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Microsoft’s New London Hub Targets Google’s AI Dominance

Allwork

According to a report published by Business Insider , the London hub is strategically situated near Google’s renowned AI subsidiary, DeepMind. Microsoft is launching a new AI hub in London to help build upon the tech giant’s research of advanced language models.

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Freelancers Added Over $1 Trillion to U.S. Economy In 2023

Allwork

economy in 2023 — marking a 78% increase since 2014. The services offered by freelancers are also wide-ranging, with 47% reported to be providing knowledge services like computer programming, marketing, IT, and business consulting. trillion to the U.S. freelancers are aged 59 or above.

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What can assistants expect in 2014?

Practically Perfect PA

Anyway here we are in 2014 and I hope that everyone is settling back into work after the Christmas and New Year break. I think assistants will have an interesting 2014, particularly as it is the International Year of the Secretary and Administrative Assistant with lots planned for our professional development. PA Networking.

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Offering Remote Work Options Creates a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Workplace Environment

Allwork

Remote work options can help utilize the unique experience and skills of minorities, increasing diversity and equity. . According to one report, 133 million people in the U.S. In a performance-driven atmosphere, many men reported they feared their achievements would go unnoticed, whereas women did not express the same fears.

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A Growing Number of Freelancers are Providing Professional Services to Businesses

Small Business Labs

.  Like prior years, the 2019 study focuses on the growing group of highly-skilled independent professionals (freelancers, independent consultants, etc.) million in 2014, and to 7.4 Ardent Partners also reported that nonemployee labor was only 16 percent of the average corporation’s workforce ten years ago.

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Regional divides, falling incomes, booming jobs markets; and lower productivity. The current state of the UK

Workplace Insight

No part of the UK has escaped the impact of the flatlining of the UK economy since 2010, according to new analysis published by the Centre for Cities in its Cities Outlook 2024 report. The report also suggests that a marked rise in employment has happened in parallel with overall falling productivity.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

Success

Women in business: a look at the numbers A 2022 annual report by the National Women’s Business Council found that women owned 20.9% Additionally, the report found that women-owned businesses “employed 10.8 Additionally, the report found that women-owned businesses “employed 10.8 of employer businesses in 2019—a growth of 16.7%

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