Radware finds that hackers and companies agree on one thing: Data is lucrative, as ransom attacks top the list. Radware’s Global Application and Network Security Report 2016-2017 reveals that 49 per cent of European businesses confirmed cyber ransom attacks is the #1 attack motivation in 2016, an increase of nearly 100 per cent from the 25 per cent recorded in 2015.
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Managers witnessed gender discrimination or bias in past year
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New research reveals that four in five managers (81 per cent) have witnessed some form of gender discrimination or bias at work in the past 12 months. The survey of 851 UK managers, carried out by the Chartered Management Institute for its CMI Women campaign, finds that inappropriate remarks, gender bias in recruitment and promotion decisions,
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Half of management candidates need to improve leadership skills
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Every second candidate applying for a management level position is lacking leadership skills, according to UK HR directors. New research by Robert Half UK of 200 HR directors also revealed that nearly one in five (18 per cent) management candidates fall short on planning skills, with 15 per cent lacking functional, job-related skills and 14 per cent lacking
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Good news for job seekers: SMEs looking to increase headcount
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New Year, new job is a mantra that many employees follow in January, with more than half of the UK workforce looking for a new job in 2017 according to research by Investors in People. The good news is that SME owners are looking to capitalise too. According to new research from Opus Energy, 15
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Senior business leaders unequipped to develop people
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Around half of HR professionals believe that senior business leaders don’t have the people management behaviours and skills needed to develop the best from their people, according to the latest CIPD HR Outlook survey of HR professionals. Performance management and people management were voted the top leadership behaviours and skills needed by organisations over the next
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Businesses owe £2.6 billion in unpaid VAT bills
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UK businesses now owe close to £2.6 billion in overdue VAT, as they continue to struggle to find the cash to meet critical tax deadlines, says Funding Options. Funding Options adds that the number has remained stubbornly high over the last few years despite the growth in the UK economy during the period, rising slightly
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Why SMEs fear hiring new staff in 2017
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Small and medium-sized enterprises are reluctant to take on new staff during 2017, new research from Close Brothers warns, amid nervousness about the prospects for the economy and the uncertainties of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union. More than half (51.2 per cent) of the SMEs surveyed in the latest quarterly Close Brothers Business Barometer
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£50 million lost through unproductive Brits skipping lunch
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£50 million is lost due to employees skipping lunch, a new study from Savoystewart.co.uk reveals. Office workers have returned to work, feeling somewhat refreshed after the festive break. However, only one in five workers will actually take the traditional lunch hour break; a stark contrast to France, which sees the lunch hour as a key
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SME owners unaware of January Blues effect on staff
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While the large majority (81 per cent) of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) believe they aren’t affected by the January blues, two thirds (67 per cent) of employees are currently fed up at work and lack motivation, according to new research by payroll and HR provider Moorepay. Employees believe they aren’t the only ones lacking motivation in the
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Vast majority of self-employed are unaware of the end of self-assessment
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With the tax self-assessment deadline fast approaching on January 31st, many tax payers will be preparing to submit their return on time, or risk facing a penalty. Not everyone is a fan of this process, finds a study by 1Tap Receipts, with more than half (55 per cent) of those who have to submit a tax
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