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The 21st century entrepreneur

Changing business circumstances are a fact of life: recession, smart phones, social media, cloud computing, etc. changes the way we communicate with clients, customers and just about everyone else we come into contact with.  Expectations have changed a lot about when and where we are contactable, along with the speed at which we are asked [ READ MORE ]

What is your favourite motivational quote

Summer is over, the weather is rubbish and not a holiday in sight for months…so I went to have good browse on the LinkedIn entrepreneurs site for some motivational quotes. Here are my favourites, what are yours[ READ MORE ]

The value of your business’ online identity

I was recently reading Randal Moss’ blog on the The Value of Identity Online where he makes an ever so important point: the value of online identity is directly related to the number of actions you take online.  In other words, your online worth is directly dependent on your e-visibility and your resulting e-reputation.  I though that [ READ MORE ]

Is Gordon Brown right to spend £30 million on an Institute of Web Science?

This week, the Government announced the creation of the new Institute for Web Science; an announcement timed to coincide with the 10th anniversary of broadband going live in the UK.  The new Institute will be run by the Universities of Oxford and Southampton and headed by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the World Wide Web, and [ READ MORE ]

Newsletter – Issue 4, 2010

DID YOU KNOW New Guide to Data Protection The Information Commissioner’s Office has released a new publication “The Guide to Data Protection” outlining the data protection basics and giving organisations practical advice.  The launch of the new Code follows consumer research conducted earlier this year which found that 71% of respondents did not properly read [ READ MORE ]

Newsletter – Issue 3, 2010

DID YOU KNOW Social media is going up on the agenda of organisations In 2010 companies seem to have strong plans to invest in social media.  According to BizReport, while email remained the most popular media among marketers for next year (56.8 per cent plan to use it), social media isn’t far behind: over half [ READ MORE ]

Newsletter – Issue 2, 2010

DID YOU KNOW SMEs are regaining confidence in own businesses, but loosing faith in the general economy As a rather turbulent 2009 draws to a close, a YouGov survey of 2011 people shows that the desire to become an entrepreneur is still alive and kicking for lots of Brits, but many are putting off the [ READ MORE ]

Newsletter – Issue 1, 2010

DID YOU KNOW  Firms given extra two weeks to adjust prices for January VAT rise The Government has bowed to pressure from business groups and given firms an extra 14 days to adjust their prices when the VAT rate returns to 17.5 per cent on 1 January.  This means that businesses will have 28 days [ READ MORE ]

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