Tag Archives: Covid-19

Paul Jarrett, Founder and Managing Director of digital product agency Sonin, looks at how remote working presents a valuable opportunity for businesses to evaluate existing operations. Offices up and down the UK remain deserted as the Coronavirus pandemic continues to grip the world. Despite an outstanding effort from people all …

Richard Brandon, VP of Marketing at RtBrick, discusses why broadband is a critical resource, especially in the midst of the current pandemic. Since the days of sending digital photographs to one another to our more recent passion for streaming our favourite TV shows online, we have found more and more …

In partnership with Age UK, Dixons Carphone has provided free tablets, connectivity and a dedicated technology support phone line to help hundreds of vulnerable older people from feeling lonely and isolated during the pandemic. The technology retailer, which owns Currys PC World and Carphone Warehouse, is working with its charity …

Gekko Field Marketing’s MD, Daniel Todaro, discusses whether the Coronavirus will present the opportunity to re-appraise the retail experience and increase communities’ appreciation of the high street. So here we are amidst the most bizarre of situations that no one in their lifetime has experienced. There’s never been a global …

The COVID-19 crisis has changed many aspects of our work and personal lives. While many businesses have been frantically trying to implement remote working strategies that will ensure their employees can continue to do their jobs, those working on the UK’s high streets have fallen into two main camps: Those …

Mesh WiFi system provider NETGEAR has highlighted how its products can help families manage the increased risk of cyberthreats has their home internet usage ramps up. With millions more people working from home, plus soaring internet usage of eLearning and home entertainment services, family WiFi networks are feeling the strain. …

In the opening quarter of 2020, the UK’s tech sector suffered its worst performance since 2009’s global financial crisis, according to KPMG’s quarterly survey of UK technology companies. The report shows that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a swift decline in non-essential spending. Business activity across the tech sector …

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, Network Group has set up weekly community calls to provide a forum for its members where they can share experiences and talk through the common challenges they face. The company has been providing networking and mentoring opportunities to its members for 26 years – …

Go Instore has partnered with Currys PC World to deliver ShopLive: a video-powered retail service that connects website customers with product matched experts using immersive HD live video. The ShopLive service empowers Currys PC World colleagues with the ability to work safely from home during the COVID-19 crisis and assist …

Graeme Watt, CEO of Softcat, is appealing to the IT industry to support a charitable campaign intended to raise money to ‘Feed the Nation in Isolation’ – specifically the homeless, the ‘food poor’ and those who normally rely on free school meals for their children.  The ‘Feed the Nation in …