one of the classic songs of the 1980s - ‘Ghost Town’ by The Specials. The single, the last released by the band, reached number one in the UK singles charts in June 1981 and stayed there for 3 weeks. Set... read more →
Apr
15
There really was only one story in 2020 – COVID-19. During the past twelve months, the news has almost entirely focused on the major disruption that the pandemic has caused to our daily working lives and the impact that the ‘new norm’ will have on us in 2021 and beyond.... read more →
Mar
23
The evolution of Switzerland as a Safe Hosting Haven We have become so accustomed to gloomy news this past year that any headline containing the word 'happiest' is bound to grab attention. One such Timeout headline caught our eye this week: Switzerland has just been ranked the third happiest country... read more →
Mar
15
If the Covid-19 pandemic has taught us anything these past 12 months, its that you must be prepared for unexpected. And being prepared means having an updated risk register, a disaster recovery plan, and a robust process in place to regularly review and test both. Let’s be honest, how many... read more →