Monthly Archives: March 2017

Brits spend longer making a cup of tea than pausing to look at their finances

We spend longer each day on making a cup of tea than we do pausing to look at our finances, according to new research from Skipton Building Society which interviewed 2,000 UK adults about their financial habits. Around three in five (57 per cent) spend half an hour a week or less (29 minutes) looking at
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SMEs call for faster and more flexible business loan approvals

Small business’ call for fast, flexible loans to cover short-term funding needs or take advantage of unexpected business opportunities. In response to this call, a small business lender has launched a loan available in under 12 minutes in a bid to offer British businesses the fastest finance in the world. Ultimate Finance, part of the Tavistock
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Media planners rely less on insights for advertising strategy

A new report entitled ‘Digital Re-imagined: Context and Predictability’ from ExchangeWire Research, in association with xAd, reveals that media planners rely less on demographic data and insights to inform advertising strategy, and instead favour contextual data and insights when it comes to defining campaign strategies and optimising performance. Although demographic data is still used by marketers, shortcomings
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What UK workers are REALLY thinking – according to Google

UK workers are more likely to trust Google with their work worries than their colleagues. Common search queries, such as ‘My colleagues are racist’, ‘My colleagues are idiots’, ‘Someone I work with has bed bugs’, ‘My job kills my soul’ range from funny, to worryingly depressing. There are 2.4 million Google searches for the term
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Beating the early-stage business challenges as a young entrepreneur

Samantha Whittingham (28) is the founder of Corporate Cakery, an online branded baked goods provider for businesses. The business is based in Swindon, Wiltshire but delivers nationwide. She previously had a local cake business catering for the domestic market but moved away from that a year ago. Here she shares her eight major challenges as
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Five ways to protect yourself from a ransomware disaster

Last year, business ransomware attacks increased threefold. Small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were hit hard ‒ 42 per cent experienced attacks in a 12-month period. The outcomes were grim: A third (32 per cent) paid the ransom. One in  five paid the ransom but never regained access to their data. Two thirds (67 per cent)
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