The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Disability has called for a disability-inclusive COVID-19 response that improves the working lives of disabled people. It is feared that disabled workers will be among the hardest hit as a result of the coming recession, with the gap...
'During the coronavirus pandemic, people should guard their eyes with glasses or face shields to protect their eyes from virus infection," said Dr. Daniel Laroche, Director of Glaucoma Services and President of Advanced Eyecare of New York. People also need to know, even though there...
Early adoption will be a key differentiator in the race to lead South East Asia in regulated digital asset exchanges and associated digital financial products and services - offering services such as primary listing of securities, listing of alternative assets and secondary-market trading of security...
E-Residents of Estonia, who have established 13,000 Estonian companies worldwide since the launch of the e-Residency programme in December 2014, have now accumulated a total turnover exceeding £1.5 billion. The growth has been fuelled by a recent substantial increase in Estonian companies established by e-Residents...
The Digital Diagnostics platform now holds the intellectual property for two key autonomous AI technologies focused on democratizing healthcare Healthcare access and inequity challenges have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic; members of at-risk populations around the world are increasingly delaying important specialist care. Today...
The Entrepreneurial Britain two-days initiative will be focused on towns and cities in the UK as key drivers of economic growth Entrepreneurial Britain is a new two-day initiative designed to reignite the entrepreneurial spirit of Britain’s towns and cities. Comprising a peer-to-peer learning conference and...
· Funding increased by 940% since the beginning of lockdown – compared to the same period last year, making cybersecurity the fastest growing start-up sector in the UK · £496m raised by UK cybersec firms in the first half of 2020 · 44% increase in...
Study shows 60% of Brits do not want to return to the way things were before lockdown and 49% believe they won’t be back to the office full-time until the end of the year or into 2021 Only 26% of full-time UK workers want life...
From Oct 9 - 16th, 2020, Digital Week Online will feature online events for innovators and entrepreneurs, including "The Babylon Project" blockchain hackathon and the “Global Blockchain Day" Building on the success of the first global gathering in May 2020, which attracted 170 top-level speakers,...
Muhammad Chbib is a serial entrepreneur, global thought leader and CEO at tradeling.com. Muhammad Chbib has international experience as a manager who has served several successful startups as well as large corporate organizations in Europe and the MENA region since the late 1990s. Throughout his...
Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (“MDEC”) is tasked with organising and leading Malaysia’s Digital Economy forward. MDEC has recently announced Malaysia 5.0, which can contribute to a more sustainable and circular economy by building this national digital ecosystem with a unified alliance of stakeholders both within government and across private...
One of the UK’s leading providers of digital care systems is calling on the sector to be better prepared for the future by utilising agile technology that has been tried and tested throughout the pandemic - with 94% of users finding its coronavirus-specific features beneficial....
Dinis Guarda Interviews Naokazu Takemoto, Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy of Japan in citiesabc Youtube Podcast Minister Naokazu Takemoto currently serves as the Minister of State for Science and Technology of Japan since September 11, 2019. First elected as a Member of...
Resident in France with an MBA degree from London, Max Studennikoff has been in business for over 20 years. A serial entrepreneur, Max set up and successfully developed several startups in such areas as international events management, property development, hospitality, and education. Max is a...
The global travel and tourism industry is among the worst hit due to COVID-19 pandemic and deal activity in the sector is muted. Japan too is not an exception, though the country seems to be keen on reviving the industry by introducing new initiatives. However,...
The Republic of Estonia, in conjunction with e-Residency, the internationally-renowned Estonian digital ID programme, has finally launched Estonia’s Digital Nomad Visa (DNV). Authorised by the Estonian parliament on June 3rd 2020, the visa will be available to citizens worldwide who want to take advantage of...
Last year nearly 2.4m people enrolled in higher education across the UK according to the HESA, with 56% of students opting for either provider maintained properties, private-sector halls or other rented accommodation. While Covid-19 may see these figures decline for the coming year, many students...
Using the latest models in analytic science, RavenPack is analyzing sentiment, media attention and historical voting patterns to predict the U.S. presidential election in 2020. And now this U.S. Elections Monitor Tool is fully integrated in citiesabc. The United States will hold its 59th presidential...
Z/Yen today launched the first edition of the Smart Centres Index (SCI 1), which is designed to track the development of technology and financial centres across the world in their support for and readiness for new technology applications. Investors, entrepreneurs, scientists, media, academics, governments, and...
Falling prey to 21 substantial cyber attacks, Germany ranks fourth Interestingly, France has seen 11 significant cyber attacks in the time period of May 2006 – June 2020 America has experienced the most cyber attacks classified as significant between May 2006 – June 2020,...
As businesses return to the workplace following encouragement from the Government, employment law and health and safety experts warn that employees must play their part in adhering to occupational safety measures to ensure, so far as possible, a safe return to work. Government guidance continues...
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