​It’s hard to overstate the role artificial intelligence (AI) is playing in the pharmaceutical industry. The revolution has arrived rapidly and both pharmaceutical and biotech companies are increasing the adoption of such technologies, including machine learning, to improve the accuracy and speed of their data-driven decisions.AI technology can process and find patterns within vast am...

​Many people were surprised when in early November 2020, just 8 months after the world was largely bought to a standstill by the COVID19 pandemic, leading pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech announced that they had developed a vaccine that they claimed was ‘90% effective’. The surprise wasn’t borne of the fact that we had a vaccine at all – after all, vaccines have been respo...

“I think to actually grow and improve you have to step outside of your comfort zone. I’m a real believer that in sales and recruitment and growing businesses, you have to step out of it to move forwards. I also believe that in order to get your teams to do that you have to lead by example. You have do it yourself and put yourself out there.” For an episode of her podcast ‘The Authenti...

As the landscape of the working world is forced to shift in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, more businesses are looking towards IT solutions that help them streamline their operations and allow more flexibility and accessibility for their employees. One solution a lot of businesses are looking into is cloud migration. So why are businesses looking to it, and is it a great time f...

The National Cybersecurity Centre (NCSC) dealt with 723 incidents in 2020 up to the month of August, according to statistics revealed by the authority. The government body reports that it has helped 1,200 in the first 9 months of 2020, with this figure being the highest to be reported since the organisation was founded in 2016. It believes more than a quarter of these incidents are r...

On 25th May 2018, data law changed forever.In its first 18 months across 22 countries, an estimated 30 million companies fell into the scope of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the enforcement of new rules for businesses regarding data capture, storage and usage. Despite this, there have only been 785 fines for non-compliance, many of which are being appealed. The questi...

​“A lot of people see us as a pet shop, and as a retailer, but we see ourselves as a petcare provider, recognising the pet as a beloved part of the family. We aim to offer a wealth of products and services over the pet ecosystem. I don’t measure success in terms of the number of data scientists I have or the number of algorithms we are using or how much data we’ve got stored in the cl...

​In our series 'Tech Talks, my career journey' we dive into the career journeys of individuals from across the tech industry.Our aim? To motivate, spark curiosity and inspire.By exploring the challenges, triumphs and experiences of our talent network, through this series we will highlight that there are opportunities for all in the tech industry. In a sector that has been traditionall...

Universities and colleges are being told by the UK’s leading cyber security experts that a rising number of cyber attaches could potentially disrupt the start of term.A spike in ‘ransomware’ attacks has been flagged to the National Cyber Security Centre. Newcastle University and Northumbria have both been targets for these attacks following a selection of colleges in Yorkshire.Ransomw...