June 14, 2018 – Kajima Community, which specialises in marketing and managing the community use of schools and other community centers across the UK, is pleased to announce the appointment of Albert van Jaarsveld as Lead Developer for BookingsPlus, its unique web-based booking and marketing system.

There were more than 39 million social media users recorded at the beginning of 2017.

The healthcare industry is facing a data explosion. A recent IBM study, Healthcare’s Data Dilemma, states that medical data, which currently doubles every three years, will by 2020 be doing so every 73 days. For a healthcare sector that is already struggling to keep pace, this huge proliferation of data is cause for concern – and a source of remarkable opportunities.

At the beginning of 2017, the UK had more social media users than any other year. Over 58% of the UK’s population were active social media users, equating to over 39 million people across all social media platforms.

The influence of AI in marketing generally involves data automation and understanding analytics. The tech uses algorithms to predict trends that make it easier for humans to make creative decisions.

Lithium Technologies, the leading platform for enabling brands to support, serve and engage customers across digital channels, has announced the launch of Lithium Messaging. For brands who use the Lithium platform, they can now centrally manage digital customer service across social channels, online communities and - with the launch of Messaging – web chat and mobile apps. For consumers, they get fast and secure customer service in their channel of choice.

These days, it’s not just banks, insurers and financial institutions that are concerned about identity theft. In the last five or so years, the issue has spread to a wide range of sectors with the telecommunications industry now heavily targeted.

These initiatives have been wide reaching. Among others, they have included £645 million to ensure superfast broadband services are readily available to 98 percent of the UK population (still a work in progress) as well as 100 percent business rate tax relief for operators installing new fibre in their infrastructures.

Today’s business world is increasingly complex and fast paced and an organisations ability to adapt in this competitive environment is crucial. The relationship between a business and its workforce has changed dramatically in recent years as todays employees place greater emphasis on work/life balance and wellbeing. A recent survey conducted by Randstad notes that 81 percent of those surveyed recognised that working flexibly increased their commitment and overall productivity.