In the midst of fears regarding a double dip recession and on-going worries about the Eurozone crisis, we must console ourselves with the fact it’s not all doom and gloom; at least not for technical folk. Highly skilled developers and coders are still very much in high demand, and by 2018, Network Systems and…
A few members of our company staff were talking about the King of Pop’s new video for “Behind the Mask” today and said, “they crowdsourced the whole thing – thousands and thousands of people made it” Crowdsourcing for those of you who don’t know is the act of outsourcing tasks, traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, to an…
My husband and I went to Vietnam recently for a long weekend. We had an amazing time, experiencing the vast difference between bustling city life of Hanoi and the peaceful quietness of the ocean at Ha Long Bay. Hanoi We spent a couple of days in Hanoi, which as the capital of Vietnam is a…
Billed as the “budget for people aspiring to work hard and get on”, these were the immortal words uttered by George Osborne during his delivery of today’s budget. Inspired and full of hope, we were encouraged to hear of The Chancellor’s plans to help small businesses and innovation. A five fold increase in the value of government…
The term customer loyalty is often thrown around as a buzz word in marketing and business, but how important is customer loyalty and more importantly how do we get it? Retaining customers can be a difficult challenge in this current day, whether individuals or businesses, consumers are fickle. If something isn’t right with the service…
Investment in new businesses can come in many different forms, from business angels who only supply cash, to investors that are happy to spend their time, money and effort in mentoring young entrepreneurs. Here I am writing about the latter. I frequently come across young aspiring entrepreneurs, who are looking for investment and guidance from…
Wikipedia defines value proposition as: A promise of value to be delivered and a belief from the customer that value will be experienced. A value proposition can apply to an entire organisation, or parts thereof, or customer accounts, or products or services. So, a value proposition answers a fundamental question which all potential customers ask: Why should I buy…
I finally arrived back into Gatwick Friday afternoon after spending a whole week listening to the European Commission Vice-President Slim Kallas informing the world that Europe could not operate flights safely and this could last a whole year, while the International Air Transport Association lead by their passionate Director General and CEO Giovanni Bisignani confirming…
It’s been exactly one month since Google+ burst on to the scene as “an extension of Google itself”. As appose to merely a response to Facebook, Google has gone out of its way to make sure it grabs as big a slice as possible of that social networking pie. Having had Google Wave and Google…
As responsible, green-minded people, we are aware of the big issues facing the planet. We like to think we are not complacent and that we don’t need reminding of the importance of respecting the natural balance around us. But we can’t help wondering about the uproar caused by the recent WWF ad that was allegedly…
