By John Walker on May 15, 2012
Are you fed up with your job and dreaming of being your own boss? Channel 4 wants to hear from you!
A New Channel 4 series ‘Compare Your Life’ has enlisted Carlton Hood - the former CEO of Confused.com - to help families who are desperate to escape the daily grind and become their own boss.
In [...]
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By John Walker on March 14, 2012
An Irish inventor has developed a product which can help large supermarket retailers cut carbon emmissions and save money.
Tom Glynn, 55, from Galway Ireland, first spotted the opportunity when he noticed that the retail of ice, the type used to cool drinks at parties and celebrations, was a major problem for the €30m turnover [...]
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By John Walker on March 2, 2012
Business Exhibition: The Great British Business Show
Date: Thursday 17th-Friday 18th May 2012
Venue: ExCeL London, Royal Victoria Dock, London, E16 1XL
Event Website: www.greatbritishbusinessshow.co.uk
Growing your business isn’t just about buying that bit of machinery or leasing that new building. Growing too quickly can be your downfall, so careful financial planning and the right advice is key to [...]
Posted in Advertising, Business Continuity Planning, Contact Management, Corporate Hospitality, East (E), Expansion, Market Research, Marketing, Startups, Trade Shows, Seminars and Exhibitions | Tagged Albert Wright, Brad Burton, David Gold, ExCeL, Jonathan Pfahl, The Great British Business Show, Warren Cass, Will King |
By John Walker on February 28, 2012
360i parent company Dentsu Network West to invest in Expion to catapult social software company’s growth through integration of earned & paid social media
Digital agency 360i and social software firm Expion today announced a strategic partnership to revolutionize the way brands invest in Facebook. The partnership will result in the development of a powerful integrated [...]
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By John Walker on December 2, 2011
Gartner, Inc. has revealed its top predictions for IT organizations and users for 2012 and beyond. Analysts said that the predictions herald changes in control for IT organizations as budgets, technologies and costs become more fluid and distributed.
This year’s selection process included evaluating several criteria that define a top prediction. The issues examined included relevance, [...]
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By John Walker on December 1, 2011
UK scientists and businesses will have access to the most sophisticated technology keeping them at the cutting edge of research and development, as details of the Government’s multi-million pound e-infrastructure investment were announced today by David Willetts.
The investment includes £43 million for ARCHER, a new national supercomputer to support advanced research, such as complex chemistry [...]
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By John Walker on November 22, 2011
The UK’s most innovative firms share their business secrets.
Every day across the British business landscape new companies are starting up and fresh ideas are being generated. 2011 has seen a plethora of bolder and better business ideas. These gems can be new products and service ideas or equally new ways to improve existing offerings. The [...]
Posted in Business Continuity Planning, Fashion, Trends and Memes, Ideas and Innovation, Intellectual Property, Market Research, Product Research and Development, Project Management, Standards, Startups, Technology, Telecommunications, UK, Worldwide | Tagged Anthony Keyworth, British Library Business & IP Centre, Dominic Swords, Everything Everywhere, Henley Business School, Jim Shaikh, Naked Wines, Orange, Rowan Gormley, Steve van Dulken, yoomi |
By John Walker on August 24, 2011
What makes business rock?
Bill Roedy, the man behind MTV, gives a preview of his new business memoirs documenting how he built a single channel into the largest media network in the world.
Its global audience is the envy of the world’s media corporations, with a network which included 200 channels and 200 digital properties in 175 [...]
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By John Walker on November 23, 2010
The UK general insurance industry standards and IT body Polaris U.K. Ltd have launched a new website for their customers.
Polaris Managing Director Martin McLachlan commented, “Over time we have built up a number of discrete and different looking websites for our customers, covering Polaris and ProductWriter, standards and imarket. Based on feedback from insurers and [...]
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By John Walker on October 18, 2010
In order of respect, the survey
showed the following rankings:
1 Southampton
2 Leeds
3 Sheffield
4 Wrexham
5 Brighton and Hove
6 Plymouth
7 Liverpool
8 Norwich
9 Manchester
10 Gloucester
11 York
12 Cardiff
13 Coventry
14 Portsmouth
15 Bristol
16 Birmingham
17 Aberdeen
18 Newcastle
19 Wolverhampton
20 Aberystwyth
21 Belfast
22 Glasgow
23 London
24 Worcester
25 Chelmsford
26 Leicester
27 Oxford
28 Cambridge
29 Edinburgh
30 Swansea
Newcastle drivers came [...]
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