New digital innovators report explains how global tech leaders have embraced digital transformation

Authored by Liv Butler
Posted: Tue, 06/08/2021 - 3:13pm

Considering the ever-evolving nature of the market, businesses have to update their operations with technological advancements. It's for that reason that Digital Transformation has grown more important to enterprises.

You can visit contino.io/insights/top-20-dx-innovators to view Contino's list of innovators who have transformed their operations by implementing the benefits of the cloud-native architecture . The process of Digital Transformation is typically catalysed by cloud computing and security, which are policies and controls for protecting virtualised IP.

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Kinder Exeter festival to get underway with message to ‘wake up to kindness, compassion and play’

Kinder Exeter festival to get underway with message to ‘wake up to kindness, compassion and play’

Look out for ‘kindness ninjas’ roaming the streets of Exeter next week as part of a new festival that aims to create cities of compassion and playfulness.

The Kinder Exeter festival is a week-long event from 14 June that aims to give local residents a playful experience to reimagine what a city of kindness, compassion and wellbeing could be like, and a glimpse into how things could be different for everyone – especially those who are most often excluded.

Co-organised by University of Exeter education incubator The Playful University and local arts organisation Maketank,...

Volunteer and rock out at retro festival for FREE

LOVE LIVE music? Love the 80s? Then why not volunteer at Let’s Rock Exeter retro festival this summer and enjoy the event for free?

By signing up to do a four-hour shift with festival charity partner Child Bereavement UK, ticket scanning and selling wristbands and raffle tickets on the day, you’ll not only be helping a great cause, you’ll also be able to enjoy the festival free of charge.

Let’s Rock Exeter takes place at Powderham Castle on Saturday 11th September and will include live performances from Adam Ant, Wet Wet Wet, ABC, Howard Jones, Tony Hadley, Kim Wilde,...

Doctors in Devon remind their patients “We are here for you”

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 06/08/2021 - 11:27am

Devon’s GPs practices have been working tirelessly over the last year, managing the pandemic response and delivery of the NHS COVOD-19 vaccination programme. But they want to remind people that GP practices are open and patients should get in touch when they need to.

Over the last 12 months in Devon, Plymouth and Torbay there have been:

  • More than 4 million face to face appointments in general practice over the last year
  • More than 2 million telephone consultations
  • More than 500,000 online consultations

While the number reduced...

The UK's most frequent contact centre customer complaints revealed

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Tue, 06/08/2021 - 11:00am

The Institute of Customer Service recently released its latest UK Customer Satisfaction Index , showing that satisfaction is at its lowest since 2015. The COVID-19 pandemic contributed to this poor performance.

Building on this data, research from Awaken Intelligence uncovered what the most common contact centre customer complaints were over the past 12 months and also provided an insight into which sectors had the best and worst customer service where the application of Awaken's speech analytics could play a huge role in improving efficiency.

Which sector has the Best...

The early favourites for the Sandown Eclipse

With the Guineas Festival at Newmarket and the Derby Festival at Epsom Downs been and gone, Royal Ascot is just around the corner and with the likes of the Eclipse and Glorious Goodwood still to come, it’s fair to say that we are bang in the middle of a very exciting flat racing season — made even better by the fact that racegoers can now return to meetings!

With so much to look forward to over the next couple of months, and plenty of top-class racecards to examine on the best horse racing betting sites , we’re going to zone in on the Eclipse, which will take place at Sandown...

Dr Alex George calls for nominations for the British Citizen Youth Awards

On the lookout for Devon’s inspirational youngsters

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 06/07/2021 - 6:10pm
Dr Alex George calls for nominations for the British Citizen Youth Awards – do you know a young person who has made an impact in your community?

TV PRESENTER and mental health campaigner Dr Alex George has joined forces with the British Citizen Youth Awards and Specsavers to shine a light on the most inspirational young people.

The Awards honour youngsters who have positively impacted their communities in what has been a challenging time for everyone.

Now in its fifth year, the Awards programme has partnered with Dr George, whose mission to make mental health education...

5 budget-friendly wall decor ideas

Authored by Val Watson
Posted: Mon, 06/07/2021 - 3:50pm
Keeping up with the walls

We all want our homes to be picture-perfect from every corner and have every picture with Instagram-worthy backgrounds. But with so many things to spend on, getting an aesthetic wall is something we relate to as an expensive investment. Without a budget, things can pretty easily slip out of our hands. We are here to satisfy all your cravings for getting on-trend furnishings.

Listed are five ‘on trend’ affordable DIYs to get your walls en vogue:

Mirror-mirror everywhere

If you see yourself taking mirror selfies every time you see a fancy mirror...

Heart Research UK pledges over £500,000 for COVID-19 research

Authored by Liv Butler
Posted: Mon, 06/07/2021 - 2:02pm

National charity Heart Research UK is to fund three new research projects to investigate how COVID-19 affects the heart and circulatory system – an investment of over half a million pounds. Research has shown that people with cardiovascular conditions, including high blood pressure, have a higher risk of developing severe COVID-19. COVID-19 can also cause ‘new’ damage to the heart and blood vessels in people who have no pre-existing disease. Heart Research UK’s new grant scheme was designed to fund pioneering research to investigate these links and improve outcomes for patients suffering...

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