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Rethinking your career in 2021? Foster Swansea needs more carers for teenagers If youd like to make a real difference to a youngsters life, Foster Swansea can help you take that all-important first step Updated Advertorial Can you give some much-needed hope, inspiration and care to teenagers across Swansea? It’s that time of year where people reassess their lives, promising to lead healthier lifestyles and to be kinder to others. Covid-19 is still having an impact on our health and safety, as...

Maxwells to hold its first-ever online-only auction The upcoming Winter Fine Art and Antiques Auction will take place on January 20 Advertorial Auctions are a great way to find interesting, unique items such as this skeleton clock from the collection of the late Gordon Allen In light of the new national lockdown restrictions, Maxwells will be holding its first-ever online-only auction this month. The Stockport-based auction house is pushing ahead with its monthly, upcoming auction - moving it ...

Make a New Years resolution to support Herts businesses The Shop Safe, Shop Local campaign is encouraging residents to help their local businesses Advertorial The Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on shops, pubs and restaurants. All have struggled, but East and North Herts District Councils are hitting back with a new campaign encouraging residents to make a New Year pledge to support local businesses by shopping online during lockdown. Make a pledge to support local businesses Shop Safe,...

Elvis Presley and Priscilla Beaulieu honeymooned in style at a futuristic estate in Palm Springs that you almost have to see to believe.

This week in our WiCipedia roundup: Google workers start to unionize; female keynoters take over a virtual CES; 2021 tech events for women; and more. Google employees are fed up with the tech behemoth and have started unionizing in the New Year, an article in The New York Times explains. While joining unions isnt common in the US for such white-collar jobs, hundreds of employees have banded together in outrage over Googles lack of response to numerous claims of sexual harassment and unequal pa...

Visionary leader. Philanthropist. Poet. Champion horseman. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, is all of this and more. On January 4, 2021, Sheikh Mohammed reached a new milestone. It is his 15th Accession Day, the day he became Ruler of Dubai in 2006. A day later, Sheikh Mohammed was elected Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE by the Supreme Council members. With Sheikh Mohammed steering the Cabinet, the ...

This week in our WiCipedia roundup: A booming tech space in Tennessee; Pinterest employee complaints draw unequal results; something good comes of Amazons wealth; and more. When you think of tech, Middle Tennessee doesnt necessarily come to mind. Yet a local news source says the area, which includes Nashville, has become a booming hub for tech jobs. Proponents argue that the industry is thriving there, quality of life is much higher than in more notable regions and despite lower salaries, they ...

The importance of ESG and taking care of our planet Peter McGahan from Worldwide Financial Planning discusses how environmental, social and governance criteria are becoming increasingly important for businesses Advertorial The chief executive of Worldwide Financial Planning, Peter McGahan (Image: WWFP) The chief executive of independent financial adviser Worldwide Financial Planning, Peter McGahan, discusses the ever-increasing importance and impact of environmental, social, and corporate gover...

Daily Monitor Wednesday December 23 2020 Everyone would easily appreciate a plant gift, once in a while though, be more creative. PHOTO/FILE Advertisement 2020 has given us a chance to enjoy the outdoors. For some, working from home has given us time to sit and enjoy our gardens in no hurry. For others, it rekindled our love for nature or helped us rediscover farming. Homes and Real Estate has curated for you thoughtful and practical gifts for gardeners, be it newbies or experts. 1.Terrarium  ...

This week in our WiCipedia roundup: The future of ethics in AI; why minorities dont want to stay in tech; pandemics effects on women at work; and more. Last week we talked about ex-Google AI researcher Timnit Gebru who was fired from the company after digging into the ethics behind advances in AI. An article from the Thomson Reuters Foundation asked an important follow-up question: What does the future of AI look like if researchers arent allowed to look into the repercussions of the technolog...