Monthly Archives: July 2016

UK behind in productivity and innovation in the digital economy

The Barclays Digital Development Index benchmarks ten countries around the world on their readiness to compete in the digital economy. The study, which attributes an overarching ‘digital empowerment’ score to each nation, finds that the UK comes in just fourth place behind new and emerging ‘digital tiger’ economies Estonia, South Korea and Sweden. The findings are
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Employers blamed by workers for contributing to obesity

Longer working hours preventing exercise is cited by 59 per cent as the main reason for obesity, according to the study of 1,197 workers by Willis PMI Group, part of Willis Towers Watson. Almost half (48 per cent) blame a lack of exercise facilities and initiatives, while unhealthy vending machine or ‘tuck shop’ snacks (44
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