How prepared is your business for the new cookie laws that came into force on 26 May 2012? The BBC reported that thousands of websites were in breach of the new cookie law (including the BBC and the Government), which dictates what they can log about visitors. Last year the European Union passed new online…
As a keen promoter of Green issues, our company were only too pleased to find out recently that investment in renewable energy sources has hit a new high. Global investment in renewable energy sources grew by 32% during 2010 to reach a record level of US$211bn (£132bn), a UN study has reported. The main growth…
When starting a new business or establishing a start-up, it helps to have advice at your fingertips, and with social media just at a click-away there is no excuse not to find the latest news and information to help you out. Here we list our favourite twitter feeds that offer a range of advice and…
This is something that is quite frequently debated about so we thought we would share our opinions on the situation too. As with all things, an idea becomes popular when it’s launched and early adopters rave about its greatness, but then as you would expect the novelty wears off and those early adopters want to…
Infographics are a great way of displaying large amounts of data in a fun and informative way. And people love infographics because they are quick and easy to digest. They are also a great source of content and within business at the moment, content is more important than ever. So with thousands of them around…
Financial reservations are not resigned to The City as a surprising number of UK employees demand a shakeup concerning the way corporate money is spent. A recent survey by our company highlights almost a third of UK workers feel dismayed by their companies’ overspending. Furthermore, the same new figures reveal employees are equally critical of…
our company: one of the first three companies in the country to benefit from new Government Scheme. Last night saw the launch of Chancellor George Osborne’s new Government Scheme which aims to make it simpler and cheaper for businesses to borrow money. The National Loan Guarantee Scheme (NLGS) allows businesses to access loans with an…
In today’s economy it can be unnerving to think about setting up a business and going it alone, but being aware of why a business can fail, can help to ensure that you have every contingency in place to reduce the chance of this happening to your company. Why do some businesses fail? Below are…
our company returned to the office yesterday disappointed having spent a large part of the week at ‘Internet World’. A series of 140 ‘unmissable’ free conference sessions promising to set the ‘new digital agenda’ proved not only to have no agenda, but worse still seemed very, almost certainly missable. We were promised so much with…
In a recent article published by HR Magazine, journalist Estelle James examined several strategies for managing remote workers. Citing the new Robert Half UK survey which states 38% of HR directors plan to offer remote working options during the first half of 2012, the piece goes on to list the countless (obvious?) benefits of such…
