Iain Forrest

A study by management consultants McKinsey found that the #pandemic has accelerated businesses’ #digital transformation plans, making, on average, seven years of progress in a few months. Is a digital transformation part of your strategy? teesbusiness.co.uk/2021/01/19/ove…

Having now taken a few days to digest the detail of the UK-EU agreement, here's a couple of observations from me on the deal, what it means, how we got here, & where it might take future UK-EU relations. (A long thread)

@itsdansmith @tentspitch Seems like it's services more than search

@tentspitch Genuinely? I can't get on Gmail, GSuite, YouTube...

Google being down is actually slightly unnerving.

@itsdansmith @tentspitch Me neither ... search in google.com seems OK though

@scottgoodacre @itsdansmith Bah, humbug

Ok sure. I mean why not.

How B2B buying has evolved over lockdown - ​ rcnt.eu/fhtj1 via @raconteur

@AlinaCincan @oliviaannemaria @raconteur @thetimes @oliviaannamaria would love to speak if you're still looking for someone

@oliviaannemaria @raconteur @thetimes Maybe @forrestdigital could help? Iain is definitely a B2B e-commerce expert.

Any B2B ecommerce experts who would be willing to talk to me for a feature in @raconteur @thetimes tomorrow? #journorequest

**PR JOB** If anyone is looking for a PR & Comms job and can work in the Lancaster area, drop me a DM as my friend has a great comms role available. Thanks #prjobs

@BazeleyKenton North East is top of the R charts it seems but maybe not a surprise if virus reached us later news.sky.com/story/coronavi…

Has anyone seen a regional R figure as opposed to the average over the country? Whilst the message of being 'over the peak' could be right in some places, given the increase in infections in the North the figure here must still be in exceess of 1. #notallaboutlondon

@Jeni_Smith_ I benefited from introduction to Myers-Briggs early in my career and this type of insight about myself and others has been v useful to me.

@Jeni_Smith_ a. Yes b. High!

What an ad. #SocialDistancing

@itsdansmith Here you go Dan thetimes.co.uk/article/pandem… ... sorry about the paywall ...

Maybe it's my marketing bias, but I need more positive news like this. Please share more.

@MartinSLewis Thanks for your work, I read the guidance as the gov will pay 80% of wage costs for furloughed workers i.e. company still pays 20%. Can you clarify from your sources @MartinSLewis please?

Can you get your employer to give you 80%+ of salary? Inc zero hrs contacts, when home looking after kids, self isolating, just lost job etc. So many questions I've bashed out this rough video to explain…

This is great — via @RobinD100 pic.twitter.com/bmnakzOFD0

@utb_smith The bit about reducing the rate of new infections - 15% to 5% in his example - and the reduction in cases this would lead to is the compelling bit. We should all be staying at home now, not so much to avoid getting sick ourselves, but to break the chain of transmission.

@utb_smith Agreed. If you can’t bear all the maths in this video, then just go to the last 90 seconds to see why. m.youtube.com/watch?feature=… ... reducing the transmission rate a relatively small amount can reduce the number of cases by millions.

Scientists: you should wash your hands because of Coronavirus. People: I'm gonna stop flying, hoard masks, work from home & totally rearrange my life. Also Scientists: the #ClimateCrisis will kill millions - we must use clean power & change how we get to work. People: No way.

@DurUniEarthSci @NERCscience @durham_uni @vmsg_uk @meteoritenat @SedgwickClub magma mush!

Job alert!! Are you looking for a #PostDoc position in experimental petrology? Interested in #magma mush? Apply now to join the project “Magma mush eruptibility: the lifetime of mobile magma” for 3 years! Deadline *12th March 2020* More here--> durham.taleo.net/careersection/…