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Vodafone VOXI rolls out AI chatbot to deal with customer service requests
Business
The system will be tested before being fully deployed
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SMEs could be missing out on up to £8.6bn per year in savings
Business
The report highlights how the accelerated roll-out of new standalone 5G could boost productivity
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Recruitment mistakes in tech sector holding back businesses
Business
Nearly half of candidates impress at interview stage, but underperform once in the role
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Quarter of business owners not optimistic about succeeding in 2024
Business
Rising costs, economic volatility and technological challenges were given as the main three reasons
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Third of people want to start a business in 2024
Business
The most popular sectors to start-up in are arts and crafts, food and drink and services like virtual assistants or marketing
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30% of workforce is looking for a new job, study shows
Business
The stat includes almost half of people who moved jobs in the past year
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Creative recruitment agency works exclusively with disabled talent
Business
Disparity is particularly evident in creative roles
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Steven Bartlett launches campaign to spread digital skills
Business
Analysis reveals failure of SMEs could blow a £50billion hole in the UK economy
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Wetherspoons back in profit after sharp jump in sales
Wetherspoon
The company, which runs 826 pubs across the UK, recorded a £42.6 million pre-tax profit for the year to July 30
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Tech company to launch crowdfunder after securing £5.2million
Business
Raylo is promoting a move towards a circular economy
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Neurodiverse entrepreneur using AI to help small businesses
Business
Liam Brennan spent 18 years working in the tech innovation industry before he got the diagnosis
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Digital skills more important than a degree when job hunting
Business
Over half of businesses find young people often struggle with simple computer-based workplace tasks, such as creating a spreadsheet, writing a professional email, or operating workplace software
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Almost half a million new start-ups launched this year
Business
463,700 businesses were registered between January and mid-July 2023
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Thousands sign up for scheme that links them with Dragons Den-style mentors
Business
More than 3,600 chiefs have enrolled on the Help to Grow: Management course
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Vodafone is to provide connectivity for UK's smart meter network
Business
The connectivity will use Vodafone’s 4G network
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Campaign to replace 'American candy stores' and souvenir shops on Oxford Street
Business
Small businesses around the UK are being offered the chance to take over a shop on Oxford Street, rent-free
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Embracing new technology could save NHS £1billion a year
Business
The expert modelling analysis took into consideration the benefits brought about by remote patient care where check-ups and monitoring take place from home, liberating patients and practitioners from a more rigid, timetabled approach to medicine and freeing up beds for those most in need
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Fran Kirby talks importance of support as women to be awarded share of $500,000
Business
"My own support network has been instrumental in my journey, celebrating my successes and picking me up during the tough times, such as my current injury"
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Steven Bartlett on the importance of support for small businesses
Business
The Dragons' Den and Diary Of A CEO Podcast says guidance got him where he is today
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Yuppies puppies embrace the 'green is good' culture says new report
Business
The research reveals yuppies children have scaled down their global ambition
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Private sector backed initiative set to charge UK exports with one stop shop
Business
The launch follows research that found that if UK exports had rebounded as strongly as Germany’s following the pandemic, it would be exporting $111bn more than is it now
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Small businesses need room to grow, according to new report
Business
Small firms are being disadvantaged by a distorted market which both favours residential development over commercial and incentivises landlords to keep properties empty
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Small businesses are planning to increase prices for their customers
Business
The findings demonstrate the increasing cost pressures businesses are feeling
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Britain's best small businesses win big at the Small Awards
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The Small Awards is a nationwide search for the smallest and greatest firms in the UK, across all sectors. In its seventh year it is organised annually by Small Business Britain, which champions, inspires and accelerates the nation’s 5.5 million small firms
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'Extremely volatile' motorcyclist causes chaos in Torquay
Daylan Corrigan got into a confrontation with a woman near the Clock Tower
Man found dead in Exeter
Devon and Cornwall Police
Police, ambulance and the Devon Air Ambulance were called to the scene in the city on Saturday afternoon.
Wallaby leaves driver stunned after hopping along Devon road
Crediton
The furry marsupial startled a driver and their passenger in Devon. Red-necked wallabies are native to Tasmania.
Devon tenants in shock as homes set for demolition
In the News
Affected tenants will have to move out
Right-wing terrorist from Devon caught with bomb and gun manuals
Courts
22-year-old Harry Parris has been jailed. He supported toxic, terrorist ideology and had materials useful for those planning terrorist acts.
Traffic & Travel
M5 overnight closures with drivers warned to plan ahead
Drivers have been warned that there are a number of overnight closures in the region tonight (Monday, March 18)
Right-wing terrorist from Devon caught with bomb and gun manuals
Courts
22-year-old Harry Parris has been jailed. He supported toxic, terrorist ideology and had materials useful for those planning terrorist acts.
This Morning guest says she lost £40k to fake 'Martin Lewis' scam
Martin Lewis
Experts are warning of the rising threat of cryptocurrency fraud
'Extremely volatile' motorcyclist causes chaos in Torquay
Torquay
Daylan Corrigan got into a confrontation with a woman near the Clock Tower
Wallaby leaves driver stunned after hopping along Devon road
Crediton
The furry marsupial startled a driver and their passenger in Devon. Red-necked wallabies are native to Tasmania.
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Torquay
'Extremely volatile' motorcyclist causes chaos in Torquay
Daylan Corrigan got into a confrontation with a woman near the Clock Tower
Man found dead in Exeter
Devon and Cornwall Police
Police, ambulance and the Devon Air Ambulance were called to the scene in the city on Saturday afternoon.
World-famous Devon pub reopens with big changes
Pubs and bars
The Dartmoor Inn, Merrivale, has reopened after a four-month closure
Wallaby leaves driver stunned after hopping along Devon road
Crediton
The furry marsupial startled a driver and their passenger in Devon. Red-necked wallabies are native to Tasmania.
Devon tenants in shock as homes set for demolition
In the News
Affected tenants will have to move out
Traffic & Travel
M5 overnight closures with drivers warned to plan ahead
Drivers have been warned that there are a number of overnight closures in the region tonight (Monday, March 18)
Right-wing terrorist from Devon caught with bomb and gun manuals
Courts
22-year-old Harry Parris has been jailed. He supported toxic, terrorist ideology and had materials useful for those planning terrorist acts.
This Morning guest says she lost £40k to fake 'Martin Lewis' scam
Martin Lewis
Experts are warning of the rising threat of cryptocurrency fraud
'Extremely volatile' motorcyclist causes chaos in Torquay
Torquay
Daylan Corrigan got into a confrontation with a woman near the Clock Tower
Wallaby leaves driver stunned after hopping along Devon road
Crediton
The furry marsupial startled a driver and their passenger in Devon. Red-necked wallabies are native to Tasmania.