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Tele2 AB has announced the appointment of Jean-Marc Harion as its new President and CEO, effective from November 10, 2024. Harion currently serves as the CEO of the Polish telecom operator Play and is also a member of Tele2’s Board of Directors. With over 25 years of experience in the telecommunications sector, Harion brings a wealth of expertise from various markets and corporate structures. He has held leadership roles in both incumbent and challenger companies, showcasing his ability to adapt and thrive in diverse environments. Most notably, he has served as CEO at Play Poland, where he successfully grew the…

Cognite, a global leader in artificial intelligence for industry, has announced the release of its innovative Cognite Atlas AI™ LLM & SLM Benchmark Report for Industrial Agents. This report, described as the first of its kind, aims to address the limitations of general benchmark datasets by focusing specifically on large language models (LLM) and small language models (SLM) that cater to specialized industrial tasks. The objective is to enhance the reliability, accuracy, and overall effectiveness of industrial AI solutions. Speaking at IMPACT 2024, Knut Vidvei, Head of Product Management at Cognite, highlighted the inadequacies of existing benchmark reports. He noted…

ArrowXL, the UK’s leading two-person home delivery specialist, has reached a significant milestone by achieving 160,000 reviews on Trustpilot, with a current TrustScore of 4.6. This accomplishment underscores the company’s unwavering commitment to customer satisfaction and exceptional service. The impressive Trustpilot rating reflects ArrowXL’s dedication to excellence, as the company has consistently received positive feedback from customers across the UK. The company actively encourages customers to provide reviews by sending an email invitation following each delivery, allowing them to share their experiences. ArrowXL’s customer team meticulously analyses the feedback received, with results shared bi-weekly on site-specific ‘Voice of the Customer’…

A revolutionary new tool, Boshhh.io, has been launched by Boshhh to transform affordability and risk assessment reporting in the financial services and legal sectors. This innovative platform aims to provide organisations with accurate, detailed reports that significantly reduce processing costs while enhancing the reliability of consumer credit assessments. Developed by the team behind the world’s first credit-building mobile network, Boshhh.io builds on the company’s commitment to tackling financial mis-selling and its effects on consumer credit files and overall well-being. The mobile network allows users to improve their credit scores through regular, on-time payments for their mobile contracts. Lewis Camilleri, Founder…

Leading wholesaler Kitwave has announced its acquisition of Creed Foodservice, one of the UK’s major foodservice providers, in a deal valued at up to £71 million. Based in North Tyneside, Kitwave has secured Creed for an initial payment of £61 million, with the potential for an additional £10 million contingent on performance targets over the next two years. The acquisition, which was completed on 27 September, marks a significant milestone for Kitwave as it strengthens its Foodservice division, which already includes David Miller Frozen Foods, Total Foodservice, M.J. Baker Foodservice, and Westcountry Food Holdings. Creed, headquartered in Cheltenham, has recently…

Carolina Padovezi de Oliveira, Corporate Project Manager at Manningham Housing Association, has been named one of Housing Today’s Top 30 Housing Champions, highlighting her exceptional contributions to the housing sector. Originally from Brazil, Carolina joined Manningham Housing Association in 2019 as an Administrative Assistant. Since then, she has advanced to her current role, managing projects that enhance services for over 6,000 residents across Bradford and Keighley. Her journey reflects a remarkable blend of dedication, technological adeptness, and leadership. Carolina’s innovative use of technology, particularly artificial intelligence, has significantly improved service delivery and customer satisfaction within the organisation. Her ability to…

A marketing service designed to boost lead generation in the letting industry has seen an extraordinary 9000% increase in landlord leads over the past 12 months. The service, known as Agent Marketer, was launched last year by letting expert Sally Lawson and advertising specialist Steve Warne. It aims to help letting agents improve their marketing strategies through dedicated sales funnels and targeted advertising. Originally available only to members of the Agent Rainmaker ARX programme, the service was made accessible to all UK letting agents last year, with remarkable results. Agents using the service report a substantial rise in landlord leads,…

The GEP Global Supply Chain Volatility Index, a key indicator of global demand, supplier capacity, transportation costs, inventories, and backlogs, has revealed a significant increase in spare capacity across supply chains in September. The index fell to -0.43, down from -0.37 in August, marking the greatest level of underutilized global supply chain capacity since July 2023. The index is based on monthly surveys of 27,000 businesses worldwide and reflects the ongoing struggles faced by global manufacturers. Deteriorating demand is seen as the key driver behind this increase in spare capacity. September saw the weakest purchasing activity by factories so far…

Huawei’s iFTTR OptiXstar F50 has won the prestigious “Leading In-Home Wi-Fi Service” award at the 2024 Broadband World Forum (BBWF) in Paris. This accolade marks the sixth consecutive broadband industry award for Huawei since 2019, reflecting the company’s continued leadership in the development of Fibre to the Room (FTTR) technology. As the latest innovation in Huawei’s FTTR portfolio, the OptiXstar F50 represents a new generation of all-optical smart home products, combining advanced Wi-Fi 7 technology with distributed artificial intelligence (AI) to provide superior in-home connectivity. The product’s success at the BBWF highlights the industry’s recognition of Huawei’s innovations in the…

Japanese logistics giant Nippon Express Holdings (NXHD) has announced the acquisition of German contract logistics firm Simon Hegele in a move to bolster its presence in the healthcare sector across Europe. NXHD, which has a global network of logistics services, signed an agreement on 30 September 2024 to acquire all shares of Simon Hegele’s parent company, SH HoldCo GmbH, and make it a fully-owned subsidiary. The deal marks a strategic expansion for NXHD into the specialised field of healthcare logistics, a key area of focus for Simon Hegele, which is known for providing customised logistics solutions to the healthcare industry.…