Thomas Hughes heads up the Dublin-based Appeals Centre Europe, a pioneer in the novel arena of social media out-of-court dispute settlement. He talks teething problems, tackling harmful content, and the pitfalls of AI-driven content moderation.
New figures from PwC show that one in four insolvencies in the first half of this year were in the retail sector. The majority were smaller retailers, many of whom are struggling with rising costs, changing consumer patterns, and the hollowing out of town centres.
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