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JOURNEYING TOWARDS A NEW DIGITAL DESTINATION
Russell Haworth’s career has long been centred around using software, information and data analytics to drive positive business change. And now, as the new chief executive of Newcastle-based NBS, he’s marrying his vast experience with the leading technology platform’s services to drive watershed digital transformation across the construction sector. Here, Steven Hugill speaks to Russell to find out more.

Culture, purpose and pay will stem The Great Resignation
Leaders might feel superhuman powers are needed to retain their employees in 2022, as The Great Resignation rages on.

My Talk with Technology Magazine
As the CEO of NBS, I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Technology Magazine and express my thoughts and opinions of the digital

Technology Trends in 2022
I recently took part in an interview with The Digital Bulletin about all of the upcoming trends on the rise in 2022 below is my

Construction Tech Giant Appoints New CEO
NBS, the construction technology platform business, has appointed a new Chief Executive Officer, Russell Haworth, who is tasked with furthering NBS’ already-impressive growth – which

Cyber Security – the Increased Need for Government and Industry Collaboration
With nine months into 2021 it may be a little too early for 2022 predictions, but I think it’s fair to assume that both the

The Great Resignation
40% of employees are looking to resign in the next 12 months Coming out of the pandemic 40% of employees are looking to resign in

Anonymous Cowards – Online Abuse Needs to Stop
Like most of the country, last night I spent time with friends looking forward to the English team play Italy to win on home turf. The

The birth and growth of SaaS
Over the last few months I’ve been using a variety SaaS based applications, some for data analysis (www.sisense.com), some for connecting (www.LinkedIn.com) but others to

Business Transformation Report in the Times
The Times Newspaper and Digital Leaders have teamed up to publish a special report on Business Transformation in this morning’s edition of the Times. Today,

Active Cyber Defence – The Third Year
On 19 February, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) published the annual report into the efforts and achievements of their Active Cyber Defence programme, which

For the millions in digital poverty, local lockdowns mean utter isolation
The debate around levelling up and the UK’s North/South divide has been reignited with a vengeance. With Greater Manchester pushed into Tier 3 last week

Safety first at Wired Security
The cyber industry is awash with events and trade shows, but one that really made an impact on me was last week’s Wired Security 2017. This event brought together some

SOCIAL MEDIA AND SMARTPHONE DISRUPTIONS COST TEACHERS 11 DAYS’ TEACHING TIME A YEAR
British secondary school teachers spend the equivalent of 11 days’ teaching time every year just dealing with classroom disruptions related to social media and smart

Domain name antics: Lessons in protecting and promoting your reputation online from the US presidential primaries
Donald Trump has emerged as the Republican nominee in the US presidential race and Hillary Clinton is almost there with the Democratic National Convention to