By John Walker on May 19, 2012
Olympians Sally Gunnell and Chris Boardman share their tips on how employees can get around London quicker and easier during Games time
With some businesses offering employees flexi time and Sunday trading hours being extended during the Olympics it’s easy for employees to overlook something as simple as getting around during the Games.
With this in mind [...]
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By John Walker on March 28, 2012
From April 1st business rates are set to rise by an average of 5.77% across England and Wales. Experts warn that the increase, coupled with the painfully slow rates appeals process to challenge business rates, is stifling business growth in the UK. The estimated total amount of savings due back to UK businesses from the [...]
Posted in Accounts, Business Support Services, Closing Down, Commercial Property Services, Cost Management, Employment Levels, England, Expansion, Financial Capital, Financial Services, Legal Advice, Loans and Finance, Notable Dates, Recruitment, Regulation, Regulatory Compliance, Reporting, Retail, Hire and Repair, Staff, Startups, Taxation, The Work Place, Wales | Tagged appeals process, business rates, Chief Executive of CVS, CVS, Don Baker, Mark Rigby, National Head of Rating at CVS, Valuation Office Agency (VOA) |
By John Walker on March 16, 2012
Mainstream 4G mobile services could be available in the UK as early as this year, under proposals outlined today by Ofcom.
Everything Everywhere, the mobile phone operator running two of the UK’s most famous brands - T-Mobile (UK) and Orange (UK), has submitted an application to Ofcom to use its existing spectrum to deliver 4G services. [...]
Posted in Computer Services, Critical Infrastructure, Customer Support, E-commerce, Expansion, Ideas and Innovation, Information Technology, Internet Services, Marketing Facilities, Product Research and Development, Regulation, Regulatory Compliance, Requests For Comments (RFQs), Standards, Technology, Telecommunications, Telecommunications Services, Tendering and Procurement Alerts, UK | Tagged 4G, Everything Everywhere, Ofcom, Olaf Swantee, Orange, T-Mobile |
By John Walker on February 15, 2012
Lunch time talk: Mark Stephens discusses his work as a solicitor specialising in media law, intellectual property rights and human rights.
Date: Friday 24th February 2012
Time: 1:15 pm at,
Venue: Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH
Mark Stephens joins the ICA for this lunch time talk to discuss his work as a solicitor [...]
Posted in Arts, Sports and Recreation, Contact Management, Film Production and Distribution, Governance, Information Security, Intellectual Property, Legal Advice, Legal services, Manufacturing, Media and Creative Services, Not-For-Profit Sector, Regulation, Regulatory Compliance, South West London (S.W.), Technology, Trade Shows, Seminars and Exhibitions | Tagged ACTA, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Mark Stephens |
By John Walker on February 15, 2012
Business Seminar: The Bribery Act - implications for your business
Date: Tuesday 6th March 2012
Time: 08.30 am to 10.00 am at,
Venue: Birkett Long, Basildon SS14 3EZ
The organisers, Birkett Long solicitors say:
The Bribery Act came into force on 1 July 2011 surrounded by a great deal of hype and uncertainty. Rather than jump in at the [...]
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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, [...]
Posted in Accounts, Business Culture, Business Software, Contact Management, Cost Management, Customer Support, Down sizing / Retraction, E-commerce, Fashion, Trends and Memes, Information Security, Information Technology, Market Research, Marketing, Marketing Facilities, Outsourcing, Payment Processing and Remittance, People and Players, Procurement, Product Research and Development, Production, Project Management, Regulation, Skills and Training, Standards, Technology, The Work Place | Tagged CIOs, client-side applications, cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud Security Certification, customer-sensitive data, Daryl Plummer, economies of scale, enterprise social software, Gartner, Global 1000 companies, Google, IBM, Inc., Industrialized low-cost IT services (ILCS), market consolidation, megavendors, Microsoft, mobile, mobile application, operational costs, Oracle, smartphones, tablets, VMware |
By John Walker on November 29, 2011
The Chancellor has today delivered his autumn statement to Parliament, alongside the publication of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s updated forecasts for growth and borrowing. He announced permanent reductions in spending to ensure that the UK meets its fiscal targets, using some of those savings in the short term to fund infrastructure investment to generate [...]
Posted in Accounts, Business Banking, Business Continuity Planning, Commercial Property Services, Cost Management, Critical Infrastructure, Distribution Channels, Down sizing / Retraction, E-commerce, Economic Cycles, Employment Levels, Financial Capital, Forecasts, Fundability, Grants and Funding Pronouncements, Industrial Relations, Inflation, Insurance, Lending and Borrowing, Loans and Finance, Monetary Policy, Morale, Organized Labour / Unions, Outsourcing, People and Players, Political and Economic Philosophies, Politics & Legislation, Procurement, Product Research and Development, Public Sector, Public Spending and State Aid, Recruitment, Regulation, Regulatory Compliance, Sales, Mergers & Acquisitions, Skills and Training, Staff, Startups, Taxation, Technology, Telecommunications, UK, UK Budget, Utilities | Tagged Air Passenger Duty (APD), Apprenticeship, Association of British Insurers, Autumn Statement, bank levy, Bank of England, Business Finance Partnership, Chancellor, Child Tax Credit, deficit reduction, enterprise, Enterprise Zones, free education, Free Schools, fuel duty increase, Infrastructure Investors Forum, infrastructure spending, Jobcentre Plus, Jobseeker’s allowance, Local Authorities, measures, mid-sized businesses, National Infrastructure Plan, National Loan Guarantee Scheme, OBR, Office for Budget Responsibility, Official Development Assistance, pension funds, Sector Based Work Academy, Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS), small firms, smaller businesses, Spending Review period, State Pension age, super-connected cities, tax relief, Work Experience, young apprentices, Youth Contract |
By John Walker on September 27, 2011
This is a copy of the script for Ed Miliband speech to the 2011 Labour Party Conference. It should be checked against delivery.
Ed Miliband’s Conference Speech 2011
Thank you Conference.
It’s great to be in Liverpool.
Labour Liverpool.
A generation ago a Labour leader came to Conference to condemn the behaviour of a Labour Council in Liverpool.
Today I come [...]
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By John Walker on August 19, 2011
Michael Wilson and James Glover of Simply Health discuss why employers are still to be convinced of the business case for investing in health benefits and links between wellbeing and productivity.
Companies are struggling to show they care about their staff, according to a new report which reveals that employees believe employers now care less about [...]
Posted in Arts, Sports and Recreation, Business Culture, Employment Levels, Fashion, Trends and Memes, Health Services, Health and Social Care Services, Industrial Relations, Industry Reports, Insurance, Morale, Personal Services, Recruitment, Regulation, Regulatory Compliance, Skills and Training, Staff, Surveys, The Work Place, UK | Tagged audio podcast, Engaging Employees through Health and Wellbeing Report, James Glover, Michael Wilson, Simplyhealth |
By John Walker on February 6, 2011
The greener side of business - How adopting an environmentally friendly philosophy can increase your client profile.
We all know how important it is to adopt green practices, but making a business more environmentally friendly in a challenging economic market can seem daunting.
Yet despite any initial reservations you may have, there has actually never been a [...]
Posted in Environmental Issues, Production, Production Facilities, Regulation, Regulatory Compliance, Reputation, UK, Waste Management |
World Business Report
Ofcom looks favourably on Orange/T-Mobile application to deliver 4G services
By John Walker on March 16, 2012
Mainstream 4G mobile services could be available in the UK as early as this year, under proposals outlined today by Ofcom.
Everything Everywhere, the mobile phone operator running two of the UK’s most famous brands - T-Mobile (UK) and Orange (UK), has submitted an application to Ofcom to use its existing spectrum to deliver 4G services. [...]
Posted in Computer Services, Critical Infrastructure, Customer Support, E-commerce, Expansion, Ideas and Innovation, Information Technology, Internet Services, Marketing Facilities, Product Research and Development, Regulation, Regulatory Compliance, Requests For Comments (RFQs), Standards, Technology, Telecommunications, Telecommunications Services, Tendering and Procurement Alerts, UK | Tagged 4G, Everything Everywhere, Ofcom, Olaf Swantee, Orange, T-Mobile | Leave a response