Project Management news

• Taliban will not be able to access most Afghan central bank assets

  18-08-2021 22:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Most of the country's financial reserves are held in the US where the Taliban will not be able to access them.
  
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• 40 million T-Mobile customers hit by US data breach

  18-08-2021 19:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 40 million T-Mobile customers have been hit by a US data breach.
  
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• Simpson Associates acquire Bleam Cyber Security Limited

  18-08-2021 15:19
  
  Simpson Associates, leading data analytics consultancy, is delighted to announce it has acquired Bleam Cyber Security Limited, a trusted Cyber Security and Information Security provider. Simpson Associates recognises the importance of cyber security as a key component to the data analytics solutions that they deliver for their clients. This key acquisition ensures their expertise and capabilities has significantly increased, with the objective of ensuring their solutions continue to be best in c
  
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• Scottish public spending deficit doubles to £36bn

  18-08-2021 13:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Spending on public services rose to almost £100bn as revenue fell due to the Covid pandemic.
  
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• Nando's hopes to reopen fully from Saturday after supply shortage

  18-08-2021 13:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The chain had to shut about 50 restaurants due to food shortages thought to include its signature peri-peri chicken.
  
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• Franco Manca owner planning big UK and overseas expansion

  18-08-2021 12:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Restaurant group Fulham Shore plans to open up to 150 new outlets amid continued strong trading.
  
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• Northern English regions drive house price growth

  18-08-2021 12:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wales also records rapid rises as the UK sees property prices go up at the fastest rate for 17 years.
  
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• Price rises cool amid clothes and shoe discounting

  18-08-2021 10:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK inflation rate fell by more than expected to 2% in July, down from 2.5% the previous month.
  
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• Centrica signs strategic partnership with ENSEK to accelerate digital transformation and help position the company for growth

  18-08-2021 10:00
  
  UK, 18th August, 2021 – Centrica plc has today signed a strategic partnership agreement with ENSEK, the leading global retail energy Software as a Service provider, which will see the company transfer over 7 million UK domestic and small business energy supply customers to the platform. Becoming one of the lowest-cost energy suppliers in the market is a key pillar of the turnaround of Centrica and moving customers to ENSEK’s Ignition platform underpins this. With...Source: RealWire
  
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• Personnel boost at bullfinch

  18-08-2021 09:15
  
  Climate FinTech hires all-star management team Frankfurt am Main, Germany, August 18, 2021 – bullfinch completes its management team by hiring top-level executives. Niko von Tippelskirch has been newly appointed to the executive management board and will take on the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO). Gabriele Donino has joined bullfinch as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to lead the development of the FinTech platform, which is a key component in the financing and operations of...So
  
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• Covid: Australia's Qantas says all staff must be vaccinated

  18-08-2021 07:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The announcement came as New South Wales reported its biggest daily rise in coronavirus infections.
  
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• CEO Secrets: Don't ask for all your funding up front

  18-08-2021 01:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Don't ask for all your funding at once, says Zazuu CEO Kay Akinwunmi, but in smaller chunks.
  
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• Never mind going electric, where will we park?

  18-08-2021 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UK roads are already jam-packed and that looks set to get worse as more people snap up EVs.
  
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• Trials of shared banking hubs to be extended

  18-08-2021 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The two trial projects allow different banks to operate from the same premises after branches closed.
  
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• Trendy shoffices and pizza ovens raised lockdown fire risks

  18-08-2021 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Insurer Zurich says residential outbuilding fires rose by 16% last year compared with 2019.
  
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