Monthly Archives: August 2017

Intellectual property considerations for SMEs

For many SMEs, intellectual property matters often fall into the categories of ‘too complicated’, ‘not understood’, and most commonly ‘too expensive’ to address. By failing to properly address IP, many SMEs also fail to properly secure the value in their business. Those SMEs that do manage IP matters effectively are often in a better position
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Why your marketing needs an Avatar

Marketing isn’t cheap, so it’s understandable that business owners look for value for money. And that leads many to pursue a strategy that targets a large audience. Which can be a mistake, says Shweta Jhajharia of The London Coaching Group Imagine you sell petrol lawnmowers. You might be tempted to target people with an interest
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Should businesses dock pay for employees caught in Waterloo disruption

Commuters yesterday faced the first working day of major upgrades to Waterloo, the UK’s busiest station. Journeys into London throughout August are likely to be severely affected with nine platforms at the terminus temporarily closed, many surrounding stations will have fewer services, while some will be closed entirely. At first predictions of travel chaos appeared
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Entrepreneurs and SMEs to mobilise their marketing

A new white paper titled ‘The State of SMS’ released today, suggests SMEs and start-ups need to mobilise their marketing if they are to compete with more established brands in the marketplace. The report, commissioned by Textlocal predicts a sharp rise in mobile usage as Britain boasts nearly 80 million active mobile phones in circulation
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