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Businesses Go Flexi To Ride Out The Recession

As businesses brace themselves for a double-dip recession new research from Thrifty Car & Van Rental has highlighted SMEs are embracing flexible options to help ride out the recession, having learnt valuable lessons in best business practice. read more

 

How To Turn Around Your Business

Jonathan Halford is the current Chairman of Silver Spring, one of the UK’s oldest drink brands behind such names as 1870 Mixers and Perfectly Clear. Having spent many years working to turn around the fortunes of businesses, here Jonathan discusses the work he is doing with Silver Spring, who were bought out of administration in September 2009, and gives general tips on how to revitalise businesses. read more

 

Trusteer Warns Of Tax Credits Filing Deadline Phishing Attacks

Trusteer, the leading provider of secure browsing services, today warns that July 31st is an important date if you have pay income tax under self assessment, have kids or are on a low income, as this is the deadline to file a tax credits renewal with HMRC (http://bit.ly/cb3mNA) or pay the second instalment of income tax. And given the tax changes seen in the Chancellor's just-announced budget, many parents will be filing in the hope of an extra tax credit to offset the rest of what has been something of an austerity budget. read more

 

The Element Of Freedom That Drives People To Become Entrepreneurs

Sometimes you listen to something and it strikes a chord, I have some very eclectic tastes in music from The Rat Pack, through the 80’s New Romantics and plenty of stuff that is playing on the radio now, probably much to my children’s annoyance! read more

 

Receiving And Using Advice That You Didn't Seek - 'The Best Incidental Advice I Ever Had'

What was the best ‘incidental advice’ you ever had recently, that stopped you in your tracks? read more

 

Risk

Once you have your outcomes and goals clear, you move to taking action to achieve them. The most desirable outcomes often involve risks. Successful people take action wherever they are, whenever the opportunity arises. read more

 

Securing Your Business Starts With Protecting Your PC

In recent years there has been a significant surge in the amount of online businesses, with widespread and faster internet access being a key driver for this growth. The increase in internet usage creates a number of problems for businesses in terms of IT security. read more

 

Using Collaboration To Achieve Business Goals

Connecting the people, processes and knowledge of an organisation is a challenge common to many small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). In an increasingly competitive business environment characterised by mounting regulatory pressures, companies are searching for efficient ways to record, store and manage information often scattered across different systems, isolated in corporate divisions and spread across geographic locations. Jamie Stewart, UK Managing Director of Exact takes a closer look at how collaboration systems are revolutionising the way SMB’s manage data across their organisations. read more

 

Writing A PR Brief

Writing a brief for a PR agency is basically like writing a job description. It provides a clear picture of your brand values, tells an agency where your brand currently stands within your market, your unique selling points, and where you eventually want it to be. read more

 

Surviving The Email Tsunami

Latest industry statistics reveal that over 183 billion emails are sent each day . This incredible growth in email communications has transformed the way we do business and how we socialise. It has become an essential tool to support our need for increasingly efficient ways of communicating. Email has replaced the need to telephone colleagues who work on another site or even to get up and talk to a colleague just a few feet away. We arrange to meet up with friends via email rather than picking up the phone to talk. We use our email application to manage a calendar, as a reminder for tasks, meetings and appointments, and to maintain a current address book. This is all done quickly and easily, which is in contrast to the time-consuming nature of more traditional communication media. read more