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Lausanne, Switzerland – – September 12, 2026 -- Revizto Academy, the free digital coordination training program run by AECO collaboration platform Revizto, has awarded more than 13,500 certifications to professionals in over 60 countries since its 2024 launch, the company said marking the program's two-year anniversary.

Revizto Academy issues over 13,500 certifications across 60-plus countries in two years

Learners from more than 500 AECO firms have completed the program, including staff from AECOM, AtkinsRéalis, Jacobs, Mortenson and Stantec. The training offers three certification levels aimed at building digital coordination skills for increasingly complex project environments.

Augsburg – September 12, 2026 -- German B2B marketing budgets grew a nominal 2.1 percent to an average of €3.57 million in 2026, even as prices for externally purchased marketing services climbed roughly 12 percent over the same period, leaving companies with less real spending power than a year earlier. The findings come from the 14th edition of the "B2B-Marketing-Budgets 2026" study published by the Bundesverband Industrie Kommunikation e.V. (bvik), conducted with scientific support from Prof. Dr. Hannes Huttelmaier of the Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt.

Budget growth fails to keep pace with rising service costs

"Whoever invests counter-cyclically now secures a market advantage tomorrow. Cutting marketing budgets is convenient in the short term and costly in the long run," said Ramona Kaden, Managing Director of bvik.

Phoenix – September 12, 2026 -- University of Phoenix will join Jobs for the Future (JFF), VOA Northern Rockies, Ochsner Health and Skillmore in a webinar on September 24, 2026, examining how employers can deploy AI-powered skills intelligence to map workforce capabilities and build internal mobility pathways.

Nearly 40% of core job skills will shift by 2030, WEF data shows

The webinar, titled "Making Skills Work: How Employers are Helping Workers Navigate Growth, Mobility, and Change," runs from 12:00pm ET to 9:00am PT. Organizers cite the World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs Report 2025, which projects that nearly 40% of workers' core skills will change by 2030, as the driver behind employer demand for skills-intelligence tools.

Arlington, Va. – September 11, 2026 -- Eighty-four percent of senior business leaders say at least one cultural factor is limiting their organization's success with artificial intelligence, even as AI adoption delivers measurable productivity and quality gains, according to a new survey from Eagle Hill Consulting.

AI adoption spreads evenly across core business functions

The Eagle Hill Consulting AI Capabilities survey of 306 U.S. director-level and above executives finds organizations deploying AI at nearly equal rates across business operations (73 percent), decision support and analytics (72 percent), and employee productivity and knowledge work (71 percent). Sixty-six percent of respondents report improved employee productivity, 59 percent cite improved operational efficiency, 55 percent report improved quality of work, and 53 percent report improved customer experience.

United States – September 11, 2026 -- Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) has opened the Property Lab, a hands-on training facility at its Claims University that uses full-scale, two-story homes to prepare claim adjusters for real-world residential damage scenarios.

Property Lab Uses Full-Scale Homes to Simulate Residential Damage

The facility features full-size, two-story homes built with a range of construction materials and finishes, from standard-grade components to higher-end materials. Claim adjusters inspect both exterior and interior damage, gaining exposure to the variety of home types and repair considerations they encounter in the field.

Bad Neustadt a. d. Saale – September 10, 2026 -- RHÖN-KLINIKUM Campus Bad Neustadt has enrolled 124 new trainees across nine healthcare and administrative professions, reinforcing staffing for a facility that treats more than 160,000 patients annually with roughly 3,000 employees.

Nursing intake dominates the 2024 cohort with 52 new trainees

The largest group consists of 25 aspiring nursing specialists and 27 nursing care assistants. Occupational therapy and physiotherapy each add 22 trainees, while ten students begin training as surgical technology assistants and four as anesthesia technology assistants.

Frankfurt (Oder) – September 10, 2026 -- Dr. Dominik Treffer, chief physician of the Clinic for Acute and Emergency Medicine at Klinikum Frankfurt (Oder) since June 2026, has passed the examination for the European Specialist in Emergency Medicine, adding an internationally recognized credential to his qualifications as a specialist in anesthesiology with additional certifications in emergency medicine and clinical acute and emergency medicine.

Germany still lacks a standalone emergency medicine specialty recognized across many European countries

Unlike numerous European countries with an independent emergency medicine specialty, Germany has no equivalent formal credential. Care for acutely ill and injured patients in the country's central emergency departments is currently handled by physicians from a range of different medical specialties, making structured additional qualification in clinical emergency medicine increasingly significant.

Penzberg – September 09, 2026 -- The digital vocational-training platform Ausbildungskompass received the "Excellent" rating in the special category "Digital Administration: Benefits for Citizens and Businesses" at the Best of Technology Award 2026, presented on September 3, 2026 in Düsseldorf.

The award, given annually by WirtschaftsWoche in cooperation with Handelsblatt Media Group, consulting firm Capgemini, scientific partner Fraunhofer ISI and knowledge partner Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), recognizes IT applications and future technologies that simplify processes and create measurable value for business, government and society.

Washington – September 09, 2026 -- Arizona State University has been named one of eight universities to lead the Foundry School, a U.S. Department of State initiative run in partnership with the Department of Labor to train the next generation of American manufacturing workers.

Vice President Vance unveils national manufacturing education program

The Foundry School was announced by Vice President J.D. Vance in Washington, D.C., alongside Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg and university presidents, including ASU President Michael Crow. Students from ASU's Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering were invited to the announcement.

"This is about universities and industry working together to accelerate all things associated with enhancing workforce preparation, enhancement and competitiveness," said Crow.

Fort Lauderdale – September 08, 2026 -- Lennox International (NYSE: LII) has opened a new National Account Services (NAS) headquarters and training center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, anchored by a 6,000-square-foot dedicated training space for commercial HVAC technicians.

Lennox NAS has trained nearly 1,600 technicians since 2016 to address industry labor shortage

The company said the new facility strengthens its ability to deliver consistent technical and leadership development across its national service organization, which supports commercial HVAC maintenance, repair and replacement for some of the nation's largest retail chains operating hundreds to thousands of locations.