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Canada: Federal Government Investing $173.7 Million To Expand Women Entrepreneurship Supports

The federal government will invest $173.7 million over five years to extend the Women Entrepreneurship Strategy, aiming to improve access to financing, training and business networks for women across Canada. The funding, announced by Minister of Women and Gender...

‘AI Couldn’t Fix A Boat’: The Apprentices Keeping A Traditional Craft Afloat

At a boatyard, a group of enthusiastic apprentices are hard at work, restoring two traditional vessels. Aged between 16 and 31, they are learning skills at risk of being lost. With boatbuilding recently included on a list of endangered crafts, could these young people...

People Are Warming Up To Robots At Work – But They Don’t Want Them In Hospitals Or Schools

Technological capabilities may no longer been the limiting factor when it comes to how and where robots can be deployed, with new Hexagon research revealing public support isn’t always there. Much of the public is becoming more accepting of robots in the workplace,...

Astemo Engineering Careers Tour Meets Marcis Jansons, Wayne State University

The Global Auto Mobility and Smart Mobility Today team spent the day on campus at Detroit’s Wayne State University just before winter break. During our visit, Cindy Polakowski and John Petty met with Marcis Jansons, Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering...
Gen-Z Founders Automating Future Of Hiring

By combining relationship mapping with AI-powered search, Clado's human search engine, Atlas, turns recruiters and sales teams into digital Sherlock Holmeses. The platform allows recruiters to search across a large number of professional profiles using complex,...

Does The US Have A ‘K-Shaped’ Economy?

A big reason the term is popping up so often is that it helps explain an unusually muddy and convoluted period for the US economy. Growth appears solid, yet hiring is sluggish, and the unemployment rate has ticked up. Overall, consumer spending is still rising, but...

‘Micro Jobs’ Help People Out Of Poverty – Charity

A charity which has won a national award for its "micro jobs" scheme has said it is helping people out of poverty. Zink, based in Buxton, Derbyshire, set up the project in 2016 to provide small, paid roles within the charity and support people who have been out of...

Top SME Insurance Focus: Cyber Security

For much of the past five years, the biggest worry for many commercial insurance clients has been brutally tangible: the soaring cost of rebuilding. Conversations were dominated by materials inflation, labour shortages and construction delays after COVID-19. Today,...

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