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In an increasingly digital world, technology has made significant inroads into every aspect of our lives, including healthcare and mental health. Counselling and psychotherapy, traditionally rooted in face-to-face interactions, have not been immune to this technological revolution. As the world adapts to new challenges and opportunities, mental health professionals haveContinue Reading

AI chatbots are common in the marketing and customer service arena as an interface between the customer and customer service representative. They help to automate processes, reduce the workload on agents, and provide faster responses to customers. According to Servion, AI will power 95% of all customer interactions including liveContinue Reading

Elon Musk famously said that working from home is immoral. His exact words were, “People should get off the goddamn moral high horse with the work-from-home bullshit.” But the sentiments of the billionaire are neither relatable nor reflected in current growing trends. Not all companies echo the same desires ofContinue Reading

Avalara, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based tax compliance automation for organizations of all sizes, has announced that it is partnering with Oracle NetSuite to help customers to streamline invoicing even more within NetSuite. NetSuite Electronic Invoicing, which is powered by Avalara, will allow organizations to increase efficiency, reduce costs,Continue Reading

Oracle NetSuite today announced a series of new product innovations to help organisations reduce costs and run more efficiently so they can grow their top and bottom lines. The latest NetSuite innovations include both traditional and generative AI-powered capabilities across the entire suite; new field service management and enterprise performanceContinue Reading

Communities Secretary Michael Gove has signalled the Government will make a fresh bid to scrap environmental rules to boost housebuilding. The House of Lords last month defeated an attempt by ministers to scrap EU-era rules that force developers to mitigate the impact new homes have on river health. Earlier inContinue Reading

Limited progress has been made on tackling sexism in the City of London, with women still “battling their way to the top”, MPs have been told. Financier Baroness Helena Morrissey told parliamentarians there were “big pockets of no improvement whatsoever” when it came to gender parity in the Square Mile.Continue Reading

The competition watchdog is to investigate boiler brand Worcester Bosch over whether it misled shoppers with confusing or inaccurate green claims. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the investigation will focus on whether marketing claims for the firm’s so-called “hydrogen-blend ready” home boilers, which cost between £1,500 and £3,200,Continue Reading

Claire Johnson, a partner in Clarke Willmott’s private capital team, looks at the implications associated with the so-called ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ and how parents can make informed choices about contributing to their child’s property purchase. We talk about the ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ to describe parents givingContinue Reading