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TSB opts for flexible hours as it staffs up tech hub

30 Jun 2020by DataIQ News

Banking group TSB has introduced a flexible working strategy in response to Covid-19, as it embarks on a major recruitment drive for its new Edinburgh-based tech hub, which will house scores of tech specialists, data scientists, data engineers and data analysts.

Property sector given free access to boundaries data

29 Jun 2020by DataIQ News

The UK property industry has received a major shot in the arm with the free release of over 23 million title extents - land boundaries - in a move which it is claimed will open up the data to much wider use across the public and private sectors.

Google reveals plan to help SMEs through Covid crisis

26 Jun 2020by DataIQ News

Google is attempting to shake-off its image as an all-conquering technology giant which steamrollers everything in its path with a new initiative designed to help one million small businesses and charities in the UK stay open during the Covid-19 crisis, by providing training on their online operations.

Covid forces marketers into "less is more" ethos

25 Jun 2020by DataIQ News

Marketers are facing the double whammy of increased pressure to deliver sales leads since the Covid-19 outbreak, but with drastically reduced budgets, forcing a major rewrite of their marketing plans.

Brits are willing to forgo privacy for virus tracking

24 Jun 2020by DataIQ News

As the Government struggles to live up to Boris Johnson’s claim that the UK will soon have a "world beating" track and trace system for Covid-19, there is at least one glimmer of hope - Brits say they are willing to set aside their considerable privacy concerns to give up personal information to aid containment of the virus.

UK banks on digital workforce to boost economic recovery

23 Jun 2020by DataIQ News

The UK is planning to embark on a major digital training programme to boost the workforce in an effort to resuscitate the economy following months of lockdown, sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic.

AI and data-driven tech needs more action to thrive

22 Jun 2020by DataIQ News

The UK is at risk of losing out on the rewards of AI and data-driven technology due to widespread distrust of many of the industry’s practices, which can only be tackled through concerted action from both industry and Government.

Blockchain tech can help Covid recovery, say MPs

19 Jun 2020by DataIQ News

Blockchain technologies could play a major role in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic - and aid the global recovery - by tracing interactions with people diagnosed with the disease while preserving their privacy and security.

Police in the dock over mobile data extraction

18 Jun 2020by DataIQ News

UK police forces are routinely extracting and storing excessive amounts of personal information from the mobile phones of victims, witnesses and suspects without an appropriate basis in existing data protection law, which could ultimately deter people from reporting crimes.

UK consortium calls for AI centre for climate change

17 Jun 2020by DataIQ News

An alliance of technology firms, business groups and universities has called on the Government to back plans for a £100m "International Centre for AI, Energy and Climate" as part of proposals to put data science at the heart of the UK’s environmental recovery plans.

Market Insight

Driving recovery with better data qualityIn Partnership with Royal Mail

The challenges that businesses have faced with their data and marketing look very similar, as many of the findings in this latest round of research highlight. S...

How to scale data science (when nobody else understands it)In Partnership with Domino Data Lab

For many companies, their investment in data science and their emphasis on making it a first-class corporate function have paid significant benefits. They’re ...

How to develop your data cultureIn Partnership with Tableau

We asked our 2021 DataIQ 100 Top Ten to share their views on how to develop a data culture in an organisation, how to build out data literacy and their ...

Data strategies for the new normalIn Partnership with Barclays

Coronavirus has undoubtedly brought the need for more efficient data use to the foreground for many businesses. DataIQ surveyed 101 end-user practitioners in ...

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