The importance of social networking sites to small businesses has once again been shown by the news that Facebook now has over 500 million users.Facebook confirmed that the milestone had been reached on Wednesday (July 21st) demonstrating the growth of the service, which was only set up six years ago.Addressing users of the service, founder [...] CONTINUE
A mobile phone expert has suggested that Google should convert its online shop into a portal for Android handset users.The company recently confirmed that it will soon no longer sell the Nexus One online once its last shipment is sold out.Jonathan Morris, editor of What Mobile, feels that Google failed in its attempt to sell [...] CONTINUE
Small business owners may be interested to know that employees are looking for honesty from their organisations to help them feel more appreciated.Research carried out by chrysaliscourses.co.uk has found that six out of ten British people are unhappy in their job at the moment, while a third feel unappreciated.Claire McCartney, resourcing and talent planning adviser [...] CONTINUE
The tax regime needs to be changed in order to reduce the burden on small businesses, it has been claimed.Chancellor George Osborne and exchequer secretary David Gauke recently set up the Office of Tax Simplification, aimed at helping small businesses with relief.Andrew Hubbard, immediate past president of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, outlined how small [...] CONTINUE
New predictions have been revealed about the number of tablet devices that will be sold this year.With the release of the Apple iPad earlier this year and the subsequent moves by other manufacturers, ABI Research has revised its figures, tripling the predicted number to 11 million globally.Despite developments by other companies such as HP and [...] CONTINUE
The government and businesses have been urged to encourage and create more apprenticeships within specialist professions.According to a survey by People 1st, 41 per cent of employers believe apprentices are more productive than newly hired staff, with almost half thinking they make their organisations more competitive.Steve Huxham, chairman of the Recruitment Society, explained why creating [...] CONTINUE
A broadband expert has explained how the decision to move back targets for universal broadband were “inevitable”.The secretary of state for culture, Olympics, media and sport, Jeremy Hunt, recently confirmed that the aim of providing every home and business with 2MB broadband has been moved from 2012 to 2015.Chris Marling, editor of BroadbandGenie.co.uk, does not [...] CONTINUE
Google has announced that it is to stop selling the Nexus One mobile phone through its online store.Until now, it has been possible to purchase the handset through the company’s official website and then buy a business mobile contract from another provider.However, with poor sales, the company has confirmed that, once it sells out its [...] CONTINUE
Businesses in Coventry may be interested to know that they are the most likely to receive spam messages, according to new research.A study by MessageLabs Intelligence has established that it is the town or city sent the most spam, while Warwickshire is the region that is most spammed.Meanwhile, the research also found that the most [...] CONTINUE
A new study has shown how crucial business broadband is to enterprises across the country.According to research by Virgin Media Business, broadband is as vital to businesses as the roads and rails, after each of these garnered abound 30 per cent in the firm’s survey.Meanwhile, in some areas broadband was given even more importance, with [...] CONTINUE
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