UK retail issues food security ‘no deal’ Brexit warning
Sainsbury’s, Asda, Waitrose and M&S are among UK retailers to have warned about the devastating impact a so-called ‘no deal’ Brexit will have on food security and supply in the UK. In an open letter to MPs, send by the British Retail Consortium trade body, the CEOs of the country’s biggest food retailers called on […]
Guest Blog, Marc Sollars: Five ways UK firms can size up to GDPR compliance…
Even as Britain’s business community looks to the government for a workable Brexit plan, the shadow of much tougher data privacy regulation is falling right across UK Plc’s economy. That’s because the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is dragging citizens’ right to data privacy back to the heart of the continent’s digital economy from […]
UK businesses lacking in cyber-attack protection…
More than a quarter of British businesses (26 per cent) have left themselves open to the clear and present danger of a cyber-attack, independent research from Advanced has exposed. Despite recent government research finding that two thirds of large businesses experienced a cyber breach or attack in the last 12 months, Advanced revealed that nearly […]
Guest Blog, Markus Bekk: EU General Data Protection rules will hit soon – are you prepared?
Did you ever try to set-up and execute a transformation programme in just 18 months that will change your global processes, involve all divisions, affect most of your supplier and client contracts, and bear the risk of fines as high as four per cent of your global turnover? That is what many are probably facing as they prepare for […]
Industry Spotlight: Business as usual for UK police and security firms?
As a nation, we are still coming to terms with the shocking decision made by the public to leave the EU and, already, police are launching investigations into post-referendum racism acts across the country. Despite these ignorant acts, senior UK police chiefs have declared its strategy to carry on as normal, even with numerous warnings that the Brexit vote will potentially increase the chances […]
