Monthly Archives: April 2017

Three principles to improve public services with big data

New analysis from leading cross-party think tank, Demos, reveals the potential – and limitations – of using big data to transform public services and private sector operations. Using visualisation tools or dashboards to make huge quantities of data intelligible to the non-technically trained, provides a remarkable opportunity to build more efficient and data-driven services and
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Understanding visitors: A guide to Google Analytics

Google Analytics (GA) is an incredibly powerful tool, but many features are underused. A lot of people just use GA to see how much traffic they’re getting on a daily or weekly basis, but if you really want to understand how users use your site, and how to improve its performance, GA is packed with
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SME inflation among the highest in eight years

The average UK small business has seen its basic costs soar by 3.2 per cent in the last year, according to Barclays’ Small Business Cost Index (SBCI), which reveals the true impact of rising inflation on UK SME businesses. However in the current inflationary environment, where costs remain high and businesses continue to feel the squeeze,
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How to perform well in local searches without spending any money

Local SEO (search engine optimisation) is one of the effective ways of reaching customers who are looking to buy a service/product in the area you trade. Both Google and Bing have highlighted the importance of local SEO for businesses: over 20 per cent of desktop queries and around 50 per cent of mobile queries are
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5.5 million people are saving more as a direct result of the pension freedoms

Thursday 6 April marks two years since the introduction of some of the most radical reforms to UK pensions in a generation, the pension freedoms. New research from Aegon finds that 14 per cent of working age people are saving more into their pension as a direct result: equating to some 5.5 million people in the UK
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How Newsjacking Can Make Your Blog a Must-Read by Your Ideal Customers

By Carl Friesen Are you someone who: Has thought about blogging as a way to build your business, but don’t know what to write about? Tried blogging – but maybe haven’t published one in a few years? Writes a regular blog, but it’s not bringing you any business? It’s become clear that blogging is a vital […]

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Why small businesses need to be more aware of money laundering

For the majority of small sized legal firms, money laundering may seem like an issue confined to the headlines of newspapers. However, the reality is that small firms are just as much at risk of becoming involved in money laundering as their larger counterparts. Helping to raise awareness amongst these small firms, that they too
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