More than 9 billion—that is how many pounds of carbon emissions customers have avoided by choosing Viridian services, says the company’s 2016 Sustainability Report.
Monthly Archives: April 2017
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SMEs and mid-market businesses more ambitious than ever
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A new report reveals that Article 50, Brexit and a weak pound isn’t having a negative impact on the UK’s SMEs and mid-market businesses, as almost half (45 per cent) admit that they are more ambitious in today’s uncertain times than they were a year ago. The findings are part of the Ambition Index Report, produced
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Convenience and security over price for UK online shoppers
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Research by Expressly reveals that online shoppers would rather save time than money when shopping online. Almost a quarter of consumers (24 per cent) are irritated when having to register their payment and delivery details with every online purchase. The research finds that 67 per cent of UK online shopping baskets are abandoned before a sale is complete,
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SME cyber security: Is security fatigue taking hold in your organisation?
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Earlier this month, businesses were hit with the news that over 1 million Yahoo and Google accounts from a historic data leak were being sold for currency on the dark web. It might come as a surprise that credentials dating back as far as 2012 are still of interest to criminals, but if employees are
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2017 to be a good year for SMEs that trade internationally
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BDRC Continental publishes an update to its half-yearly SME Finance Monitor. The largest and most frequent study of its kind in the UK, research findings date back to the start of 2011 and are based on more than 100,000 interviews with SMEs, showing that 2017 will be a strong year for SMEs. The full report
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Game-changing Instagram tips for small businesses
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At the last count it was revealed that Instagram has 600 million monthly active users with 400 million of those active on the platform every day – that’s 20 per cent of all internet users. This being the case, you can understand why many businesses are focusing on the visual platform to generate leads, customer engagement
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A quarter of Brits left secondary school without any career advice
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More than a quarter of Brits (27 per cent) left secondary school without any career advice, according to a new poll commissioned by Oxford Open Learning Trust. The YouGov survey of over 2,000 adults, commissioned by Oxford Open Learning Trust alongside launching career change advice tool The Profession Picker, looked into the advice Brits received at
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UK investors will not allow Brexit to derail their investment plans
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New research carried out among over 1,000 UK investors by Market Financial Solutions has reveals how they are approaching their investment strategies as Brexit negotiations begin. The UK’s investors will not let the onset of Brexit negotiations derail their investment plans over the next two years, with many adopting a more open-minded and short-term
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How to start a removals business from scratch
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Starting a removals business is one of those instances where you will have a hard time working on your own. You would need at least one more person to help you out, which is especially the case if you’re starting from scratch. 1. Determine what services you want to offer First, you need to decide
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Is HMRC promoting tax avoidance for contractors who use its IR35 status tool?
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In the week that new IR35 legislation comes into effect in the public sector, contracting expert Dave Chaplin, CEO and founder of ContractorCalculator suggests that HMRC’s IR35 status tool could be facilitating tax avoidance. This is based on the analysis of over 558 results that contractors have obtained from HMRC’s Employment Status Service tool compared with
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