In a recent study by KIS Finance, it was revealed that over two thirds of cryptocurrency investors borrowed money to make their purchase, rather than using income and/or savings.

Overall, more than two thirds (64%) of those who have invested in cryptos, used one or more credit facilities to do so.

Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and a risky way to invest large sums of money. Bitcoin, for ex...

Professionals are not striving to create a balanced work-life, instead they are addicted to busyness, finds new research by emlyon business school.

Specifically, they seek to re-create a particular kind of busyness – we call “optimal busyness” – that energizes them but often also leads them to overwork and burn out.

The study, conducted by Joonas Rokka Professor and Director of the Lifestyle Res...

The use of AI and data analytics in logistics operations improves environmental sustainability, efficiency and productivity according to new research from ESCP Business School.

According to the research, the introduction of automation, such as robotics, especially in the use of intelligent vehicles for container freight management, can offer a range of economic, environmental and social benefits,...

The UK’s tech skills gap is continuing to grow, with the number of candidates in IT dropping. That’s according to the latest real-time statistics from the world’s largest network of job boards, Broadbean Technology.

The data revealed a 66% increase in demand for IT professionals between the third quarter of last year and Q3 2021, which is indicative of the continued pressure facing UK firms to di...

Perceived customer value is highly relevant across industries, and is central to managerial decision making, according to new research by Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU).

In their paper, Valarie Zeithaml (USA), Katrien Verleye (Belgium), Isabella Hatak (Switzerland), Alexander Zauner (Austria), and Monika Koller from Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) review three d...

A new report, published ahead of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) has called for a radical change in how governments plan, deliver and manage infrastructure - emphasising the often overlooked role infrastructure plays in combating climate change, mitigation, and adaptation efforts. The new report, titled Infrastructure for climate action, is co-published by UNOPS, the UN E...

Quantexa, the global data and analytics software company pioneering Contextual Decision Intelligence (CDI), has revealed the first ever Data in Context study. The independent report is based on interviews with 750 IT and data decision makers in the Financial Services, Insurance and Public sectors, across three continents.

The research showed 95% of organizations suffer from the data decision gap,...

Two thirds of office workers (64%) are reluctant to return to the office post-pandemic, with the commute, lack of work–life balance and an ineffective workspace, the main drivers hindering workplace returns. That’s according to a new European study by global workplace creation experts Unispace.

The study combines the results of an in-depth survey of 3,000 office workers, 2,750 employers in leader...

The system of joint and several liability for wage debts in the construction industry has been in place for almost ten years. Since 2012[1], employees have been able to claim back wages from their employer's direct co-contractor in the event of the latter's default.

This regime only applies to “activities in the construction sector”.[2]

Furthermore, the new regime applies both to contrac...