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This tool aims to assist growing companies in incorporating equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) into their workplace culture. By doing so, it seeks to enhance talent attraction and retention, contributing to long-term business success. For smaller engineering firms, the recruitment and retention of employees with the necessary skills and capabilities can be a daunting and resource-intensive task. Culture+ addresses these challenges, emphasising the importance of EDI principles, often sidelined due to time and resource constraints. Research indicates that robust EDI practices are intrinsically linked to commercial success, fostering effective talent acquisition, employee wellbeing, team problem-solving abilities, and producing more inclusive…

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A large pub-restaurant has reopened following a six-figure transformation.The Wheatsheaf in Swalecliffe, near Whitstable, closed in October for the renovation and has now been rebranded as a Greene King site.The Wheatsheaf closed its doors in late OctoberThe Wheatsheaf in Herne Bay Road has been upgradedPictures show drastic changes to the site in Herne Bay Road, including a new outdoor play area and a heated pergola.The garden has been extended to provide new outdoor seating areas and there is a covered TV screen showing Sky Sports.Greene King, which is part of the same group as Hungry Horse that previously ran the…

As the SEC engages in detailed discussions with investment giants like BlackRock and Fidelity, the potential approval of a spot Bitcoin ETF seems to be moving closer to reality. The crypto market is abuzz following recent revelation that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) engaged in discussions with major investment firms BlackRock Inc (NYSE: BLK) and Fidelity Investments, to iron out technical details for a potential spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF). Spot Bitcoin ETF and the Redemption Process Vivian Fang, a finance professor at Indiana University, noted that the SEC appears to be in an inspection period, working closely with…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The size of the gap in academic achievement between white and minority ethnic medical students in the UK varies considerably, depending on their individual ethnicity and which medical school they attended, finds the largest study of its kind, published in the open access journal BMJ Open. Their findings prompt the researchers to call for urgent remedial action to close the gap and reverse the career-long disadvantage faced by future minority ethnic doctors in the UK. Despite a growing body of research on differences in outcomes within UK medical education, no large studies drawing on national data…

Location : The M61 northbound between junctions J6 and J8 . Reason : Road traffic collision. Status : Currently Active. Time To Clear : The event is expected to clear between 05:45 and 06:00 on 13 December 2023. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 05:45 and 06:00 on 13 December 2023. Lanes Closed : All lanes are closed. Source link

Image Credit: Shutterstock Britney Spears‘ father, Jamie Spears, 71, was photographed for the first time on December 12, following previous reports that he had his leg amputated in November. In the photos (which can be seen here), the singer’s dad was pictured exiting an SUV and getting into a wheelchair outside of a warehouse in Kentucky. For the outing, Jamie opted for comfort and wore a dark green long-sleeve shirt, black puffer jacket, and black sweatpants. Jamie Spears in 2005. (MB Pictures/Shutterstock) The photos confirm Page Six‘s December 5 report that revealed that Brit’s father underwent surgery to have his leg amputated…

Blue Origin is aiming to finally conclude a more than 15-month pause in operations of its New Shepard suborbital rocket, with the company announcing today that it will fly an uncrewed mission as early as December 18. The company confirmed the launch on its social media account following a Bloomberg report of an internal email on the new targeted date. The mission, called NS-24, will carry 33 science and research payloads and other cargo. New Shepard has been grounded since September 2022, when an issue with an engine nozzle triggered an auto-abort, which released the uncrewed capsule from the booster.…

We’ve collected industry expert predictions on trends that will shape RoboTech in 2024. RoboTech is no longer a far-off futuristic concept, it’s a field that’s being developed in the here and now. And, as we cast our eye towards 2024, there’s a lot more to be excited about regarding this exciting and innovative technology… We asked a panel of industry experts to give their predictions on what trends they think will shape RoboTech next year…   Our Experts Kamran Maqbool – CEO of Green Cloud Hosting Bjoern Klaas – Vice President and Managing Director of Protolabs Europe Simon Bacher –…

BlackRock has revised its spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) application to make it easier for Wall Street banks to participate by creating new shares in the fund with cash, rather than just crypto. The new in-kind redemption “prepay” model, will allow banking giants such as JPMorgan or Goldman Sachs to act as authorized participants for the fund — allowing them to circumvent restrictions that prevent them from holding Bitcoin or crypto directly on their balance sheets. The new model was presented by six members of BlackRock and three from NASDAQ in a Nov. 28 meeting with the United States…