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Sandesh Singh, a consultant at global boutique information solutions and services provider Systems Plus Transformations, discusses the importance of Data Annotation to Machine Learning [ML] and Artificial Intelligence [AI] systems in helping machines to learn.

In a new report, Driver Require and its ‘Think Tank’ focus on the longer-term issues of the ageing HGV driver workforce and the depletion of the younger HGV driver pool, which could pose a threat to the UK haulage industry.

Earlier this month, waste management and compliance solution specialists Stericycle commenced operations at their latest Waste Transfer Site based at Park Royal, West London.

The squad of tennis players that will travel to Tokyo to represent Team GB and ParalympicsGB at this year’s rearranged Summer Olympics has been confirmed by the British Olympic Association and British Paralympic Association.

Writing for The Leaders Council, oil and chemical industry stalwart Lydia Hirst discusses the need for equality in leading positions in the energy sector, and introduces a new programme for advancing women’s leadership in the industry.

Kings Hill School, a Community Primary School in West Malling, Kent, has made great strides in 2021 having achieved the Primary Science Quality Mark.

Robert Jenrick, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, has officially opened Lincoln College Group’s new plumbing and gas training centre at Newark.

London-based full-service creative agency, The Maverick Group, has won the 2021 Best Not-for-Profit campaign accolade at the Global Agency Awards for its ‘DHL’s Got Heart’ campaign.

Global expense and invoice automation software provider, Webexpenses, has been recognised in 2021 as a leader in its field after being accredited with a 2021 Top-Rated Award by TrustRadius.

Burton-upon-Trent based signage experts, Hardy Signs, have featured as a sponsor at this year’s Support Staffordshire Volunteer Star Awards.

Northern Ireland economy minister Diane Dodds and health minister Robin Swann recently visited Denroy, a firm based in Bangor, County Down, to welcome the creation of 130 new jobs and a PPE contract with Health and Social Care Northern Ireland [HSCNI] worth £19.5 million.

A new report issued by Totaljobs Group and the Work Foundation has uncovered that a third of UK jobseekers would consider working in social care, and outlines recommendations to improve working conditions in the sector to help drive recruitment and staff retention and enhance career progression.

Writing for The Leaders Council, Jonny Combe, UK CEO of PayByPhone, gives his seven Top Tips on leading a remote team in 2021.

Transport industry news outlet Transport Operator has echoed Driver Require CEO Kieran Smith’s warning that the combined effects of Covid-19, Brexit and lingering issues around poor pay and working conditions could lead to a major shortfall in available truck driver personnel over summer 2021 and beyond.