Tech staff join marketers in coronavirus ‘mental hell’
It seems that marketers are not alone in being at breaking point during the pandemic, tech professionals are also struggling…
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Data platform set up by ex-Just Eat chiefs plots growth
An automated data collection and analytics platform, launched by two former JustEat chiefs in 2017, has raised £1.1m to fund…
Ocado appoints Libby Kinsey as head of data science
Ocado Technology, a division of the online grocery retailer, is beefing up its senior team with the appointment of a…
Co-op overhauls marketing team as Matt Atkinson exits
The Co-op is understood to be scrapping the role of chief customer and membership officer – following the exit of…
NatWest retail marketing chief takes top job at Aviva
Aviva has lured NatWest’s retail banking marketing chief to Cheryl Toner take a new top marketing role as the insurance…
Microsoft $20bn deal for Siri creator boosts health blitz
Microsoft is beefing up its artificial intelligence expertise for healthcare companies with the eye-watering $19.7bn (£13.3bn) acquisition of Nuance Communications,…
Hegarty hails ‘magic of data’ in Genie freelance start-up
Sir John Hegarty, the man who once grumbled that “data creates nothing; but creativity has all the time”, appears to have…
Avon rings the changes with first campaign on TikTok
Avon, the global beauty company that can trace its roots back to the 1880s, has made its debut on TikTok,…
Publishers’ first-party data ‘to be new media currency’
A double whammy of stricter data protection legislation and fears over gaining consumer consent is opening up a major opportunity…
Apple and Google ban update to contact tracing app
The NHS Covid-19 contact tracing app – which has had more calamities than Mr Bean – has hit yet another obstacle after…