Businesses are being warned to be on their guard following a string of cold calls from suppliers offering ‘off the shelf’ localised internet marketing campaigns which could leave struggling SMEs out of pocket by hundreds or even thousands of pounds.
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Social entrepreneur goes from major surgery to glittering award success
The founder of a social enterprise who was once given a month to live has won the Scottish heat of 2010’s biggest search for Britain’s best new business.
Salaries drop over £2600 in last six months
The average annual salary has dropped by more than £2,600 in the last six months, it has emerged today.
Confessions of a British worker: “How clean is your desk?”
Divorce papers, an Ann Summers bondage bear, an antique bugle and toilet rolls were among the odds and ends reported to be cluttering British officeworkers’ desks, according to a recently published survey.
Business missing out on the value of customer advice
Advice from customers has the biggest positive impact on business growth yet almost half are missing out on this valuable insight, a new study has revealed.
The road to recovery
Given our natural cynicism, it was easy for us Brits to get the sandbags out and put the defences up as we went into recession, but it has proved far more difficult to come out of it.
Brad’s three top tips for getting the most out of networking
There’s lots of advice I could give you about how to get the most out of networking. If you ever want my help with that come and ask me. But these are the most important things to remember, in my opinion:
Ten tips for establishing a better way of working
Innocent, the distinctively non-corporate drinks company, has achieved international success by adopting a very different approach to business. Martin Addison of Video Arts gives ten tips that other organisations can learn from Innocent’s fresh example.
Government to cull business websites to save millions
The Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude, has today pledged to scrap hundreds of unnecessary and expensive government websites and slash the cost of the remaining sites to save millions of pounds.
Raising capital gains tax will ‘devastate’ entrepreneurs, warns Lord Sugar
Raising the rate of capital gains tax would have a ‘devastating’ effect on entrepreneurs, Lord Sugar has warned.
PRS for Music waive charges for office World Cup viewing
PRS for Music have announced that workplaces who are introducing TVs and radios to let staff watch the World Cup will qualify for a free PRS for Music licence – required for any copyright music played as part of TV or radio broadcast – through a trial scheme.
The hunt is on to discover the technology tycoons of tomorrow
The hunt is on to find the next generation of technology tycoons as ‘Discovering Start-Ups 2010’, a brand new competition and support programme, launches across the East of England today.
The franchisor of the year unveiled
The winners of the 21st bfa HSBC Franchisor of the Year Awards 2010, supported by Express Newspapers, have been announced at the award ceremony in Nottingham.
Plan ahead to cope with a BT strike
With BT looking ever more likely to have its first strike in over quarter of a century if the latest offer isn’t accepted, thousands of businesses could be left without phones or internet during the strike which could take place in August 2010.
Enterprise under the mango trees
Where did you last have a great business conversation? Louise Third has just returned from a working visit to Uganda where she found herself teahcing enterprise skills to students in a remote rural region of the north east. The experience confirmed for her that we really are one big enterprising global community, so tell us about your business conversations in far-flung places.
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