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// The traditional 9-5 is dead. Four in five UK businesses now believe flexible working is critical to success. the new perk in town is the four-day work week. Research indicates the demand is high. 7 in 10 employees plan… Continue Reading →
// The government plans to strengthen its crackdown on fraudulent activities, which includes a comprehensive ban on telemarketing of financial products. Legal investment products, cryptocurrencies, and insurance products of financial institutions will be regulated and cannot be telemarketed. The new… Continue Reading →
2005年嗰時，工黨政府搞咗個要改變房屋建設嘅比賽。呢個由副首相 John Prescott 嘅”六萬英鎊房屋”設計比賽，目的係要通過使用 MMC (Modern methods of construction) 嚟提供低成本、可持續發展嘅房屋。 得獎者入面，2007年落成嘅122戶Oxley Woods社區，用咗預製組件建成，當時啲評審覺得佢最「富革命性」。初時嚟到 MK，第一印象都覺得啲樓望落幾特別嘅。 但原來喺完成之後嘅七年後，Oxley Woods 社區就爆咗一大堆例如漏水、濕氣或同潮濕相關嘅問題。 調查報告冇指責建設團隊嘅特定成員，包括建築師 RSHP、開發商Taylor Wimpey 定係 MMC 承包商 Wood Newton。 埋單嘅 Oxley Woods 居民當然要硬食，計返佢哋當年花咗至少20萬英鎊買屋；喺 Rightmove 度做咗個簡單 factcheck… 同一個地區嘅四房排屋，Oxley Woods用MMC建嘅賣 33 萬英鎊，而另一間用傳統建築方法嘅就要價 40 萬英鎊，咁如果捱到今日都賺嘅，係賺少一截囉。
// 英國企業主的福祉水平明顯較低。在七個調查國家中，紐西蘭的小企業主報告了最高的生活滿意度，其次是南非和新加坡。 British business owners struggle with significantly lower levels of wellbeing. Out of the seven countries surveyed, New Zealand small business owners reported the highest level of life satisfaction, closely followed by South Africa and Singapore. https://smallbusiness.co.uk/uk-business-owners-are-the-most-unhappy-2566995/ //
// 「The Startups 100」是與權威嘉賓評審團合作挑選英國最具潛力的新創企業的權威名單。之前的校友包括家喻戶曉的品牌 Monzo、Deliveroo 和THIS。去年名單的得主 Caura 最近從Lloyds Bank 獲得了400萬英鎊的融資。 The Startups 100 is the definitive list of the most promising new UK businesses, chosen in collaboration with our authoritative panel of guest judges. Previous alumni include household brands Monzo,… Continue Reading →
// 英國競爭及市場局（CMA）阻止微軟收購 Activision 的計劃，因為擔心這筆交易將改變快速增長的雲遊戲市場的未來，從而導致未來幾年內英國遊戲玩家的創新和選擇減少 The CMA has prevented Microsoft’s proposed purchase of Activision over concerns the deal would alter the future of the fast-growing cloud gaming market, leading to reduced innovation and less choice for UK gamers over the years… Continue Reading →
// 年僅 39 歲的「文官」Donelan 要將英國在 2030 年成為科技超級大國… undergraduate majors unrelated to technology, Donelan aims to make the UK a technology superpower by 2030. https://unwire.hk/2023/04/25/uk-2/life-tech/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=uk-2 //
// 奧爾基洛托核電廠由芬蘭國有能源公司旗下的 TVO 核電公司營運，可以滿足芬蘭全國 14% 的電力需要，同時亦可以減少芬蘭對瑞典、挪威等北歐國家進口能源的依賴。事實上，瑞典、法國和英國等歐洲國家近期都有研究興建新核電廠的計劃，跟德國的做法背道而馳。 https://unwire.hk/2023/04/18/europes-largest-nuclear-reactor-start-operates-in-finland/life-tech/green-2/ //
// 根據英國教育部的一項研究，科技行業中有 46% 的新創公司認為，缺乏具備正確技能的員工以及雇用困難是他們今年最大的兩大擔憂。 According to a study from the UK Department for Education, 46 per cent of start-ups across the tech industry saw a lack of staff with the right skills, along with hiring difficulties, as their top two… Continue Reading →