The biggest challenges facing CFOs in 2023 By: Mark Bradford Chief Financial Officer The ten challenges I see in 2023 1. Talent acquisition and retention Finding people with the right skills is a critical challenge. As finance roles and requirements have broadened, the skills I need on the team have changed too. Key skills today centre…
Quiet Quitting What is it and why it matters to your business. Amanda Childs Group HR Director What is it and where did it come from? The trend ‘quiet quitting’ is not a new trend, it is something that many HR professionals have been aware of for some time, perhaps described in other ways. It…
Men’s health – talking is the first step. Why Movember is so important. Men are dying too young. It’s a problem affecting our fathers, partners, brothers, sons and friends, yet it’s rarely talked about. Movember is more than just prostate cancer. it focusses on other aspects of men’s wellbeing such as mental health, suicide prevention…
Security is our signature feature With K-Level security, the Kyocera TASKalfa series exceeds industry standards. by Andrew Smith Chief Information & Strategy Officer (CISO) The volume and complexity of security threats facing today’s organisations are increasing daily. With technology evolving at a rapid rate, especially in the last few years, many organisations and society as…
Becoming a carbon-neutral service provider by Sabine Heine-Bickle Head of Governance and Standards and ESG Lead Our drivers: Our company philosophy is to “Do the right thing as a human being”. In alignment with Kyocera being a signatory of the UN global compact, in the last year, we have aligned our CSR activities with the…
How to simplify Hybrid Cloud management What does a data-first, modern cloud infrastructure look like today? For most organisations, it’s about defining the right mix of cloud, and often that means combining a public and private cloud. As a deployment model, multi-cloud or hybrid cloud has grown tremendously. In fact, the hybrid cloud market is…
Are you getting the most value from your cloud investment? In 2022, European companies are dedicating an average of 25% of their IT budget to hosted or cloud-based services. Moving workloads to the cloud has many benefits for businesses, however, cost savings are always high on the agenda when businesses are considering investing in the…
What’s next for Digital Transformation? From early 2020 to now, most businesses adopted new technologies faster than they ever had before. Whilst some of these solutions were poorly implemented due to the short timescale, it was a net positive for many businesses as they realised how novel technologies can improve processes, enhance business outcomes and…
Time to take security seriously Yahoo, TalkTalk, Tesco Bank, M&S, Three, Sage, Moonpig… all are household names and all have experienced high-profile data breaches in recent times. And they’re not alone; government research into cyber security discovered that two thirds of businesses experienced a cyber breach or attack in the past year. Another research project,…
Sir Tom Finney Community High. Sir Tom Finney Community High School, an OFSTED ‘outstanding’ school based in Preston, is a long term customer of MCL’s. Sir Tom Finney Community High case study. Originally we assisted Sir Tom Finney with a service takeover on their existing print solution set-up as they found themselves in a situation…
