Growth in the UK’s services sector, which makes up most of the UK economy, has slowed to a standstill and is on the brink of shrinking, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisers BDO LLP. The new report shows that BDO’s Output Index for the services sector – which indicates
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Workers spend less time on social media to restore work-life balance
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Technology in the workplace continues to be a hot topic, but according to a recent survey by CV-Library more than two thirds of workers (67.4 per cent) don’t use social media whilst at work, and of those that do, the majority (45 per cent) will only do so for up to 15 minutes. The study surveyed 1,200
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Businesses are totally unprepared for a new era of lower migration
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Employers are totally unprepared for the fall in migration that the new government has pledged to deliver once Britain leaves the EU, according to a new survey commissioned by the Resolution Foundation. With formal Brexit negotiations set to start in just seven days’ time, the survey identifies a huge gap between the kind of immigration
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The growing power of e-commerce among small businesses
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In today’s technology fuelled world, customers now demand more flexibility to shop anytime and anywhere through just a click on a phone, computer and even a watch. This is the burgeoning sector of e-commerce and with UK online retail sales reaching £52.25 billion in 2015, it is a sector rife for opportunity for SMEs looking
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The remotest chance: Onsite vs. offsite working
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The digital revolution is here. With it, all the flexibility, information and communications that company leaders of days gone by dreamed of on their daily commute. At the heart of this new digital era is communication. Work used to be where you went, not what you did; now, digital communications have smashed down office walls,
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Consumer spending falls for first time in nearly four years
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Visa’s Consumer Spending Index for May, which has launched today, shows a fall in consumer spending for first time in nearly four years. Compiled by Markit, the Index is distinct from Visa’s business performance and reflects overall consumer spending, not just that on cards. Headline findings First fall in household expenditure since 2013 (-0.8 per
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Mannatech Finds Most Other Aloe Vera Products Are Missing Clinical Trials
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Mannatech®, Incorporated (NASDAQ: MTEX), which provides top-quality nutritional supplements for families in China through its website www.MeiTaiChina.com, provides one of the rarest derivatives of the legendary aloe vera plant that serves as the basis for many of its innovative health and wellness products.
For more than 20 years, Mannatech has included a pure, exclusively refined ingredient derived from the gel of the aloe vera plant called “Manapol® powder.”
Manapol powder is an essential ingredient in core Mannatech Glyconutritional products. Mannatech’s Advanced Ambrotose® powder and Ambrotose Complex powder are among the company’s top-selling products containing this aloe vera gel extract, and are known for their cognitive, immune and gastrointestinal benefits as well as cellular communication support.
There are many companies that sell products based on aloe vera gel. Some make boastful claims about what their products can do, but what most of these companies are missing are the clinical trials that scientifically validate their products.
This is just one of a number of advantages that Mannatech provides its customers compared to almost all of its competitors, which helps to ensure that the wellness promises made are real and substantiated.
Since its founding, Mannatech has invested more than $50 million in research and development that includes a
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OneCoin Dealshaker Merchant Exhibition In Rumania Visited By Thousands
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Last week, the first business fair for merchants oriented to alternative methods of payment was held in Rumania. Specifically, this was an exhibition involving merchants registered on the online trading platform DealShaker.
The DealShaker is an e-commerce platform that supports payments in OneCoins, which also was the preferred payment method for sales at this particular fair organized by OneLife Blue Diamonds Cristi Calina and Marian Grigore.
During the weekend of 2 to 4 June, products that ranged from cosmetics, food, fashion, jewellery, art and some services could be purchased paying half or full of its price in OneCoins. Services, such as limousine rentals or dental hygiene sessions, spread over more than 150 stands throughout the RomExpo in Bucharest.
Thousands of people visited the RomExpo during the three days of the exhibition and bought all types of products. The sales turnover exceeded the equivalent value of more than one million euros.
It is also worth mentioning that over the last week, the DealShaker platform has experienced a significant increase of new registered merchants and new offers published after the success of the 3 Day Kickstart Marathon.
Many merchants present at the fair agreed on how this three-day event helped both promote their own products and popularize