Small businesses across flood-impacted regions are set to gain access to critical marketing and design support via small business champion, Vista. The design, digital and print partner to small businesses across Australia is launching an initiative to empower 25 small businesses with $25,000 in dedicated grants, aimed at supporting their road to recovery and ability to get back to business post-floods.
The impact of the devastating flood events is set to compound an already challenging period, with the 2021 Vistaprint Small Business Recovery Report highlighting that a third (32%) of Aussie SMBs felt marketing (32%) and financial support (33%) were their biggest challenges and one in 10 (10%) calling out design as their key pain point.
Open to any small business impacted by the recent flooding events, the local initiative will see 25x $1000 Vista vouchers granted for use across all products and services encompassing Vista including VistaPrint, VistaCreate, 99designs by Vista and Vista x Wix.

CEO of Vista Australia, Marcus Marchant said “Figures show around 3,000 businesses were impacted across Lismore during the recent flood events, and further north in Tweed Shire, the business community estimates more than $57 million in damages and lost trade. That is just the tip of the iceberg.

“It’s obviously pleasing to see Government action through the recent launch of Business Support Packages and recovery grants but there is always more that can be done. We know the shift from survival to truly getting back to business will take time and represents a seemingly ferocious challenge for many. We want to lend a hand where we know we can best support – and that’s through great marketing and design products that will help these SMBs showcase themselves to their communities and to the world when they are ready.”

According to recent reports, many northern NSW based business owners are still feeling overwhelmed and calling for increased support. The NSW state and federal governments are offering a grant of $50,000 to help cover the cost of clean-up operations or repairs, or $10,000 to pay wages and other bills, although business owners cannot claim both1. To date, less than 5% of the grant applications have been approved by the NSW government.

Small business nominations will be open from 26 April and close at midnight (AEST) on 26 May 2022. Those wanting to get involved can nominate themselves or be nominated by someone else via VistaPrint.

The latest quarterly Consumer Price Index data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, released today, shows food price inflation accelerated in the quarter to March 2022, with food prices recording the highest year-on-year rise in more than ten years.

And consumers should be bracing for further food price rises in the coming months as the impacts of higher transport costs, supply chain disruptions and other increased input costs make their way through the system.

Headline numbers for food prices in the March 2022 quarter CPI are a 4.3% increase year-on-year and 2.8% from the previous quarter.

This is the highest year-on-year increase in food price inflation since 2011.

There is broad-based price inflation across the “food complex”, with rises recorded across major grocery food product categories.

Food price rises were the highest in the grocery channel. There was reported inflation in food service, but this was ‘softened by meals out and takeaway foods (+0.7%), which saw price rises partially offset by voucher schemes reducing out-of-pocket costs for consumers in some cities.’ 

Horticulture contributed to the food inflation recorded –  vegetables (+6.6%) and fruit (+4.9%) prices were higher year-on-year.

Higher costs of meat, seafood and dairy were also significant contributors to food price inflation in the quarter.

Higher transport costs, supply chain disruptions and increased input costs were the main cause of food price rises.

In addition, the impacts of flooding in New South Wales and Queensland – which affected some agricultural production and supply chains – started flowing through from March.

Commentary by Michael Harvey Senior Analyst Rabobank

Employees with full autonomy to choose where they work are happier in their job, yet only one in five are currently able to do so. And though 63% of all employees prefer hybrid working, only 45% are able to flexibly split their time between the home and office. This is according to Jabra’s 2022 edition of the Hybrid Ways of Working Global Report. Carried out amongst 2,800 knowledge workers across six countries worldwide, the report analyses employee sentiments and motivations around the physical workspace in this hybrid working era.

• 63% of employees prefer hybrid work but only 45% are working in such arrangements
• Only two in ten employees have full autonomy to choose where they work
• 55% are concerned their career would suffer if they didn’t come into the office regularly

Employees say that being able to decide where and when they work positively impacts their wellbeing, happiness, and productivity levels. As hybrid working is driving the reconstruction of physical working spaces, employers need to rethink their overall working models to ensure effective collaboration and employee satisfaction.

Work from home (WFH) or work from office (WFO)  

We are entering the next stage of the hybrid working journey and employees have seen that a vast majority of them still excel at their jobs regardless of where they are. At a time when several large companies are calling for a return to the office, many employees are calling for more power to determine their own work arrangement and decide if they want to WFH or WFO. The majority (57%) of employees who have full autonomy to choose where they work are currently working a hybrid workweek. This is more than double of those who choose to work fully remote and more than triple of those who choose to work fully in office. 

In addition, employees with full control over their work arrangement (where/when) unanimously report a higher work experience score (77%) than their medium (73%) and low autonomy (65%) counterparts. These differences are most apparent when it comes to feeling a sense of belonging, productivity, trust in leaders, work-life balance, and mental wellbeing. There is also a split in opinions across generations, as Gen Z and Millennials are more reluctant to work full time in the office, with only 19% preferring a full office week, compared to 26% of Gen X and 30% of Boomers.

Autonomy will be an essential part of improving employees’ satisfaction and engagement at work and key to stabilizing the foundational pillars of organizational culture and success.

Office redesigns must be about more than physical spaces

Organizations are redesigning offices for collaboration, but the report shows that there are further considerations to bear in mind. Across all types of workers, there’s a desire to have a dedicated personal space in the office. Almost four in ten workers say they’d feel less loyalty and commitment to their company if they didn’t have a regular, permanent workspace. Meanwhile, almost seven in ten workers confess they’re creatures of habit: if they didn’t have a regular, permanent workspace in the office, they would still try to sit and work in the same spot every day.

In addition, Jabra’s data shows that as the amount of time a given employee spends in meetings increases, so too does the preference for their home office over the traditional office workspace. Of those spending more than 50% of their time in meetings, 75% prefer their home office. With eight in ten meetings now being either fully virtual or hybrid, leaders will need to think very carefully about how virtual collaboration technologies can help employees feel a sense of belonging both in the office and outside of it.

The rise of the “anywhere office”

Gen Z represents a generation not only of digital natives, but also of hybrid natives. Many began their professional career during the pandemic, so remote and hybrid work is all they’ve ever known. As such, 64% of Gen Z consider their “office” to be their laptop, headset, and wherever they can get a strong internet connection. This highlights the growing importance of technology in defining the employee experience.

These hybrid natives are also twice as likely as Millennials, and almost three times as likely as Gen X, to say that their usual workspace is a “third space,” such as a co-working space, café, or library. As Gen Z continues to take up a larger proportion of the workforce, organizations must understand these key generational differences in location preferences in order to attract the best talent and thrive in a work-from-anywhere future. Only by providing employees with relevant technology and support can they maintain productivity, employee wellbeing, and the reputation of true professionalism from any environment.

David Piggott, Managing Director ANZ at Jabra, said: “COVID presented us with the greatest work experiment of all time. What began as a necessary shift to remote work has grown into a long-term exploration of the hybrid office. We’re now two years in and need to consider how hybrid work truly impacts the workplace, particularly regarding attracting and retaining talent. It’s time for leaders to step back, listen and understand what their employees need to be productive, collaborative, and happy in their roles. Most importantly, leaders need to nurture a sense of belonging in the virtual workplace. Give employees the power to choose their desired working space and enable them to be productive in any environment with the right technology, tools, and support. In 2022, we should move beyond thinking solely in terms of WFH or WFO, and realise the opportunities a ‘work-from-anywhere’ model provides. To download a copy of the full research report, please visit: https://www.jabra.com/hybridwork/2022

Grant Thornton has released the findings of its 2022 Dealtracker, an analysis of the Australian mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and equity markets from 2020-21**. The COVID-19 pandemic was a constant factor in this Dealtracker’s reporting period, however, it failed to reduce the appetite for deals and – in many cases – positively influenced investments with deal volumes reaching record levels not seen for over a decade. 

Dealtracker Snapshot:

• Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) activity jumped over 700 per cent as there was huge growth in companies offering shares to the public for the first time to raise capital in response to positive equity markets.
• Overseas acquirers remained relevant as foreign buyers continued to support our economy. Despite the pandemic and associated challenges with undertaking cross-border deals, the demand for Australian businesses remained strong.
• Information Technology overtook Industrial as the new leading sector for the number of transactions in the market proving previous predictions. Acquirer interest in technology businesses dominated the M&A landscape, particularly amongst private equity managers, showing strong investment in innovation and digital capabilities.
• Small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) remained the predominant acquisition targets with a high proportion of deals having transaction values of less than $100 million. This composition is reflective of the overall corporate landscape in Australia, with the majority of businesses being SMEs.

A record period saw total IPO funds raised grow by 712 per cent to $20.6 billion. The IPOs were dominated by offer sizes of over $500 million which accounted for 43.9 per cent of the total funds raised in this Dealtracker reporting period. Comparing the previous three Dealtracker periods to this report, the average offering size has increased in all categories.

In line with the upward trend evident in prior Dealtrackers, this report reiterated the resilience of International buyers in the Australian market with overseas purchasers comprising 30 per cent of transactions, up from 29 per cent in the previous Dealtracker period. This is a validation of the attractiveness of Australian assets given the barriers that were put in place throughout the pandemic and cement Australia’s position as a comparatively better trading environment than alternative foreign markets. With the easing of travel restrictions and overall economic activity levels increase, this trend is expected to persist. Specifically, buyers from the US and Canada remained the largest volume of offshore acquirers, with 50 per cent of deals, which is higher than 43 per cent from the prior Dealtracker period. US and Canadian acquirers continued their strong focus on Information Technology business deals.

As observed in prior reports, the Australian economy’s movement from a resources-led economy to a knowledge-based service economy has been accelerated throughout this Dealtracker period. As Grant Thornton predicted in previous reports, the Information Technology sector has pushed the greater M&A activity levels overall. Technology sector deals represented 42 per cent growth from the preceding 18 month period to now exceed Industrial and have become the largest industry segment by deal volume – boosted by pandemic market conditions.

Paul Gooley, Partner & National Head of Corporate Finance at Grant Thornton said: “This Dealtracker showed M&A activity levels have been remarkably resilient. As we look forward to the economy reopening resulting in improved market conditions and the continued weight of money, we should see deal activity remain strong and diversify across a greater number of sectors.

“Notwithstanding this position, should current inflationary pressures lead to increased funding costs and lower consumer spending and investment, there remains a risk that deals activity will slow and valuations ease as we are starting to see in IPO markets.

“High M&A volumes in the Information Technology sector are predicted to remain as the importance of investing in technology is a key driver to maintain competitiveness, serve post-pandemic customer preferences, and to deploy new growth strategies across the wider business landscape.”

** The 2022 Dealtracker covers transactions during the 18 month period from 1 July 2020 to 31 December 2021. This survey is limited to going concern business sales, excluding those with a significant real estate nature and greater than $5m value. Grant Thornton’s Dealtracker was first released in 2012 and – now in its eighth edition – has more than a decade’s worth of deal activity and analysis to report.

LoanOptions.ai is Australia’s easiest loan tool which was created to take the headache out of loan approvals.Backed by tech, LoanOptions.ai is Australia’s first artificial intelligence marketplace for personal, business and car loans. 

Whether customers need a car loan, equipment loan, personal loan, business loan, or caravan loan, LoanOptions technology and lenders merge to provide the best marketplace which takes the stress out of what is a notoriously anxiety inducing process. The loan assessment tool is powered by artificial intelligence. This means that lender information changes in real time depending on the information that is added. The progress bar in the application continues to fill up as the user inputs more personalised information.

The biggest hassle when requesting a car loan, personal loan or business loan is the dreaded approval process.

Founder Julian Fayad explains: “We are Australia’s first ever AI powered loan comparison platform. We use data driven technology to pre-approve you with the most competitive loan from over 60 banks and lenders based on your personal circumstances. 

LoanOptions.ai is the only platform that provides you with REAL quotes from lender offers that you actually qualify. Many other platforms just show the headline rate, but by the time you give them your information, you end up paying more. Our platform is designed to continuously recalculate the quotes each time you provide more information. It will only show you the offers that you qualify for. Our process doesn’t just hand you off, we actually see your loan through right to the end when the money is paid.”

Why is it so hard to get a loan post COVID?

It is more difficult to apply for a loan post COVID because lenders have become more strict on policy. Many employees lost their jobs and had to find additional jobs whilst some are still on reduced hours. 

Julian adds: “We have more than 60 lenders on the platform and our AI accurately predicts which lenders will approve the client. This takes the complexity of trying to navigate 60+ lenders credit policies and more importantly prevents you from having to do multiple applications which could hurt your credit rating.”

Why is getting a loan so lengthy in Australia?

Australia has a highly regulated and stringent financial services industry. Whilst consumer protections are a good thing, this sometimes leads to lengthy paperwork, tedious processes and a lack of common sense being used in lenders approving loans. LoanOptions.ai is able to streamline the entire process and ensure all relevant options are presented in a fair and transparent way, leading to positive client outcomes.

Banks and lenders often use old school approaches

Julian says: “They still use physical signatures instead of digital signatures, they still use manual credit assessment which leads to long wait times, poor outcomes and poor customer experiences.”

1. Fill in loan details
2. Fill in personal details 
3. Choose your lender
4. Submit application
5. We perform checks
6. Loan approved

Renee Gamble, Managing Director, Sales, Google Australia gives us her tips for retailers ensuring you are there for ‘always on’ shoppers.

Shopping today is a digital-first experience for Australians. People are shopping more online than ever before. We’ve seen another important shift where a person’s first instinct now is to reach for their phone or laptop and look for more details online — rather than relying on physical stores to discover new products or see what’s in stock.

In fact, 9 in 10 retail dollars spent in traditional brick-and-mortar stores were influenced by digital during the most recent peak season. Looking closer, one in two Australians under the age of 55 are using Google Search to find initial information and ideas about what they might need — and this behaviour is growing. 

Why does this matter for retail businesses? With more than half of retail searches in Australia happening outside of regular working hours, if you’re not offering shoppers something to discover when your store’s doors are bolted shut, you’re missing out. Australians love shopping in-store, but stores are now a physical touchpoint in multi-channel consumer journeys. Rather than being a challenge to the store’s existence, digital’s ability to influence store interactions presents a great opportunity for brands.

The good news is that while the retail customer journey may seem increasingly difficult to plan for — there are things retailers can do now to create agile, multi-channel commerce experiences and future-proof marketing strategies.

Tips for retailers

Retailers can start by investing in first-party data, such as email addresses and purchase histories, and measurement to build a detailed and privacy-preserving understanding of your customers; how they shop, their motivations, their journeys, and what they’re doing online and offline. 

After understanding what your business already collects, you can then build your first-party data strategy across key channels including:

• Investing in tagging infrastructure for your website to measure conversions. 
• Add a software development kit (SDK) to your retail app to help you gather key customer insights.
• Organise the data people share with you offline when shopping in your stores with a customer relationship management tool, then import your offline conversions to measure campaign performance — so you get a more holistic view across omnichannel retail touchpoints. 

Then, embracing new capabilities through automation that allow retailers to stay responsive and flexible even when the pace of change is hard to keep up with. 

By doing this, you’ll build a digital foundation for your business that’s reliable, agile, and – most importantly – will future proof your business.

As technology seeps into every facet of our lives, high-tech systems are taking the hospitality industry by storm. It’s no secret the pandemic accelerated a digital transformation, influencing people to become accustomed to greater convenience as businesses adapted and deployed digital solutions and virtual customer service. A barometer for the innovation and changes taking place in technology, now more than ever the hospitality and hotel industries need to address these new consumer expectations, while still navigating tighter budgets and the industry-wide staff shortage.

According to hospitality entrepreneur Cam Northway, founder of globally renowned drinks agency Sweet&Chilli, hospitality consultancy ATYPICAL and Bondi restaurant and bar Rocker, with innovation at our fingertips, utilising smart technology isn’t as complex as it once was, and can transform your business in the long-run with reduced costs, increased revenue and improved guest satisfaction is just the tip of the iceberg. When it comes to operating below the surface, here are six ways technology is shaping the future of hospitality:

Contactless Goes Mainstream

Over the past two years contactless technology has become a buzzword across all industries. It’s mainstream, it’s the new normal – and thankfully it’s fairly straightforward. Phasing out human-to-human touchpoints will streamline operations and enable access to a wealth of data that can be used to create seamless, personalised experiences and a fully integrated customer view. Digital payments and cashless transactions create an environment where from start to finish, a guest can enjoy the freedom of movement without stop points and checkpoints, and also sanctions pre-order or click-and-collect for wine and grocer style delivery, direct from in-house restaurants and cellar doors.

Concierge Culture

Fact: people of all ages literally live on their smartphones in today’s world, and how you operate at a hotel is no exception. Guest software – whether web-based or a native mobile app – allows your customers to interact with and purchase goods or services from the palm of their hands, allowing hospitality operators to increase guest revenue and manage their properties without increasing staff. An effective concierge delivers a level of personalised service that becomes one of the leading reasons your customers decide to come back – and rolling this out digitally will enable them access to whatever they like, whenever they like, in a way they’re all too familiar with – their mobile devices. From making reservations at your restaurant, in-room services, ordering food and drink, housekeeping and more – this digitally optimised tool creates a seamless customer journey from the pre-booking phase through to post-stay.

Keep Your Head In The Cloud

The current and future impact of cloud-based solutions within the hospitality industry is colossal, revolutionising the way hoteliers run their businesses and how they interact with their guests. Cloud POS and inventory management systems offer a single, scalable methodology where every aspect of your business can be managed – ranging front desk, restaurant, reservations, and accounts, all the way through to tracking inventory and stock levels in real-time, assessing menu trends and more. By implementing cloud-based tech, hospitality operators can offer personalised experiences and capture customer information – such as their preferences, transactions and behaviour, maximising revenue and guest satisfaction.

The Internet Of Things

In an industry as asset heavy as hotels, it’s simply easier and more cost-efficient to install connected room strategies as opposed to equipping hundreds or thousands of rooms with the latest piece of hardware or physical items. This is where smart rooms come in, aka the process of fitting everyday devices with internet-connectivity. From smart occupancy sensors that push menu notifications to smartphones at optimal times when the guests are in their rooms, offering personalised suggestions based on past orders, in-room entertainment and smart-room controls for lighting and temperature control, the bottom-line means greater personalisation, improved sustainability and enhanced guest experience.

Chatbots 2.0

Bots are blossoming in innovation as the AI applications move far past generic responses and basic human conversation. Within the hospitality space, chatbots can be deployed to several touchpoints, ranging from your web, social media or in-house branded apps. The digital assistants streamline interactions between consumers and your products or services, enhance customer experience and streamline engagement, reducing traditional support costs. From recommending dishes, suggesting food & drink pairing, processing payments, asking for feedback and announcing events or promotions, Chatbots have the ability to revolutionise your business on a daily basis.

Relief Is In The Air

It’s no secret COVID-19 has forced leaders in the hospitality space to rethink what defines an outstanding guest experience. Critical to this is making guests feel safe and comfortable throughout every part of your service delivery. While restrictions and travel bans have eased, the importance of healthy spaces is paramount, especially in the hotel and hospitality industry given the density and sheer volume of people involved. Upgrading sanitisation systems through various air purification technologies will promote ‘clean air’, offering a solution that delivers a higher-quality indoor environment and helps support healthy buildings. Ensuring consumer confidence is critical to maintaining the millions of jobs in this expansive industry.

While world events have changed the hotel and hospitality industry in many ways, it’s also highlighted just how necessary adopting new tech into your experience for a successful and sustainable business that’s on par with the changing guest expectations. Understanding how people use technology at home and in their day-to-day life will allow hospitality brands to replicate that experience, resulting in increased customer satisfaction and lower overhead costs.

Today’s $220 million announcement by the Coalition to support Aussie timber production, manufacturing and research is good news for builders.

“Master Builders has been calling for this type of action to address timber shortages in the future and boost local industry capability,” Denita Wawn, CEO of Master Builders Australia said.

“The acute shortage of Aussie timber and reliance on imports to meet excess demand has contributed to massive spikes in the price of timber,” she said.

“We do not have enough plantation timber to supply housing needs in the future,” Denita Wawn said.  

“It’s in Australia’s national interest to secure our local timber supply by ensuring our timber plantation stock can meet future housing demand,” Denita Wawn said.

“A joint report released last year by Master Builders Australia (MBA) and the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) shows Australia is headed towards a major cliff in timber framing production, concluding we will be 250,000 house frames short by 2035 – the equivalent of the cities of Newcastle and Geelong combined,” she said.

“In Australia, there is one company in WA manufacturing laminated veneer lumber (LVL) timber.  We should have the local capability here in Australia to do more manufacturing of structural engineered wood products,” Denita Wawn said.

“More also needs to be done to address shortages, cost increases and delays causing the current cost and cashflow crunch being experienced by the industry,” Denita Wawn said.

In response to trades and materials pressures facing the construction sector, Master Builders is seeking the following from the government:

• Incentives to improve sovereign capacity in product supply.
• Better coordination with industry, states, and territories to facilitate greater investment in softwood plantations to meet long-term structural timber needs.
• Government taking a more active role in enabling trade access arrangements for imported building products.
• Investment in and boosting Australian building product manufacturing and product appraisal/traceability capabilities.

WP Engine, the world’s most trusted WordPress technology company, today announced Atlas, its award-winning headless WordPress solution, is now available to businesses of all sizes with four new headless WordPress plans, ranging from $49 to $499, allowing developers to learn, build and grow their sites on Atlas. It also announced the launch of Atlas Blueprints, which are free, professionally-designed starter sites allowing anyone to get started fast with headless WordPress. Developers can also try out Atlas by signing up for a free Atlas Sandbox account, which allows developers to learn more about developing with headless WordPress and create prototype projects.

Headless WordPress. Perfected.

WP Engine’s Atlas is the complete headless WordPress platform, enabling exponentially faster dynamic sites with the flexibility and security that comes with headless solutions. Delighting both developers and content publishers, Atlas brings together the customer’s choice of modern development framework with powerful front-end Node.js hosting and headless WordPress all in one complete package. Users can rely on WP Engine as a trusted partner with one support organisation with the expertise to troubleshoot everything that’s included. 

 “We created Atlas because it allowed developers to use the modern frameworks they prefer and build personalised, omnichannel experiences integrated with back-ends at the speed normally reserved for static brochure sites,” said Jason Cohen, Founder and Chief Technology Officer at WP Engine. “The WordPress industry’s reaction to our Atlas launch last year was nothing short of amazing. In talking with our customers around the world, we found there was a strong desire to learn more about headless WordPress, provide an easy onramp to using it and make it available to brands and agencies everywhere, regardless of their size or budget.” 

Cohen continued, “Developers are tinkerers, always pushing the boundaries, finding new ways to harness the power of WordPress. Most have extensive WordPress and PHP experience and are looking to work in more API-centric and headless web engineering. With the launch of our new Atlas plans, Atlas Blueprints and Atlas Sandbox, we are enabling more developers and marketers to try out headless WordPress and build amazing, powerful, secure sites faster than ever before and scale them as their business grows.” 

Atlas for All

Developers are constantly under pressure to deliver highly performant + secure omnichannel digital experiences that rank higher and convert better on a platform that easily scales and integrates with an increasing array of martech SaaS tools.

Atlas unlocks a world of possibilities by leveraging all the content-creation power of WordPress while making it easy to implement on the front end with JavaScript and more modern web practices. From e-commerce to corporate websites to newsrooms and media sites, developers and marketers gain the security, stability and performance needed to engage audiences with their story or products today, and the control they’ll need for updating and evolving content tomorrow with autonomous page editing.

WP Engine is launching four new Atlas plans to help Atlas span the entire spectrum of headless WordPress needs for sites of all sizes. These new plans are in addition to the existing Atlas offerings for enterprise developers and agencies with high traffic sites. From startups to enterprises, these plans have you covered. 

Atlas Blueprints

Many developers want the added security and flexibility that headless WordPress brings and they simply want to create a beautiful site quickly. Atlas Blueprints comes with pre-installed plugins for headless WordPress publishing, and a React-based front end that is pre-configured for WordPress data fetching, routing, and search, enabling them to create a fully-featured headless site in less than 5 minutes.

Atlas Blueprints are professionally designed and leverage the best of WP Engine’s headless products, including WPGraphQL, Faust.js, and Atlas Content Modeler. Blueprints can be deployed using Local or a free Atlas Sandbox account. It can also be used to learn about headless development, rapidly create a prototype project, or even deploy a production site.

Free Sandbox Accounts

An Atlas Sandbox account is a free “playground” account where developers can dive into Atlas, play around with all the Atlas features and tooling, and explore, what is for many, a new way of developing in WordPress.

For more information about Atlas for All, Atlas Blueprints and to sign up for a free Atlas Sandbox account, go to https://wpengine.com/atlas/. 

​​The State of Headless 

Discover why organisations are choosing headless, the technologies they’re using, how much they’re spending, and what the future of headless holds in “The State of Headless: A Global Research Report.”

Learn more at DE{CODE} 2022

The new Atlas plans and Atlas Blueprints will be discussed in a session at WP Engine’s award-winning DE{CODE} 2022 developer conference. The completely virtual event will take place April 20-21 and will be broadcast across three different time zones, making it more convenient for developers attending from North America, EMEA, and Australia. The agenda is packed with 19 expert-led sessions that dive into the latest trends and technologies in WordPress.

This year’s event is organised around four key areas of development most requested by previous DE{CODE} attendees: eCommerce, headless WordPress, managed WordPress hosting and the builder experience. To learn more and register, go to https://events.wpengine.com/event/61de3570-be6a-4182-a365-c12d5236cef3/websitePage:5bbe0ca6-fd0c-4e77-b99b-de21baff9062.