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As a leading global recruitment agency, Volt International offers life science recruitment services to leading life science organisations across the UK, US Asia and core European locations. With a deep understanding of the full development cycle, they add significant value to the recruitment process. Their recruitment experts provide services for biotech, CRO, pharmaceutical, medical device & healthcare communications agencies. Hiring the agency for recruitment can have a range of benefits for companies including a consultative and flexible approach to the hiring process, extensive experience, access to business and candidate networks, accreditations from APSCo and similar organisations and a proven track record of developing long-term successful relationships.

A well-renowned global recruitment agency, Volt Singapore offers services procurement solutions to help businesses meet their procurement needs from local to global. Regardless of the size of the business, the agency can help drive down costs in the products and they're procuring. With a global delivery platform, the company designs and delivers innovative, flexible procurement solutions that help its clients manage and improve their supply chain. Their end-to-end offering with full visibility over project scope, RFX, process and planning, monitoring and review, billing and performance management is a flexible and cost effective answer to ever evolving demands of the clients.

The extent of Hong Kong's freight capabilities is set to increase further this year through the partnership of Cainiao Smart Logistics Network with Hong Kong Air Cargo. The implementation of multiple new flights from Hong Kong to Manila, Kuala Lumpur, and Bangkok is set to support the growing e-commerce demand in Southeast Asia, with an aim of delivering a quarter of a million parcels per week.

Hong Kong continues to position itself as an influential leader by advancing the development of China's Greater Bay Area, thus, spearheading China's further integration into the global marketplace. Establishing itself as a global aviation hub with excellent transportation networks, Hong Kong is set to attract related business, manufacturing, and service activities from around the world. "With our strong international finance sector and global supply chains, Hong Kong is a natural candidate to become the world's centre for trade finance," stated The Fung Group's Victor Fung Kwok-king, chairman of The Think Tank.

President Joe Biden has recently outlined an extensive list of environmental aims for his administration. Establishing a climate plan for the Amazon, is one of the US' key environmental goals, since it acts as an important component of a US strategy toward South America, as well as its pivotal position in a global response to the climate crisis. In 2012, the US played a key role in establishing the Tropical Forest Alliance (TFA), a coalition of governments, businesses, and civil society to end deforestation in commodity supply chains.

The US Government spends over $500 billion on goods and services per year to support and finance its activities, making it the single biggest consumer in the world. When the federal government spends money tactically, it can operate as a dominant industry leader, influencing whole markets. Experts have suggested that targeted spending on clean energy, electric vehicles, and greener construction materials can have an effect on sustainability and this in turn, can help support the fight against climate change. Procurement experts have indicated that although federal strategic spending would affect the climate crisis, it is likely that this will take years and should not be seen as an immediate solution.

Cyber security has quickly become one of the most pressing issues for businesses across the world. This has been reflected in the sharp uptake of firms investing in cyber security spending over the last year. This is partly due to the global pandemic as the increase in remote working calls for a greater focus on cybersecurity, because of the greater exposure to cyber risk. Megan Hannes, Cyber Product Head for Hiscox said, "Managing [cyber security] in one office location has morphed into managing [cyber security] in huge numbers of workspaces across the country, almost overnight. The pandemic-induced chaos has bred opportunities for [cyber criminals], and they've been taking advantage".

COVID-19 has had a seismic impact on many areas of the economy and specialists in risk management have been forced into a rethink of many previous approaches. This is something that is starkly reflected in recent data from the Business Continuity Institute drawn from a survey on business risks.

As a result of the changes in working conditions, brought on by the global pandemic, businesses have had to pivot, and act quickly when it comes to preventing different types of cyber security breaches. With a variety of devices now connecting to different networks - due to the blurring of lines between office work and home work - there is now more opportunity than ever before, for cyber criminals to target numerous databases. As a result, there has never been a more crucial time for businesses to introduce leading IT technologies, collaborative tools and digitalisation into their overall business functions, in order to safeguard and protect their digital infrastructures.

The model and event management industry is quite large, considering that there is a significant demand for their services, especially by corporate organizations and independent bodies who need to host events or need people to be their brand's faces. The world over, model agencies and event companies that have carved a niche for themselves in delivering excellent services to their clients in the entertainment industry and other industries, have saddled themselves with this responsibility. In the UAE, UAE Hostesses, a modeling and hostess agency, is the leading Dubai models agency and event company.

Thanks to the GDPR, compliance has been an even hotter topic in recent years, in particular areas such as the duty to provide information on data protection requests. Article 15 of the GDPR gives individuals the right to ask a company for information about the storage of their personal data with that company and this is something that has caused a number of headaches. There is the time-consuming logistics of searching all available databases and directories for one thing, as well as the potential discrepancies that can arise with spellings.

In light of the global health crisis supply chain, procurement, and sustainability leaders are invested in rebuilding more robust and resilient supply chains. The emerging collegiality between specific topics includes digital transformation and the integration of sustainability indicators into procurement and supplier management processes. To support a post-COVID world, supply chain leaders must rethink strategy, moving away from 'Just in Time' to 'Just in Case' using supply chain resilience as a strategic differentiator. Additionally, a rethink of monitoring is needed to shift toward digitally integrated intelligence that scales internationally at the speed of cloud platforms and adjust easily into ecosystems.

The past year has been especially turbulent for the supply chain industry as online retail exploded with 46% of consumers making an online purchase, according to the NatWest Group. The supply chains which businesses rely upon have been subject to irregularity and instability throughout the pandemic and alongside Brexit in the UK, businesses have had to rapidly adjust. After facing such gigantic challenges, 2021 is the time for supply chains to diversify, and data will be the cornerstone upon which these new channels will be developed. Smaller, more flexible networks that can respond rapidly to consumer demand can now overtake monolithic, slow-moving supply chains. The post-covid supply chains will include digital warehouses, connected factories, automated ordering, and AI-based interconnected consumer intelligence which will redefine modern-day logistics.

After a year of intense logistical disruptions as a result of the pandemic, the supply chain and transportation industry were hit by another massive setback that sent shockwaves across multiple international supply chains. The end of March saw a 200,000-ton tanker run aground in the Suez Canal, one of the world's most important trade routes which sees nearly 12% of imports and exports pass through it. One day after the incident, there were more than 100 vessels stuck waiting to transit the 120-mile channel. This catastrophe is set to intensify an already strained pressure point, causing backlogs and delays for days, from which industry professionals across the globe will have to bounce back from.

Like many other industries, investment management is about to undergo some significant changes. From the need for greater customisation and digital engagement to the fact that regulation is increasingly driving towards greater transparency - there are many different forces at play. What's clear is that technology is going to have a central role in making this transformation happen.

Procurement professionals act as a vital connection between manufacturers and buyers, ensuring that components, inventory, and goods reach their final destination, making individuals in this sector crucial in supporting the global economy through all international supply chains. Without the expertise and skillsets of procurement specialists, catastrophic bottlenecks would occur, and this in turn would have a significant knock-on effect to a multitude of industries. Procurement professionals also significantly contribute to a company's bottom line development, accounting for up to two-thirds of an organisation's sales, meaning that even minor improvements in this area can lead to considerable growth.

Switzerland has been a longstanding industry leader within the supply chain and logistics sectors, however, even their agility and experience couldn't have prepared them for the knock-on effects brought about by the pandemic. The international crisis saw the acceleration of several trends that were already evident. The disruption to trade and transport challenged the structure and composition of international supply chains to breaking point.

While there is no doubt that COVID-19 has had a significant impact on many areas of life sciences, drawing funds and resources to its cause, there are still R&D projects that continue to thrive. Cell and gene therapy is one of these areas because, despite the fact that the effects of the pandemic were far-reaching, the number of advanced therapy medicinal product (ATMP) clinical trials continued to increase throughout 2020.

Clinical careers across the spectrum have been influenced by the advance of COVID-19 over the past year - and in many different ways. Research ethics is one area that has faced a number of key challenges since March 2020, as the fight against the virus at the heart of the pandemic has forced progress at high speed. Research Ethics Committees (RECs) have been at the forefront of tackling many of these challenges and analysis has revealed the ways in which RECs have coped with these difficulties on a practical level.

Water scarcity affects numerous areas of the globe and today it still remains one of the largest global risks and challenges in terms of potential impact over the next decade as the Earth's population continues to shift towards urbanisation. Furthermore, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has indicated that 97% of the globe's water supply is salt water, whereas the additional 0.3% is fresh water located across lakes, rivers, streams, ponds, and swamps.

Industrial engineering jobs can take talented people in many different directions. Space programs are fairly familiar territory in the US but there are many jurisdictions where this is developing work that still has plenty of firsts.

Forensic Structural Engineering is a field of engineering which involves the study of structure and determining the causes of failure of structure. Forensic structural engineering is evolving into a designated field of professional practice of determining the causes of structural failures and identifying the parties responsible.

According to new stability evidence assessed by Swissmedic, (the Swiss surveillance authority for medicines and medical devices) the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer/BioNTech efficacy can be assured for up to two weeks when stored at -25 to -15 degrees Celsius (freezer temperature). This is a critical factor for the Swiss vaccine rollout programme, enabling the vaccines to be available in health centres, medical practices and pharmacies throughout Switzerland. This increase in the elasticity and adaptability of the distribution as well as the handling and management of the vaccine - is likely to help increase Switzerland's vaccination rate.

As part of the ongoing global battle against the coronavirus, the Federal Council of the Swiss Government has approved a new ordinance designed to avoid issues regarding the supply of important medical goods. Swissmedic now has the ability to approve the import of essentially identical medicinal products as a short-term solution for any temporary shortage of medicinal products. Medical treatments such as Remdesivir and Propofol are among the active substances included under the Covid-19 Ordinance, with goods being allocated based on their respective availability, via the department for the Federal Office of Public Health, who are responsible for procuring these types of medical goods.

Clinical jobs span a broad spectrum of roles, from those "at the bench" to clinical operations careers that involve overseeing the research process and ensuring that protocols are being adhered to. In the year of COVID-19, the importance of the clinical trial has been much more broadly appreciated as many more people take an interest in how the process works and what's involved. In the US there have been critical trials that have underpinned the efficacy of various vaccines, including the AstraZeneca US Phase III trial, called D8110C00001.