Ireland’s First Dedicated 5G/IoT Accelerator Programme Open for Applications. Entrepreneurs can now apply to take part in Ireland’s first dedicated 5G/IoT Accelerator Programme. The programme, a collaboration between Vodafone, Ericsson, and NovaUCD, was announced as part of the ...

Diary of the conscientious banker. As humanity lives longer and longer, could there ever be a scenario where we are no more? According to the new book Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Declineby Canadian journalist John Ibb...

Volkswagen plans 22 million electric vehicles in ten years. The Volkswagen Group is forging ahead with the fundamental change of system in individual mobility and systematically aligning with electric drives. The Group is planning to launch almost 70 new ele...

Senior Management and Certification Regime (SMCR) - Following the lead from Ireland. Following the CP86 regulation in Ireland the UK now look to adopt best practise…. 2019 brings with it another raft of regulatory changes for the UK Funds industry as well the wider Financial Service...

Graham Rodford interviewed in Money Never Sleeps podcast: Fight For Your Right. Graham Rodford, co-founder and CEO of Archax, joins us to talk about building bridges between blockchain and the traditional investment world…and his love of MMA! Listen to Graham here. This episode o...

NextBlock Sofia returns, April 12, 2019. When and where is it on? NEXT BLOCK SOFIA 2.0 will be held on April 12, 2019 in Sofia, Bulgaria How many years has it been going? It’s gonna be our 2nd event in Sofia after a successful first one (HERE...

7 Skills for the Future: Adaptability, Critical Thinking, Empathy, Integrity, Optimism, Being Proactive, Resilience, reviewed. By @SimonCocking, review of 7 Skills for the Future: Adaptability, Critical Thinking, Empathy, Integrity, Optimism, Being Proactive, Resilience, by Emma-Sue Prince. Available here. Our world is chan...

The non-obvious trends to watch for. Trend watching For me, trend watching started a long time ago with Faith Popcorn and the popcorn report. Then we had “Funky business”, “Future files”, “Megachange 2050”, “The Shift” and a speeding up...

IEEE World Forum of Internet of Things comes to Ireland, April 15 - 18. When and where is it on? Entrepreneurs Workshop is on April 15 in Limerick, Ireland It is part of the IEEE World Forum of Internet of Things, April 15 – 18 How many years has it been going? IEEE Confer...

Motorists paying more due to fraudulent behaviour of a “small but impactful” minority. CFM Group, the brokers behind the Insuremyhouse.ie, Insuremycars.ie and Coverinaclick.ie brands, say they have invested heavily in anti-fraud measures to stop fraud at inception rather than at claims...