16
British adults reach for a gadget every 16
minutes. The average Briton owns two gadgets,
such as smartphones, tablets and Fitbits/activity
trackers, and uses them around 60 times per day.
Smartphones are relied upon the most, being
used 47 times a day or every 20.4 minutes. Those
aged 18-24 years are most addicted to their
gadgets, reaching for technology more than 124
times per day or every 7.7 minutes. (Source:
UK
Gadget Usage Report 2017
, ElectricTobacconist.
co.uk).
19
Just one in five (19%) UK managers favours a
‘hard Brexit’ according to research from the
Chartered Management Institute (CMI). Over
two thirds (71%) think a deal that secures
access to the single market and/or freedom of
movement of people would be the best outcome
of Brexit negotiations. Two in five (37%) believe
the decision to call a general election has had a
negative impact on their organisation and caused
more uncertainty.
32
A third (32%) of sole traders and microbusinesses
admit that managing their finances leaves them
feeling stressed, a study by business management
software provider KashFlow reveals. However,
only 6% rated their finance management abilities
as ‘not good’, with 87% rating themselves either
‘really good’ or ‘not bad’ at doing things like
keeping on top of cashflow, managing payments
and staying compliant.
35
More than a third of executives (35%) believe
resumes are less important to the job search
process than they were 5 years ago. In a survey by
the Futurestep division of Korn Ferry over three
quarters of executives (77%) said networking
was the most important part of the job process,
followed by interviewing (16%) and social/online
presence (4%). Resumes came in last at just 3%.
77
Almost four in five (77%) British consumers have
concerns about using new payment methods, a
survey by law firm Paul Hastings reveals. The risk
of fraud was cited as the main reason (59%) for
not using new payment methods, followed by
data security incidents (49%) and the risk of theft
(45%).
44
Out of 4,000 employees surveyed, 44% have
been paid late by their employer, global HR and
payroll service provider SDWorx has found. Of
those, 48% have also been paid incorrectly. More
than three quarters (79%) of those who were
paid the wrong amount had to identify the error
themselves. On average, employees experiencing
a delay in payment had to wait between one and
a half and two weeks.
93
A large majority (93%) of UK businesses are
concerned about the security challenges posed
by a growing mobile workforce. Four in 10 (40%)
believe that C-level executives are most at risk
of being hacked when working outside the office.
Cafes and coffee shops are seen as the number
one high-risk venue by 42% of respondents,
ahead of airports (30%), hotels (16%), exhibition
centres (7%) and airplanes (4%). (source:
iPass
Mobile Security Report 2017
, iPass)
11,000
The average British mother who has to leave
her career for a more flexible job will take a
pay cut of £11,000 a year, a survey by www.
VoucherCodesPro.co.uk reveals. Just two fifths
(41%) of the 2,418 women surveyed returned
to their previous career after having children. Of
those who didn’t, 64% switched to a job with
more flexible hours and 25% became stay-at-
home parents.
1 million
Blizz by TeamViewer, a dedicated web conferencing
and collaboration solution, reached 1 million
minutes of online meetings just two months after
its official launch. Blizz provides a simple set-up
process that lets users start and join meetings
instantly via a web interface. Additionally, meetings
with up to 300 participants can be held on
Windows, MacOS, Android and iOS devices.
140 billion
Organisations in the US and UK are losing $140
billion each year to disconnected data, according
to a study commissioned by software company
SnapLogic. In 41% of organisations, critical
company data is trapped in legacy systems that
cannot be accessed or linked to cloud services.
As a result, workers are spending more time
searching for, acquiring, entering or moving data
(8 hours per week) than they are making decisions
on that data (7 hours per week).
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