By John Walker on March 10, 2010
The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer confirmed today that his Budget Report Statement to the House of Commons will occur on Wednesday the 24th March 2010 at 12.30 pm.
news source: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/budget2010.htm
Posted in UK Budget |
By John Walker on March 9, 2010
Barclays has become the first bank in Europe to launch commercial contactless debit cards to its business customers. From March, all Barclays Business customers receiving new or re-issued cards will find that they come with contactless technology as standard. This enables them to pay for low value transactions by holding the card over a reader, [...]
Posted in Debit and Credit Card Merchant Services, Financial Services, Ideas and Innovation, Product Launches, Sales, Technology |
By John Walker on December 9, 2009
The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, introduced a temporary lower rate of VAT in last year’s pre budget report.
There was some speculation that he might have extended this reduction beyond the original term. However, in today’s pre-budget report statement to the House of Commons, he said:
I can confirm that VAT will return to [...]
Posted in Procurement, Professional and Business Services, Sales, Taxation, UK, UK Budget | Tagged Alistair Darling, Chancellor of the Exchequer |
By John Walker on December 6, 2009
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced that the MIT Red Balloon Challenge Team won the $40,000 cash prize in the DARPA Network Challenge, a competition that required participants to locate 10 large, red balloons that had been placed at undisclosed locations across the United States. The MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) team [...]
Posted in Advertising and Marketing Services, Awards and Accreditations, Fashion, Trends and Memes, Human Resources, Ideas and Innovation, Marketing, Marketing Facilities, Multi-Level Marketing, North America, Sales, Technology | Tagged ARPANet, DARPA, MLM, Multi-Level Marketing, Network Marketing |
By John Walker on December 6, 2009
British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) Economic Forecast - December 2009
Ahead of the Chancellor’s Pre-Budget Report, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has today published its latest Economic Forecast. The business group, which calls itself “the National Voice of Local Business”, has made downward revisions to its GDP expectations for 2009 and 2010, but is more [...]
Posted in Economic Cycles, Employment Levels, England, Forecasts, Lending and Borrowing, Political and Economic Philosophies, Public Spending and State Aid, Scotland, Taxation, UK Budget, Wales | Tagged British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), capital investment, double-dip recession, GDP, international credit rating, labour market, public spending cuts |
By John Walker on November 24, 2009
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Business Startup is the UK’s biggest show for anyone starting or expanding a business. With over 200 exhibitors, 140 seminars, one-to-one advice and networking, it’s the perfect opportunity to find all the recession-defying tools and information to help your business thrive. What’s more, it’s completely FREE!
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Posted in London, Startups, Trade Shows, Seminars and Exhibitions, West London (W) | Tagged Brent Hoberman, Business Startup, Doug Richard, Dragons’ Den Online, Innocent Drinks, Julie Meyer, lastminute.com, Levi Roots, Midas Touch, Olympia, One-2-One Advice, Prysm Events, Rachel Elnaugh, Richard Farleigh, Richard Reed, Speed Networking |
By John Walker on November 5, 2009
Google Wave Protocol was demo’d at the 2009 Google IO Conference in May this year.
You can see the long developer’s demo video. But, below is a shorter introduction to this new radical concept that may, one day, become a replacement to ‘traditional’ email.
There is one key aspect of Wave that the video (above) does not [...]
Posted in Business Culture, Business Software, Computer Services, Customer Support, Fashion, Trends and Memes, Ideas and Innovation, Information Technology, Internet Services, Market Research, Product Launches, Skills and Training, Technology, Telecommunications, Telecommunications Services, Television and Radio Broadcasting, Worldwide | Tagged Google IO, Google Wave, Wave Protocol |
By John Walker on October 23, 2009
The Communication Workers Union today (Friday) again reiterates the offer of unconditional talks at ACAS to bring the postal dispute to an end. Royal Mail has so far not taken up this offer but it will remain open.
Dave Ward, CWU deputy general secretary, said:
We have six days before any further strike action would take place. [...]
Posted in Critical Infrastructure, Organized Labour / Unions, Transport and Distribution, UK | Tagged strikes |
By John Walker on September 28, 2009
The Professional Contractors Group’s (PCG) dedicated National Freelancers Day website is now live and visitors to www.nationalfreelancersday.org.uk can find out more about the special Day which PCG has been organised in a drive to encourage everyone to acknowledge all freelancers, consultants and contractors and the contribution they make to the UK economy.
National Freelancers Day will [...]
Posted in Architectural and Other Building Services, Freelancers, IT and Telecommunications Services, Notable Dates, Professional and Business Services, UK |
By John Walker on September 24, 2009
Graduates thinking about starting their own business will get a flying start as successful entrepreneurs offer advice to help them make it happen, Minister for Higher Education, David Lammy announced today.
Building on the Success of the Flying Start scheme launched in 2004, the Government is investing an further £ 1 million so 5,000 graduates will [...]
Posted in Business Support Services, Startups, Trade Shows, Seminars and Exhibitions, UK |
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