Monthly Archives: March 2017

Britain’s online businesses are lacking in online security

A survey by 123 Reg finds that 10 per cent of e-commerce websites have taken online security to keep their customers data safe from hackers. The poll, which surveyed 13,000 small business owners, finds that one in five e-commerce websites don’t know who handles their website security, 50 per cent state that they are not prepared for
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1.4 billion data records compromised globally in 2016

Gemalto today releases the findings of the Breach Level Index revealing that 1,792 data breaches led to almost 1.4 billion data records being compromised worldwide during 2016, an increase of 86 per cent compared to 2015. Identity theft was the leading type of data breach in 2016, accounting for 59 per cent of all data breaches.
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How to stay ahead of emerging e-commerce consumer habits

Thirty years ago the prospect of shopping online would have been met with considerable confusion but now B2C e-commerce sales are expected to reach over 2.3 trillion US dollars in 2017 and the online market will only continue to grow. Ericsson estimates that by 2020, 90 per cent of the world’s population over six years old will
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One in ten company dress codes have gone casual

The slipperati are coming! According to recent reports, start-up employees in trail-blazing Sweden are leaving shoes at the office door and donning slippers for their working day with new, progressive dress codes. It appears that the smart dress code that has long been a staple of office life is dying out. Leading workwear provider Simon
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Innocent Drinks founder Richard Reed: Optimism key to small business success

The world presents more opportunities for people who are optimists, says Innocent Drinks founder Richard Reed in this video in association with Travelers Insurance. The power of optimism for small business Innocent started with Reed and two friends selling smoothies from a market stall, and now 15 years later is selling a million smoothies a day
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