Covid 19 coronavirus: Impact of three-day lockdown on job market revealed
11 Mar, 2021 01:08 AM
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The short three-day lockdown in Auckland had a marked impact on the job market after an otherwise strong start to 2021.
A newly released report by employment site Seek revealed a dip in advertised jobs in Auckland in February.
Seek spokeswoman Janet Faulding said the 2 per cent drop after a strong January was most likely a dip in confidence after the short and sharp lockdown. February s Covid-19 community outbreak in Auckland and the resulting move into Alert Level 3 in the region pressed pause on some employers hiring intentions, but overall, the road to recovery remains strong, Faulding said.
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Growing insecurity scaring away investors NCRI
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The Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Bro-kers, NCRIB, has decried the spate of kidnappings and other forms of violent crimes in the country, lamenting that the development is scaring investors away from the country.
President of the Council, Bola Onigbogi said this at the February edition of Members Evening sponsored by African Alliance Plc in Lagos.
Onigbogi said: “Since there is a correlation between insurance and economic growth, it is most auspicious for the NCRIB to join its voices to call on the government to put in more efforts to combat security challenges in the country.
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An Update of Public-Safety LTE Deployment Efforts Around Europe
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Countries around Europe find themselves in different stages in the process of deploying public-safety LTE capabilities. Officials from five European countries offered an update on their progress in deploying the capabilities during a webinar hosted by TCCA.
Belgium
In Belgium, the Astrid TETRA network provides voice services to public protection and disaster relief (PPDR), and in 2014, added data communications for its users through the Blue Light Mobile service. However, the Blue Light Mobile service is still a limited data solution as it does not meet mission-critical requirements.
In 2015, Astrid had to decide what it wanted to with the network moving forward because of its place in the equipment lifecycle, said Christoph Gregoire, director of technology and operations at Astrid. At that point, LTE and other new technologies were not mature so the operator chose to move forwar
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Approximately 450 heavy hitters in business, academia and politics from both sides of the Atlantic descended on Washington D.C. in early September for the U.S.-Ireland Business Summit. Adopting the theme “Redefining Relationships,” the conference aimed to strengthen economic ties between the U.S. and Ireland in the hopes of generating new economic opportunities in both countries.
The brainchild of Susan Ann Davis, head of a D.C.-based communications and public affairs firm and president of Irish American Republicans, this summit was the third such event held in Washington. Davis saw this summit as the chance to develop business relationships as a logical extension of the Good Friday Agreement and as an opportunity for the Bush administration to expand upon the work of the Clinton administration. “President George Bush has put forward a new vision for peace that emphasizes private sector leadership and innovation to build economic vitality and cooperation,” Davis m