When asked about their goals for collecting data in the coming year, 62 per cent of eCommerce organisations said that real-time data would be at the forefront. This is one of the key findings from the new Oxylabs white paper, Alternative Data Defines Competition in the US & UK Ecommerce Sectors, which demonstrates the importance of real-time data collection eCommerce businesses.

For business owners in the UK, January is marked by the height of the tax return season, and the associated stress and confusion. As of November 2022, only one-third of SME owners had submitted their tax return, with a tenth (9%) saying they’ll struggle to pay their tax bill on time.

Businesses are forecast to face economic challenges until at least midway through the year when, experts predict, things will gradually begin to recover. However, Q4 2023 is expected to present a unique proposition of its own - The Great Resignation 2.0.

Following a tumultuous two years of lockdowns, restrictions, and uncertainty, new research has revealed that the challenges facing owners today are proving no less difficult to navigate for small business owners. Amid the cost-of-living crisis, many describe how their mental health has worsened with a fifth (20%) reporting battling depression.

The current cost of living crisis is having a global impact and consumers are feeling the pinch of the highest prices they've seen in a generation, with energy bills soaring, food costs rising, and mortgage interest rates reaching 15-year highs.

Royal ransomware entered the stage in 2022 and quickly became a nuisance for cyber analysts. Logpoint's research team has investigated the ransomware to uncover how analysts can detect and respond to the developing threat.