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launches new Website A new look at cybersecurity for all business owners.
Security Everywhere, the cybersecurity experts for small and medium businesses, is thrilled to announce the launch of its new website www.security-everywhere.com. Everyone is at risk of being hacked, or accidently downloading malware or ransomware onto their devices. From the individual home-user to a multi-national corporation it is an inevitable part of running a business in the modern world. However, all is not lost as the team at Security Everywhere, brought to you by the experts at Westtek, the Apsleybased IT security company, is determined to protect you and your devices from cybercrime. Their mission is to educate business owners and provide them with the tools and knowledge to keep their data safe. Following a recent training session, one of the participants said: “Security Everywhere gave a very informative and engaging webinar on the importance of Cyber Security. Such an eye opener to see how easy it can be to be hacked but more importantly how easy it is to prevent if the right procedures are put in place.” With the re-launch of the website (https://www.security-everywhere.com/) Security Everywhere are ready to go, and eager to take their place in the fight against cybercrime. With a team of more than 100 staff over four locations Security Everywhere are your friendly local cyber security company, ensuring you and your business data is protected – everywhere and every day. “The new website is much more targeted to meeting the needs of the clients we speak to every day, especially those that have already been hacked and are looking to never be hacked again.” Francis West, CEO of Security Everywhere. Security Everywhere has invited visitors to explore the new website. “We regularly add blogs about the latest threats and also have a weekly newsletter with tips on how to protect yourself and your business from hackers and scammers.” said Francis West.
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Opportunities in a Changed World
What an 18 months it has been! The pharma and life sciences sector has come into its own and led society out of the pandemic. Names such as AstraZeneca have become household discussions. Collaborations have come to the fore - Oxford University teaming up with AstraZeneca meant their vaccine could be further developed, manufactured and supplied at scale. Innovation has been a game changer. The time taken from inception to mass roll-out for a new medicine would normally be at least 10 years, but the vaccines achieved that in under one year. The regulators, led by the UK’s MHRA, have also worked in innovative ways to approve medicines much quicker than normal, while not compromising on assessing safety and efficacy. Real word data from the NHS discovered that the steroid dexamethasone could be re-purposed for use with COVID-19 patients, saving over one million lives worldwide. The UK has led with rapid genetic sequencing of new variants. The pandemic response has accelerated innovation that was already taking place. The pharma industry and regulators
wanted faster development, approval and roll-out of life-changing medicines, and there were important collaborations before, as well as use of real-world data and genomics. The emergency of the pandemic has been a catalyst. The UK Government continues to see life sciences as a key industry and has an innovation agenda. The UK also continues to benefit from its unique position in having leading academic institutions, big pharma and the ability to tap into NHS patient data. The pandemic response has shown the UK to be such an exciting place for life sciences. So, what next? Will the huge strides be translated into other disease areas such as cardio-vascular, cancer, Alzheimer’s, rare diseases and the growing threat of anti-microbial resistance that could see tens of millions of people die following routine surgery by 2050 unless new anti-biotics are discovered? Will there be the same drive without an immediate global emergency?
PING (Pharmaceutical Industry Network Group), the VWV law firm’s not-for-profit initiative, will be examining these issues with leading speakers from the Department of Health, MHRA, Government, NHS England, Pfizer, GSK, Oxford University and others at a Conference in November. https://vwvplus.co.uk/events/ping-conference-2021/. Paul Gershlick is a Partner and Head of Pharma & Life Sciences at national law firm VWV. Paul can be contacted at pgershlick@vwv.co.uk.
KGK Genix achieve Carbon Neutral status By partnering with carbon offsetting experts, Carbon Footprint
London, Hertfordshire, Essex: On 8th July 2021, KGK Genix received a certificate from Carbon Footprint, to announce they have achieved carbon neutral status. Working with carbon emission offsetting specialist, Carbon Footprint, KGK Genix have been assessed from 1st April 2020 to 31st March 2021 and as a result planted 138 trees to offset 138 tons of CO2e emissions generated from building energy,
company cars, van travel, commuting, public transport and homeworking. KGK Genix have also made significant changes in their office and machinery areas by changing lights to LED panels along with using LED curing, water-based inks in their print processes, upgrading company cars to complete electric models and reducing movements between premises. They have also researched and developed a complete range of sustainable material alternatives to those traditionally used to help and advise clients to making more environmentally friendly choices. “We’re really proud to have been granted carbon neutral status, it
means a lot to the business, the team and of course our clients.” says Graham Pitts, Operations Director at KGK Genix. “We will continue to make changes to our business and processes to be more sustainable, just like our overall aim to have a number of ‘green’ alternatives for every single material that we currently offer. We really feel that by achieving carbon neutral status we have taken another important step towards a much greener future for our industry.” The company will not stop here and promises to strive for a more sustainable future and continue to invest in new technology and processes to support this.
About KGK Genix: KGK Genix is a multidisciplinary agency providing creative, print, project management and installation solutions for some of the world’s biggest brands and retailers. KGK Genix group is the result of a merger between two well-established companies within our sector: KGK and Genix. The group employs over 90 people, based at four sites in Central London, Hertfordshire, and Essex.
